--- title: Selena Gomez Says She's Recovering from a Kidney Transplant description: Singer and actress Selena Gomez revealed why she's been staying out of the public eye — she's been recovering from a kidney transplant canonical: https://time.com/4941186/selena-gomez-recovering-from-a-kidney-transplant/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-14T12:54:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:15.403Z og:title: Selena Gomez Says She's Recovering from a Kidney Transplant og:description: Gomez posted a photo of her and Francia Raisa, who donated her kidney to Gomez og:url: https://time.com/4941186/selena-gomez-recovering-from-a-kidney-transplant/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc51515e151cf1e4f/6988ddc04ee262298a30efcf/gettyimages-458678872.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4085 og:image:height: 2298 og:image:alt: selena gomez francia riasa kidney transplant og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Selena Gomez Says She's Recovering from a Kidney Transplant twitter:description: Gomez posted a photo of her and Francia Raisa, who donated her kidney to Gomez twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc51515e151cf1e4f/6988ddc04ee262298a30efcf/gettyimages-458678872.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Selena Gomez Is Recovering From a Kidney Transplant > Sponsored content. 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Actress Francia Raisa and actress/singer Selena Gomez attend the Unlikely Heroes' 3rd Annual Awards Dinner And Gala at Sofitel Hotel on Nov. 8, 2014 in Los Angeles. Vivien Killilea—Getty Images for Unlikely Heroes by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 14, 2017 12:54 PM UTC Singer and actress [Selena Gomez](http://time.com/4936487/selena-gomez-on-friends/) revealed why she’s been staying out of the public eye for part of the summer — she’s been recovering from a kidney transplant. Gomez, [who has opened up about living with Lupus before](http://motto.time.com/4473229/selena-gomez-lupus-time-off/), said she looks forward to sharing more of her journey with fans and shared the [Lupus Research Alliance’s website](http://www.lupusresearch.org/) for people who want to know more about the disease. “It was what I needed to do for my overall health. I honestly look forward to sharing with you, soon my journey through these past several months as I have always wanted to do with you. Until then I want to publicly thank my family and incredible team of doctors for everything they have done for me prior to and post-surgery. And finally, there aren’t words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia Raisa. She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me. I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much sis,” Gomez posted on Instagram, along with a picture of [Raisa](http://time.com/4089611/secret-life-of-the-american-teenager-ending/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4941186/selena-gomez-recovering-from-a-kidney-transplant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4941186/selena-gomez-recovering-from-a-kidney-transplant/"},"headline":"Selena Gomez Is Recovering From a Kidney Transplant","datePublished":"2017-09-14T12:54:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:15.403Z","description":"Gomez posted a photo of her and Francia Raisa, who donated her kidney to Gomez","url":"https://time.com/4941186/selena-gomez-recovering-from-a-kidney-transplant/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc51515e151cf1e4f/6988ddc04ee262298a30efcf/gettyimages-458678872.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc51515e151cf1e4f/6988ddc04ee262298a30efcf/gettyimages-458678872.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"selena gomez francia riasa kidney transplant","caption":"Unlikely Heroes' 3rd Annual Awards Dinner And Gala","creditText":"Vivien Killilea—Getty Images for Unlikely Heroes","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4941186/selena-gomez-recovering-from-a-kidney-transplant/","name":"Selena Gomez Is Recovering From a Kidney Transplant"}}]}] ```