Selena Gomez fans have speculated that the singer’s ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber has shown his support for the singer Only murders in the building Actress by following her on Twitter.
The couple was in a highly publicized on-off relationship but ended their romance for good in 2018. Just a few months later, Bieber married supermodel Hailey Baldwin.
Since the Biebers’ wedding, fans have speculated that there was tension between Gomez, 30, and Hailey, 26, despite both women denying it, and have taken to dissecting their social media posts for “leads” to to find their alleged feud.
In recent weeks, their relationship has been back in the spotlight, with TikTok users widely discussing both Hailey’s marriage to Justin and Justin’s past relationship with Gomez.
A series of recent comments from Gomez on various TikTok posts have added fuel to the fire. In one, she’s standing up for her best friend Taylor Swift after an old clip of Hailey that appears to mock the singer resurfaced.
As rumors continue to swirl that Gomez and Hailey aren’t getting along, fans have been led to believe Justin was following his ex-girlfriend on Twitter, prompting a huge reaction online.
The frenzy appears to have started when the @daydreamingmeli Twitter account posted a tweet that read: “JUSTIN BIEBER FOLLOWED SELENA GOMEZ ITS OVER YALL.”
At the time of writing, the tweet had been viewed over 636,000 times and had received over 8000 likes and 671 retweets.
Several fans thought the post implied Bieber handed his ex-girlfriend an olive branch amid their latest alleged drama with his wife.
“I love that. Idc Jelena forever!!” wrote one Twitter user, referring to Justin Bieber and Gomez’s former “couple name” from when they were a couple.
Another said: “Justin [Bieber] Following Selena Gomez on Twitter is the act I didn’t see coming. I hope Hailey keeps an eye on it [Selena].”
Despite all the gossip surrounding the exes apparently reconnecting via social media, other Twitter users have pointed out that Bieber and Gomez have never actually unfollowed each other on Twitter.
“They haven’t unfollowed each other since 2010 or anything.” wrote one user alongside a bunch of laughing emojis.
“[I’m] So tired of these tweets about Justin and Selena following each other on twitter like bro they have been following each other and never stopped. You want to play a role like that?” added another frustrated fan.
news week has reached out to representatives from Bieber for comment.
Both Gomez and Hailey Bieber have denied disliking each other in the past, and last week, when fans began theorizing that Hailey and her friend Kylie Jenner were subtly posting online about Gomez, Gomez announced that they were breaking up with the would withdraw from social media.
On Thursday, February 23, the “Come and Get It” singer posted a live TikTok clip, which was later shared on Twitter, and said she was “too old” for “silly” gossip.
Hailey Bieber, the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin, has admitted in the past that she ended up in a “really dark” place because of targeted social media attacks from Justin and Selena fans.
During an appearance on Alex Cooper Call her daddy Podcast in 2022, Hailey was asked if she or her husband had ever asked Gomez to ask her fans to stop attacking her.
She said they hadn’t, explaining, “What I’m going to say is that she’s been in this industry a lot longer than I have, and maybe there’s something she knows about that wouldn’t fix anything.”
Speaking about her online critics, Hailey concluded, “You’ve never ruined anything for me. They’re not ruining my life, they’re not ruining my happiness and I think that’s the real draw of the whole thing.”
