Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Selena Gomez calls out “tasteless” TV kidney transplant joke
nme.comSelena Gomez has criticised a joke on The Good Fight about her kidney transplant.Hitting back at a scene in the CBS legal drama, in which several characters discuss jokes they think might be too controversial, including one taking aim at Gomez’s 2017 kidney transplant, the actor and singer called it “tasteless”.“I am not sure how writing jokes about organ transplants for television shows has become a thing but sadly it has apparently,” Gomez said on Twitter about the episode.“I hope in the next writer’s room when one of these tasteless jokes are presented it’s called out immediately and doesn’t make it on air.”I am not sure how writing jokes about organ transplants for television shows has become a thing but sadly it has apparently.
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