Selena Gomez is speaking out against a racist joke from a comedian who was invited to speak at a recent Donald Trump rally.
The actress reacted to Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes about Puerto Rico being a “floating pile of garbage” … telling Variety she “strongly disagreed with any comments that were made recently.”
Selena is Latina … she was born in Texas and one side of her family is of Mexican descent … and, she also told the outlet … “I definitely want to stand by my people.”
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The joke sparked a bunch of backlash among Puerto Ricans and the Latin community … even moving Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny to endorse Trump’s opponent, Kamala Harris.
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Selena took time out of her “Emilia Pérez” movie premiere to talk politics … the same week she posted a video of her returning her ballot as part of early voting in California.