Hailey Bieber is clearing the air after she was accused of allegedly supporting a disparaging comment about Selena Gomez and her fiancé, Benny Blanco.
“This never happened,” Bieber’s rep exclusively tells Us Weekly in a statement. “This entire story has been fabricated by a content creator looking to capitalize off of an old, tired narrative.”
A TikTok user claimed earlier this week that Bieber, 28, reportedly dropped a “like” on a video poking fun at Gomez, 32, and Blanco, 37, and their loved-up Interview magazine profile. Us Weekly has reached out to Gomez and Blanco’s reps for comment.
Gomez previously dated Hailey’s husband, Justin Bieber, on and off from 2009 to 2018. The Rhode founder started dating Justin, 31, shortly after he and Gomez went their separate ways for good. Both Justin and Hailey denied any relationship overlap.
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“What if Hailey ends up being the girl I’m gonna marry, right? If I rush into anything, if I damage her, then it’s always gonna be damaged,” Justin told GQ in March 2016. “It’s really hard to fix wounds like that. It’s so hard. … I just don’t want to hurt her.”
Justin and Hailey tied the knot in September 2018, renewing their vows in a grander ceremony one year later. Despite the Biebers’ newlywed bliss, they were frequently met with backlash from Gomez’s supporters.
“It’s hard for me to talk about this because I don’t want to talk on either one of their behalf because it was their relationship,” Hailey said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in September 2022. “I honestly respect that very deeply, but I just know what was going on when we got back together. And I know what had to happen for that to come back together in a healthy way, and I think it was the most healthy, mature decision that he could have made and I respect that.”
The next year, Hailey and several of her pals were accused of making fun of Gomez’s beauty tricks on social media. The two women subsequently shut down any speculation of bad blood.
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“Hailey Bieber reached out to me and let me know that she has been receiving death threats and such hateful negativity,” Gomez wrote via Instagram Story in March 2023. “This isn’t what I stand for. No one should have to experience hate or bullying. I’ve always advocated for kindness and really want this all to stop.”
Days later, Hailey revealed via her Instagram Story that she and Gomez had been “discussing [over] the last few weeks how to move past this ongoing narrative.”
“The last few weeks have been very hard for everyone involved and millions of people are seeing so much hate around this which is extremely harmful,” Hailey added. “While social media is an incredible way to connect and build community, moments like this only create extreme division instead of bringing people together.”
Further squashing any beef, Hailey dropped a “like” on Gomez and Blanco’s engagement announcement in December 2024.
