Selena Gomez goes to the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. Theo Wargo/Getty Images
Selena Gomez does not seem follower of Chris Brown, and also she isn’t excusing it.
The “Calm Down” vocalist went to the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday evening and also later on made the rounds on social media for making a sour face as the candidates for ideal R&B were revealed.
In the classification, Chloe Bailey and also Brown’s “How Does It Feel” — from the Chloe x Halle vocalist’s launching solo cd In Pieces — made it, and also as a clip of the duo’s video clip rolled and also Brown’s name was called, Gomez was discovered scrunching up her face at his name and afterwards grinning and also slapping for the various other musicians in the classification.
iHeartRadio Australia got hold of video clip of the minute and also shared it on Instagram with the inscription: “@selenagomez reacts to @chrisbrownofficial being nominated.”
The Rare Beauty owner flippantly reacted in the remarks, “Who cares lol.”
Gomez likewise relatively attended to the minute going viral by means of her Instagram Story, composing in basic message, “I will never be a meme again. I’d rather sit still than be dragged for being myself. Much love.”
Gomez’s on-camera response to Brown’s name most likely comes from the R&B vocalist’s 2009 attack of then-girlfriend Rihanna in advance of that year’s Grammy Awards. Brown begged guilty to a felony and also was punished to 5 years’ probation and also residential physical violence therapy.
For his component, not long after the program broadcast, Brown created on his Instagram Story: “Let me mind my business.”
In enhancement to reuniting with her bestie Taylor Swift at Tuesday’s program, Gomez likewise took house ideal Afrobeats for her highlighted area on Rema’s “Calm Down,” which just recently struck 1 billion streams on Spotify.
See Gomez’s feedback in the Instagram blog post listed below.
