Selena Gomez denies insulting Taylor Swift over 'lol' comment

Selena Gomez hit back at claims she had “insulted” her friend Taylor Swift after writing “lol” on an Instagram post of Swift and Mariska Hargitay celebrating the Knicks’ Game 4 win. On her Instagram Stories she wrote, “woke up and was sent so many texts,” and added, “I would never insult my friends nor was it an insult.”

Gomez explained that “the comment was a reaction to the first slide on the page,” and said, “Second I bet my friends on the game. The friends in the text chain I posted. I lost but was poking at my opponents, my friends. Believe it or not I do have other friends in my life. But quickly forget that most assume otherwise.” She closed with, “also .. It’s a basketball game.”

She also shared a throwback picture in a Spurs jersey captioned, “Happy for NY but my heart breaks just a lil lol,” and a follow-up story reading, “So funny how some are all the [sic] sudden fans though lol,” which led many fans to wonder if she was referring to Swift, who was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Tennessee.

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