Selena Gomez ‘dragged’ after viral Chris Brown, Olivia Rodrigo VMAs reactions

nypost.com:

Selena Gomez is not impressed by the internet mocking the faces she made in response to Chris Brown’s 2023 MTV Video Music Awards nomination and Olivia Rodrigo’s performance at Tuesday’s award show.“I will never be a meme again,” Gomez, 31, wrote on her Instagram Story Wednesday.“I’d rather sit still than be dragged for being myself.

Much love,” she signed off. The “Single Soon” singer’s frightened appearance during Rodrigo’s performance went viral on social media Tuesday night.The “Vampire” singer’s stage intentionally fell apart as curtains fell from the sky, fiery pyrotechnics burst into action, and a man dressed in all black escorted Rodrigo away from the planned chaos.A camera pointed at Gomez during the performance captured her covering her ear and looking on with great concern.

Later in the night, Gomez, who won Best Afrobeats for “Calm Down” with Rema, made a stank face when Brown was mentioned as a nominee in the Best R&B category.

iHeartRadio Australia posted the moment to its Instagram, inviting followers to see it for themselves. An unimpressed Gomez commented, “Who cares lol.”A Gomez fan account additionally claimed on X, the platform previously known as Twitter that a fan who allegedly met the “Only Murders in the Building” star after the VMAs claimed Gomez was “so mad.”However, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Post on Wednesday that Gomez “definitely wasn’t mad after the show” and was looking forward to attending a small afterparty.