What was the joke about Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant on The Good Fight?

SELENA Gomez’s fans have slammed Paramount Plus’s legal drama The Good Fight.

The criticism has come after the show made fun of her kidney transplant.

What was said about Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant on The Good Fight?

The joke at Selena’s expense aired on July 15, 2021 during episode 4 of season 5 of The Good Wife’s spinoff series.

The episode centered on: “When a comedy streaming network executive, Del Cooper (Wayne Brady), asks Liz to conduct a sensitivity read on one of his comedians, the entire firm ends up fighting over how comedy and ‘cancel culture’ collide.”

During one scene, Marissa (Sarah Steele), Jay (Nyambi Nyambi) and Jim (Ifádansi Rashad) gathered around while Jim printed out “permission slips” to give to co-workers.

He said they were so so people could have a pass on making one or two controversial jokes, but then Jay asked if there were any topics that were completely off limits.

Jim replied: ”Um, necrophilia?”

Marissa shot back: ”No, that could be funny,” Marissa responds.

Jay added: ”Autism.”

Then Jim smiled and said: ”Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant.”

What did The Good Fight viewers say about thew joke?

Viewers have slammed the show for bringing up Selena’s health and making light of it.

One angered viewer tweeted: “Ttaking someone’s [disease], difficulty, or struggle as a joke is so cruel.

“Stop this, coz selena had to pass that situation with all of her effort, y’all don’t know how hard this is for selena.”

Another called it “disrespectful” and said to the show: “You own her an apology immediately! you should be embarrassed of making fun of such delicate thing as a kidney transplant.”

A third said to the writers for including the joke: “Shame on you.”

When did Selena Gomez have a kidney transplant?

Selena required the kidney transplant surgery in June 2017.

It was after contracting lupus, an autoimmune disease that causes the body to attack healthy parts of itself.

She is one of a handful of celebrities who are fighting “the invisible illness.”

Toni Braxton, Kelle Bryan, Lady Gaga, Seal, and Nick Cannon have all similarly revealed that they’re fighting lupus.

Who donated a kidney to Selena Gomez?

Selena’s good friend and actress Francia Raisa donated a kidney to her.

But complications in surgery meant Selena had to undergo yet another emergency procedure to keep her new kidney in place.

Francia told W: “A few hours after our surgery, I woke up and had a text from her that said, ‘I’m really scared.’ My kidney was very active, and when it turned I broke an artery.

“They had to take her [Selena] into emergency surgery and get a vein from her leg and build a new artery to keep my kidney in place. She could have died.” 

Selena later said: “She [Francia] gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me. I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much sis.”

On the Today show, Francia revealed: “[Selena] goes, ‘I don’t know what to do, the [donor wait] list is seven to 10 years long. And it just vomited out of me. I was like, ‘Of course I’ll get tested.’”