00:00Selena Gomez and her fans are calling out a recent episode of The Good Fight for referencing the former Disney star's kidney transplant.
00:06The fourth episode of the Paramount Plus show's fifth season includes a scene where a comedy television executive played by Wayne Brady
00:13asks Audra McDonald's Liz to put together a sensitivity read for one of his comedians.
00:18The scene involves several characters contemplating the effects of cancel culture on comedy.
00:22When asked what topics are off limits, the group supplies answers that include necrophilia, autism, and quote,
00:28Selena Gomez's kidney transplant.
00:30The episode suffered backlash for the reference, with fans tweeting,
00:33Gomez then took to social media herself to discuss the scene, writing,
00:38I'm not sure how writing jokes about organ transplants for television shows has become a thing, but sadly it has apparently.
00:45I hope in the next writer's room when one of these tasteless jokes are presented, it's called out immediately and doesn't make it on air.
00:51The Rare Beauty founder also thanked her supporters for coming to her defense, as well as dropping a link to be an organ donor.
00:57However, a source close to the show clarified to THR,
01:00If you watched the episode in full, the reference to Gomez is part of a discussion the characters are having about topics that are not okay to make fun of,
01:07and the idea of cancel culture and being canceled for telling a bad joke.
01:11The reference is that her transplant is not something you can joke about.
01:15The controversy comes not long after Peacock's Saved by the Bell reboot was criticized for the same offense late last year.
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