Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber set the internet abuzz by posing for a photo together at the second annual Academy Awards Gala at the Academy Film Museum on Saturday evening.
Just two weeks after the 26-year-old supermodel publicly denied stealing her husband Justin Bieber from the pop star, 30, the duo looked cozier than ever as they were all smiles together at the event filled with stars
As the Vogue cover girl sat up straight in her chair with one hand at her side and the other on her thigh, the Lose You to Love Me hitmaker had one arm gently wrapped around Hailey’s leg as she knelt beside him.
Next: Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber set the internet abuzz by posing for a photo together at the second annual Academy Awards Gala at the Academy Film Museum on Saturday evening
Other snaps showed them standing and embracing as Hailey held a cocktail party and Gomez made it clear she holds no hard feelings towards her ex-boyfriend’s wife by hugging her warmly.
Both women, who have been at odds for years, looked cheerful as they chatted and shut down any speculation of drama between them.
According to reports, their decision to be photographed together was to show the public that “there is no more beef or bad feelings,” a source told ET.
No tension: Other snaps showed them standing and embracing as Hailey held a cocktail party and Gomez made it clear she holds no hard feelings towards her ex-boyfriend’s wife by hugging her warmly.
“Selena and Hailey were very quiet together at the Academy Awards. They’ve both moved on and are happy in their own lives,” the source revealed. “They wanted to show the world that there is no more flesh or bad feelings between them.”
As for Justin, who did not attend the gala, he is said to be ‘very happy that everyone can move on and that it can be peaceful with everyone’.
The duo’s sighting comes after Hailey set the record straight on her and Justin’s relationship timeline following years of fan-fueled speculation that she “stole” Gomez from her.
All in the past: Both women have been feuding for years, appearing cheerful as they spoke and shutting down any speculation of drama between them.
A big hug: Gomez warmly wrapped her arms around the supermodel
During his appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast last month, the Rhode founder insisted to host Alexis Cooper that Justin, 28, had not cheated on Gomez with her.
“No, not once,” she said, adding that she and Justin began “hooking up” after he had already split from his ex-girlfriend in early 2018.
“When he and I first started hooking up, or anything like that, I didn’t have a relationship. It’s not my character to meddle in someone’s relationship, I was raised better than that,” she stressed. Hailey.
Honest: The sighting of the duo together comes after Hailey set the record straight on her and Justin Bieber’s relationship timeline after years of fan-fueled speculation that he “stole” Gomez from her.
Justin and Hailey, who had a previous affair in 2016, rekindled their flame in mid-2018. They got engaged in July – two months after his breakup with Selena – and married two months later.
“I understand how it looks from the outside, but this was a situation where I know for sure it was the right thing to do for [Justin and Selena] close that door, but of course, there is a very long history and I respect that very much.
“I don’t want to speak for either of them,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Selena appeared to reference the events in her 2020 hit song, Lose You to Love Me, with the lyrics: “In two months you replaced us like it was easy.”
It didn’t happen: During her appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the model insisted to host Alexis Cooper that Justin hadn’t cheated on Gomez with her; Justin and Selena seen in 2012
With Justin and Selena on and off for nearly a decade, fans of both artists became emotionally invested in their highly publicized “Jelena” romance.
So when they called it quits and he moved on with Hailey, she became the primary target of online backlash and fan conspiracies.
“A lot of the hate comes from like, ‘oh, you stole it’ and the fact that he wanted to end up with someone else. And that’s fine, you can wish for it all you want, but it’s not like that.”
“There’s a certain numbness,” she said of encountering hateful comments and posts from “Jelena” devotees.
“When he and I started hooking up, or anything like that, I didn’t have a relationship. It’s not my character to meddle in someone’s relationship, I was raised better than that,” he stressed. Hailey; Justin and Hailey seen in 2020
End of an era: “I understand how it looks from the outside, but that was a situation where I know for a fact that it was the right thing for [Justin and Selena] close that door, but of course, there is a very long history and I respect that very much. “I don’t want to speak for either of them,” Hailey explained; Selena and Justin seen in 2012
“It’s still happening to this day, if I were to go live right now, it would still be happening. You get to a point where you have to ignore it,” he told Cooper.
“If we’ve gone ahead, why can’t you?”
Earlier in the day, a clip from Hailey’s Call Her Daddy interview surfaced online that touched on rumors that there was some crossover between her and Selena.
“This is so crazy I’ve literally never talked about it,” the model responded after Cooper commented on how the public was “obsessed” with Justin and Selena’s relationship.
Online Hate: “A lot of the hate comes from ‘oh you stole it’ and the fact that he wanted to end up with someone else. And that’s fine, you can wish it all you want, but it’s not the case” , she told host Alex Cooper about “Jelena’s” backlash online.
Unfinished: “It’s still happening to this day, if I were to go live right now, it would still be happening. You get to a point where you have to ignore it,” he said
Cooper then asked directly, “Were you ever romantically involved with Justin at the same time as? [Selena]?’
Bieber said he finally wanted to address the claims about him stealing Justin from Selena. “It’s about people knowing the truth. Because there is a truth,” Hailey explained, but the “truth” was not revealed in the clip.
Selena and Justin started dating in 2010.
The former Disney star was about 18 at the time, Justin about 16.
The couple’s first big breakup happened in 2012 and was followed by a series of make-ups and breakups until 2018.
Unhealthy: Selena opened up about her nearly decade-long relationship with the Love Yourself artist to NPR in January 2020 while promoting her album, Rare. The Lose You to Love Me singer revealed that the song helped her process her breakup with Justin, and in processing the work she realized that the relationship was healthy; Selena and Justin seen in 2009
Justin and Selena were last seen together in March of that year.
The public first became aware of the Sorry singer’s relationship with Hailey in June and after a whirlwind courtship, the pair tied the knot in a courthouse ceremony in September 2018 in New York.
Hailey and Justin walked down the aisle in a religious ceremony the following year.
Selena opened up about her nearly decade-long relationship with the Love Yourself artist to NPR in January 2020 while promoting her album, Rare.
The Lose You to Love Me singer revealed that the song helped her process her breakup with Justin, and in processing the work she realized that the relationship was healthy.
Volatile Behavior: Justin exhibited volatile behavior during his teenage years, including arrests for drunk driving and vandalism. Instead of rehab, the Hold On artist turned to a pastor to help him get clean
“It’s dangerous to stay in a victim mentality. And I’m not being disrespectful, I do feel that I was a victim of some abuse…’
Justin displayed volatile behavior during his teenage years, including arrests for drunk driving and vandalism. The Confident artist revealed that he was addicted to drugs in the documentary series Justin Bieber: Seasons.
“It was just an escape for me. I was young, you know, like everybody in the industry and people in the world who experience and do, you know, normal growing up things,” he recalled.
He continued, “But my experience was in front of the cameras and I had a different level of exposure and different people and, like, I had a lot of money and a lot of things. Then you have all these people around me who are holding on, they want things about me, knowing that, like, I was living this lifestyle that they wanted to live too: drinking, smoking.”
More challenges: In June, the Mood artist was diagnosed with Ramsey Hunt syndrome, which caused partial facial paralysis / Los Angeles photo January 2020
Instead of going to rehab, the superstar turned to his pastor, using faith to get sober. In June 2022, the Beautiful Love artist revealed that she had been diagnosed with Ramsey Hunt syndrome, which caused partial facial paralysis, making it difficult for her to perform. He put his scheduled concert on hold at the time of the diagnosis and officially canceled the rest of his world tour earlier this month.
When asked by Lulu Garcia-Navarro if she was referring to emotional abuse, Selena replied, “Yes, and I think it’s something that I had found a way to understand as an adult.”
“And I had to understand the decisions I was making,” he continued. “As much as I definitely don’t want to spend the rest of my life talking about this, I’m so proud to say that I feel the strongest I’ve ever felt and that I’ve found a way to walk through it. maximum grace possible.’
The Calm Down singer has since become an advocate for mental health, launching the Wondermind website earlier this year. The site offers tools to help…