So why did Selena Gomez suddenly unfollow her good friend Petra Collins?
A week ago, we discussed the Star Magazine story about how Justin Theroux has likely been carrying on with photographer and It Girl Petra Collins for months. Once Star Mag put the pieces together, it honestly felt like Petra and Justin had been hiding their affair in plain sight – Petra photographed Theroux a few times, and she’s been featured in his Instagram too. Hers was the first name to crop up immediately following Justin and Jennifer Aniston’s split announcement, and maybe Petra is the “New York friend” who kept spilling some shady stuff to Page Six? Who knows. Anyway, since I’m still learning more about Petra, I was astonished to discover that she was close friends with Selena Gomez. Past tense – Selena has now unfollowed Petra.
Days after it was reported Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber were taking a break from their relationship, the 25-year-old singer has just unfollowed her BBF and creative collaborator, artist Petra Collins, on Instagram. The move comes just weeks after the pair attended Coach’s fashion week show together, where they smiled and held hands together in front of the cameras.
Gomez first met Collins when she was photographed and interviewed for the September 2015 issue of Wonderland magazine. Last year, the 25-year-old photographer directed Gomez in her ‘Fetish’ music video in which the Texas-born singer sits in a kitchen surrounded by smashed plates and a puddle of rain, and her AMAs performance.
‘We were both kind of like awkward and timid in the beginning,’ Gomez opened up to Collins in a conversation for Dazed last summer. ‘People don’t know but my personal life ties into the work we do together because you know things about my life that nobody knows and I know a lot about your life that nobody knows. It comes out, somehow.’
They also spilt their beans on their sisterly relationship.
‘You make me feel more confident about the choices I make, like a sister. You help me, you encourage me and validate how I feel in that moment,’ Gomez gushed. ‘I wouldn’t have been able to grow into the artist I am right now without you. It’s like this fire-and-water, duality thing going on.’
That’s interesting, isn’t it? Why would Selena Gomez suddenly unfollow an artist and collaborator with whom she once had a “sisterly” bond? Maybe this People Magazine article will shine a light on that: “Inside Jennifer Aniston and Selena Gomez’s Surprising Friendship: What They Have in Common.” Selena and Jennifer are friendly and they met through their managers and Jen has had Selena over to her house in Bel Air. So is that the connection? Selena is publicly Team Aniston, and NOT Team Theroux/Petra? Huh.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
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