Flavor Flav: Selena Gomez Is ‘Always So Brave’ in Defending Her Emotional Video
Flavor Flav supports Selena Gomez after her emotional plea about mass deportations, sparking online controversy and responses.
Flavor Flav showed support for Selena Gomez after the singer shared emotional Instagram Stories regarding recent mass deportations in the U.S. On January 27, Flav, 65, took to X (formerly Twitter), writing, “Team Selena Gomez. Again. That woman is always so brave to share her truth… and so many are quick to bully her.” His message of solidarity came hours after Gomez, 32, posted raw, tearful videos of herself expressing her distress over the ongoing immigration crackdown under President Donald Trump’s administration.
In the emotional video, which Gomez later deleted, she cried while addressing the impact of mass deportations on children. “All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can’t. I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise,” she said, adding a Mexican flag emoji in the caption. She followed up with a post that read, “Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.”
Gomez’s plea came a day after U.S. authorities arrested 956 individuals on January 26 as part of a nationwide immigration raid, marking the largest crackdown under Trump’s presidency. The operation spanned cities like Chicago, Miami, Boston, and Newark, New Jersey. Earlier in the week, 286 people were arrested on Saturday, 593 on Friday, and 538 on Thursday, according to BBC reports.
The controversy over Gomez’s advocacy also sparked a response from Sam Parker, a 2018 Republican Senate candidate from Utah, who tweeted, “Deport Selena Gomez.” Gomez responded to his comment on her Instagram Stories with a sarcastic reply, “Thanks for the laugh and the threat.”
Gomez, who produced the 2019 Netflix docuseries Living Undocumented, has long been a vocal advocate for immigration, influenced by her family’s own experiences. In a 2019 TIME op-ed, she shared how her aunt crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in the 1970s, and how her family’s immigration journey shaped her perspective on the issue.
