Newlywed Selena Gomez was back in white as she departed the swanky Bel-Air Hotel in Beverly Hills on Thursday. 

The singer known for “Come And Get It,” aged 33, recently became a married woman after exchanging vows with Benny Blanco last month. However, she seemed to still carry a bridal glow as she exited what looked like a meeting at a place in Los Angeles.

She wore a flowing white dress with puff sleeves and ruched top and cream flats with a strap.

Holding a black box, the actress-turned-entrepreneur headed towards a waiting vehicle while clutching her phone and wearing chic sunglasses to shield her eyes.

The actress-turned-entrepreneur and Blanco had their wedding just north of Santa Barbara in late September. It was a glamorous event that included stars like Taylor Swift and her ‘Only Murders In The Building’ co-stars, Steve Martin and Martin Short.

One person who reportedly did not attend the wedding, however, was actress Francia Raisa – who donated a kidney to Selena in 2017.

Selena Gomez was still in the bridal spirit as she attended a meeting at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles on Thursday

Gomez is a married woman now after tying the knot with Benny Blanco last month

Recently, Raisa addressed rumors of a rift between them, labeling them solely as ‘rumors.’ She also mentioned Gomez’s then-imminent wedding to Blanco.

“I know she’s getting married, and I’m truly happy for her. Look… she has an amazing life and is already a billionaire, and I’m thankful I contributed to that,” she remarked, according to subtitles that translated her Spanish interview into English.

When asked about her thoughts for anyone contemplating organ donation, Raisa highlighted that the process revolves around saving a life rather than forming a particular bond with the recipient.

‘Look, from the beginning the doctors told me, it’s a donation,’ she explained.

‘If you are going to donate a dollar to St. Jude or somewhere else, you’re not going to call to say, “Hey, what are you doing with my dollar?”

‘It’s a donation and it’s something nice that I was able to do,’ she said of the kidney she gave to Gomez. ‘I am grateful that I am alive and I can say that I have saved a life.’

Raisa also suggested that organ donation could be ‘more difficult’ for women compared to men, though she didn’t expand on what might cause that gender divide.

The How I Met Your Father actress had a forceful response when she was asked about reports that she had gotten ‘angry’ with Gomez over how she was treating her body after receiving her kidney.

The couple said ‘I do’ in late September in a ceremony held just north of Santa Barbara, California  

She emerged with a chic black box 

She paired her cottagecore style dress with a pair of cream flats 

‘Well, right now what you are asking me is nonsense that has been in the media, and there are too many rumors,’ she responded. ‘I’ve never said anything.’

‘No one knows what’s going on, and neither she nor I are talking about it,’ she continued, adding, ‘One day, maybe we will address it.’

Raisa donated a kidney to Gomez in 2017 after the Spring Breakers star was diagnosed with lupus.

Sufferers of the disease have hyperactive immune systems that can attack their healthy tissues and organs.

In a 2018 interview, Raisa admitted that both she and Gomez fell into a bout of depression following the kidney donation procedure, which nearly killed Gomez after one of her arteries burst in the middle of surgery.

Gomez said ‘I do’ to Benny late last month in front of Taylor Swift and her OMITB co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short

Raisa recalled the warning that a social worker gave her before the surgery.

‘It’s going to be hard, the recipient is going to glow and she’s going to recover a lot faster than the donor because she’s getting something she needs and you are losing something you don’t need to lose. It’s going to be hard,’ she recalled being told in an interview with SELF.

‘And it was hard,’ Raisa continued, adding, ‘Selena and I both went through a depression.’

Raisa also raised her shirt and lowered her pants to reveal a mark resembling a ‘C-section’ scar, as well as smaller scars higher on her stomach.

She also noted that Gomez had a large scar on the inside of her thigh that was from the emergency surgery to repair her rupture artery.

In the same interview, Raisa mentioned that it was Gomez who informed her that she was a match for the kidney donation, rather than doctors, which led some fans to worry that she may have felt pressured to agree to the donation.

In 2022, the pair were rumored to be feuding after Gomez said in a Rolling Stone interview that ‘My only friend in the industry really is Taylor [Swift], so I remember feeling like I didn’t belong.’

Actress Francia Raisa (left), who donated a kidney to Selena, reportedly did not attend the Wizards of Waverly Place actress’ wedding

‘Interesting,’ Raisa wrote in a since-deleted comment on a post about the quotation.

In response to Raisa’s comment, Gomez replied, ‘Sorry I didn’t mention every person I know.’

But the following year, the two tried to tamp down any talk of a feud.

‘I will never, ever, ever be more in debt to a person that Francia,’ Gomez said in her Apple TV+ docuseries Dear… ‘The idea of someone not even second-guessing to be a donor was unbelievably overwhelming.’

The same year, Raisa emphasized that she was not ‘forced’ into donating her kidney.

‘It came out of the genuine kindness of my heart, and I’ve been super blessed ever since,’ she said in an interview on the Good Guys podcast.

In December 2023, Raisa admitted that she and Gomez had been distant in recent years, but she confirmed that they were still friends.

‘We hadn’t spoken much in six years. Especially [in] the last year, we didn’t speak at all,’ she told USA Today, though she said that they had made up around her 35th birthday.

Gomez required a new kidney after hers was damaged by the autoimmune disease lupus. She and her organ donor are pictured in 2017

‘We’ve never really had beef with each other. Nothing happened, and if you ask either of us, we don’t know what happened, but we needed that time apart. Then when you come back together, you’re better people.’

In 2024, she told E! News that she and Gomez could go long periods of time without talking despite still being friends.

‘One of the best, the best friendships that I know, you go a year without talking, and then when you see each other again, it’s like you never went a day without talking. So, that’s where it’s at,’ she said of her relationship with Gomez.

Raisa also noted that, although she and Gomez were close, she wasn’t close with Gomez’s other friends.

Raisa went unmentioned among the notable guests at Gomez’s wedding to Blanco.

Fans noticed that she shared a video on Instagram of herself dancing with a choreographer around the time of the wedding, suggesting that she was elsewhere.