"Believe it or not I do have other friends in my life," she wrote.

Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at Prudential Center on Sept. 12, 2023, in Newark, N.J.

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No, Selena Gomez wasn’t being shady when she dropped an “lol” in the comments of a post with photos of Taylor Swift at the NBA finals.

The singer-actress cleared the air in a message posted to Instagram Stories on Friday (June 12) after she apparently “woke up and was sent so many txts” about people misinterpreting the situation. “i would never insult my friends nor was it an insult,” Gomez wrote over a quick snap of her view from her bed. “The comment was a reaction to the first slide on the page.”