- Selena Gomez said on Instagram that Hailey Bieber told her she has been "receiving death threats."
- Rumors of a feud between the two recently came to a head.
Selena Gomez has asked for people to stop sending Hailey Bieber death threats, posting that Bieber had privately reached out to her after rumors of drama between the two came to a head.
Gomez posted a message on her Instagram story Friday morning condemning the actions of those who had been 'bullying" Bieber.
"Hailey Bieber reached out to me and let me know that she has been receiving death threats and such hateful negativity," she wrote. "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," she continued, adding a red heart emoji.
In recent weeks, rumors of drama between Bieber and Kylie Jenner, who are friends, and Gomez have spread online, Insider previously reported. Fans have long speculated about a feud between Gomez and Bieber, and Gomez previously dated Bieber's husband, singer Justin Bieber.
In late February Gomez posted a series of photos and videos, joking with fans that she had "accidentally laminated my brows too much."
Shortly after, Jenner posted two cryptic photos to her Instagram story that some perceived as an intended snub of Gomez. First was a selfie that had, "This was an accident?????" written in text placed over her brows. Then, Jenner shared a screenshot of a FaceTime call with Bieber in which the pair were showing each other their eyebrows.
Speculation about the drama flooded social media, leading to both Gomez's and Jenner's TikTok accounts to comment on the situation, calling it "silly" and saying they were "reaching."
Still, the drama took over social media, and people began following and unfollowing accounts as a way of picking sides. Some flooded Bieber's TikTok videos with comments tagging Gomez's Rare Beauty cosmetic line.
Gomez has encouraged her fans to speak kindly to Bieber in the past, and a photo she took with Bieber in October was perceived as an attempt to squash feud rumors for good.
The 30-year-old briefly took a break from social media, telling fans: "I'm too old for this."
Gomez, who had already surpassed Kylie Jenner as the most-followed woman on Instagram, gained more than 12 million followers in the 10 days after the eyebrow posts.