Selena Gomez Watches Basketball Game At Beyoncé Concert
Selena Gomez has divided people after she revealed that she was watching a basketball game on her phone while at Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter show at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
In case you missed it, the New York Knicks were facing off against the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, and it seems as though Selena didn't want a little thing like Beyoncé's concert getting in the way of watching it unfold in real time.
The star announced her attendance at the Cowboy Carter show by sharing a photo of herself in a merch cowboy hat and writing: "To the queen B we praise."
But Selena quickly followed up with a photo of herself seemingly sitting in the bar area furthest away from the stage in her private suite, with her phone stuck onto the glass partition wall screening the sports game. 'Still got my eye on the game,' she captioned the post, with Beyoncé's performance seemingly in full swing in the background of the image.
For reference, luxury boxes at event venues typically have a separate seating area to watch the performance, and a private bar further back.
Needless to say, many felt that this was disrespectful to Beyoncé, especially as Selena wasn't even in the designated seating area for the show. One viral tweet simply shared a screenshot of Selena's story with the caption: 'booooooooooo' and a series of tomato emojis.
'she must be her own biggest enemy because imagine going to a beyonce concert sitting your ass way back there and watching baseball on your shitty phone AND being PROUD ENOUGH TO POST THAT,' a popular reply to this tweet read.'all i'm gonna say is a true musician wouldn't treat a beyoncé concert as background noise,' a quote tweet that has been liked more than 44,000 times added.
But others have defended Selena, and insisted that there's nothing wrong with a sports fan keeping up with a game while at another event. Discussing the situation on a Reddit forum, one user said: 'I live in NYC and plenty of my friends who went to the Cowboy Carter show last night also had the game on their phones… I'm not a basketball fan but apparently it's been a big deal 🤷♀️'
"it was a huge playoff game. I can't blame her for keeping up with it while at a concert. I would absolutely do the same thing,' somebody else wrote. Another agreed: 'I mean I've been at concerts I've loved while frantically refreshing my tennis scores app so I get it.'
Selena has not publicly acknowledged the reaction to her story, but let me know what you make of it in the comments below!
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