Despite the offensive bombardments following her refusal to answer questions about the 'Lose You To Love Me' singer, the 'Grown-Ish' alum claims she is doing her best to not listen to the bullies.
- May 9, 2023
AceShowbiz - Francia Raisa has found herself being cyberbullied. More than one week after she dodged questions about her friendship with Selena Gomez, the actress playing Valentina on "How I Met Your Father" confessed that she has been bombarded with hateful comments online.
On Saturday, May 6, the 34-year-old actress was out and about in Studio City, California when TMZ caught up with her. During the catch up, she made the confession and revealed the comments she received for dodging the friendship questions were "pretty bad."
Francia went on to disclose one of the hurtful comments. She spilled, "I think the one that probably hurt the most was, 'I hope someone goes up your p**sy and rips out your other kidney you f**king whore.' " She added, "In no way, shape or form does condone bullying, especially Selena."
The "Grown-ish" alum then made a reference to Selena's Rare Impact Fund program to support mental health through her cosmetics brand Rare Beauty. "[Selena] literally has a whole nonprofit dedicated to mental health," she reminded. "...The fact that I'm now being bullied as I am, it's messing with me mentally."
"To me, it's not what anyone wants for someone. She's literally out there saying, 'Please stop,' so I don't understand others that are also being antagonized online," she further expressed her thoughts on cyberbullying.
Elsewhere during the chat, Francia also talked about how she handled the cyberbullying. She explained that she is "doing my best to not listen to, to not read [comments]. I'm very happy. I'm living my life. I'm sending love to everyone."
Still, Francia stressed that cyberbullying was not the right thing to do. "I understand. I've been a hardcore fan of people growing up myself. I totally, totally, totally get it, but it's not nice. I would say, not just with me, but with anyone, please stop," she pointed out.
Francia found herself under fire more than one week after she dodged questions about her friendship with the "Lose You To Love Me" singer. On April 30, she was quizzed by TMZ about where she stood with the singer, if they still communicated and the reason she unfollowed her kidney donor receiver on Instagram.
Instead of directly offering answers, Francia pivoted from the questions and talked about other topics. However, when asked about her view on organ donation, she unhesitatingly replied, "I would definitely speak to someone again about organ donation and the process."
