Published 18:33 IST, December 2nd 2020
'Saved By The Bell' removes scenes about Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant after backlash
'Saved By The Bell' deletes scenes about Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant and makers apologised after receiving backlash from fans on social media.
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sixth episode of new Saved By Bell series features a couple of scenes that have mentioned Selena Gomez’s 2017 kidney transplant and t in nicest way. scenes have joked about who was kidney dor and also graffiti regarding her transplant. Re furr ahe to kw more about w-deleted scenes after makers apologized about m.
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Saved By Bells removes scenes about Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant
new season of Saved By Bell jokes about Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant in its sixth episode. re are two mir characters who argue about who was Selena’s dor, as one says, “I kw for a fact that Selena Gomez's kidney dor was Justin Bieber's mom. God, I wish that I h my phone so I could prove it.” n or one says, “Prove what? That you're an idiot. It was Demi Lovato's kidney. y're best friends... like you and I were.”
Furr in episode, two of le characters stand in front of a wall that has 'Does Selena Gomez even have a kidney?' written on it with spray paint, while y patched up and kiss. scenes have w been taken off latest streaming version of episode. Selena Gomez has avoided making a comment on any of this, however, her fans have t taken it well and stormed social media against show using her transplant.
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Francia Rasia, who was actual kidney dor for Selena and is also a close friend, took to her social media to anunce that producers of high school comedy series have reached out to her and apologized. Rasia also mentioned that this might be insensitive and hurtful for people who have got kidneys or donated m. She wrote in a w-expired Instagram story, “Some of cast and producers have reached out to me personally to apologize for this and I truly appreciate that. But I do want to ackwledge that this public apology from network should ackwledge dors that could have been offended by this. It's t about me, it's about ackwledging great role that dors play,” and tagged Peacock, NBC’s streaming platform.
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She also took to her Twitter to inform about apology. “Appreciate apology but let’s t forget about dors that potentially felt offended and dismissed from spray paint written on wall”, she wrote. n went on to appreciate or kidney dors across world.
She tweeted, “As a kidney dor I want to show love and let or dors kw that you are t alone. You are seen. You are appreciated. You are so brave, and your selfless act is very much appreciated and valued!' executive producers of show have joined UTV and Peacock in issuing an apology statement. y wrote, “We apologize. It was never our intention to make light of Selena's health,' it re. 'We have been in touch with her team and will be making a donation to her charity, Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research at USC.”
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18:33 IST, December 2nd 2020