Selena Gomez fans SLAM Saved By the Bell reboot for kidney transplant joke; Francia Raisa on show's apology

Selena Gomez wasn't amused by 's jokes about her kidney transplant, a source close to the singer tells ET.«Selena was really upset by the scene about her health and thought of it as bullying and offensive,» the source says of Gomez, who underwent a kidney transplant in 2017. «She felt as though her kidney transplant, and others who have gone through that, was used as a joke at her expense.» Peacock's reimagining of came under fire after its release, when jokes about Gomez's transplant were made.

Days after catching backlash for jokes made about Selena Gomez’s 2017 kidney transplant, an episode of Peacock’s “Saved by the Bell” reboot has been edited to remove them. Clips from the episode were shared on social media by fans who were largely appalled that the show would make light of her kidney transplant.

 Selena Gomez ” began trending this week after Peacock’s Saved By the Bell reboot joked about the star’s health multiple times. Enraged Selenators took to social media to voice their disdain over the series using the 28-year-old entertainer’s kidney transplant as a punchline.

Saved By The Bell reboot is already in hot water with Selena Gomez fans after its debut.The revival - which follows on from the hit early 1990s sitcom chronicling the lives of Bayside's high school students (Zack Morris, AC Slater, Kelly Kapowski etc) - recently premiered in the US on American NBC streaming site Peacock (currently not available in the UK) introducing a range of new characters (and some alumni cameos) to bring the students into the 2020s.One of the new episodes discusses Selena

Peacock has apologized for aSaved By the Bellepisode that referenced Selena Gomez's kidney transplant in a brief scene as well as donated to the singer's lupus charity following social media criticism over the episode. "We apologize.

The woman who donated one of her kidneys to Selena Gomez is speaking up about a very uncool time in the pop star’s life.

Francia Raisa is speaking out against the reboot's joke about Selena Gomez's kidney transplant.

Selena Gomez have expressed their outrage this weekend, after NBC’s Saved By The Bell reboot joked about the singer’s 2017 kidney transplant.Despite Gomez’s public statement that she had received a transplant from her close friend, actor Francia Raísa – who later suggested that the singer “could have died” from complications surrounding the surgery – one of the new episodes features two Bayside High students speculating about the identity of the donor.“I know for a fact that Selena Gomez’s

Francia Raisa has broken her silence regarding the Saved By the Bell reboot making jokes about Selena Gomez‘s kidney transplant surgery.

The Saved By The Bell re-boot is walking back a joke it made at the expense of Selena Gomez after her hard-charging fans went after the new show!

The streaming service Peacock has released an apology after Selena Gomez‘s fans expressed outraged over a joke about her kidney transplant surgery in the new Saved By the Bell reboot series.

Selena Gomez fans took to social media to criticize the new Saved by the Bell reboot after the Peacock series made fun of the singer’s 2017 kidney transplant.In a scene from the reboot, which premiered on NBCUniversal’s streaming service on Wednesday, November 25, two high school students can be seen arguing about who donated a kidney to the “Lose You to Love Me” singer, 28.“I know for a fact that Selena Gomez’s kidney donor was Justin Bieber‘s mom,” one girl says.

Selena Gomez fans are coming to her support. On Saturday, "Respect Selena Gomez" began trending on Twitter after a scene from the reboot went viral.

A number of Selena Gomez fans took offense at Peacock’s new and updated Saved By The Bell when the series seemed to poke fun at the singer’s kidney transplant.