When Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber posed for a picture together at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Saturday night for the organization’s second annual gala, the internet went crazy.
The 30-year-pop singer Justin Bieber’s husband and the 26-year-old supermodel looked more amiable than ever during the star-studded event, only two weeks after the former openly denied robbing the latter of her husband.
The Lose You to Love Me hitmaker had one arm softly wrapped around Hailey’s leg as she kneeled by her side, while the Vogue cover girl sat upright in her chair with one hand on her thigh and the other by her side.
In other photos, they were seen rising up and giving one other hugs while Hailey held a cocktail and Gomez demonstrated her friendly embrace, indicating that she has no animosity against her ex-boyfriend’s wife.
Despite having been in competition for years, the two women appeared happy as they spoke, dispelling any rumors of tension between them.
A source told ET that they decided to take pictures together to demonstrate to the world that “there’s no beef or bad feelings” anymore.
During the Academy Museum Gala, Selena and Hailey appeared to be having a great time together. The insider disclosed, “They’ve both moved on and are happy in their own lives.” “They wanted to demonstrate to the world that they are no longer at odds with one another.”
It is reported that Justin, who was not present at the event, is “very happy with the fact that they can all move on and that it can be peaceful between everyone.”
Following years of fan-fueled rumors that she “stole” Justin from Gomez, Hailey clarified the chronology of her and Justin’s relationship. This led to the pair’s sighting together.
The Rhode founder insisted to presenter Alexis Cooper last month during her visit on the Call Her Daddy podcast that Justin, 28, had not cheated on Gomez with her.
‘No, not once,’ she replied, clarifying that she and Justin started ‘hooking up’ after he had already broken up with his previous intermittent partner in early 2018.
“He wasn’t in a relationship when he and I started hooking up, or anything like that. It’s not my character to mess with someone’s relationship; I was raised better than that,” Hailey said.
Midway through 2018, Justin and Hailey, who had previously dated in 2016, reignited their romance. Two months after his breakup with Selena, in July, they got engaged, and two months later, they were married.
I recognize how things appear on the outside, but in that particular instance, I am positive that [Justin and Selena] made the right decision in closing that door. Of course, there is a very deep history there, and I greatly respect that.
She said, “I don’t want to speak on either of their behalf.”
The lyrics of Selena’s 2020 hit song, Lose You to Love Me, which read, “In two months you replaced us like it was easy,” seemed to allude to the events that were taking place at the time.
Fans of Justin and Selena were emotionally invested in their much-publicized “Jelena” romance because they dated intermittently for almost ten years.
As a result, after they broke up and he went on with Hailey, she was the focus of fan speculations and online criticism.
“Many hateful comments stem from the idea that you stole him,” as well as the desire that he ended up with someone else. You are free to wish for that all you like, but it isn’t true.
When ‘Jelena’ fans post hateful comments and messages, she described the feeling they get as “a certain numbness.”