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Selena Gomez undergoes kidney transplant due to lupus

By PATRICK MAIRS The Instagram post includes Klassen, chief medical offi-
Associated Press a picture of Gomez and cer for the United Network
Selena Gomez recently re- Raisa holding hands while for Organ Sharing, which
ceived a kidney transplant lying side-by-side in hospital runs the nation’s transplant
from television actress Fran- beds and another photo of system.
cia Raisa due to her strug- a scar on Gomez’s abdo- “Lupus tends to be a dis-
gle with lupus, the actress- men. ease of younger women,
singer revealed Thursday. The 29-year-old Raisa is and younger people tend
Gomez disclosed in an Ins- best known for her role on to do better with trans-
tagram post confirmed by the ABC Family series “The plants than older patients,
her publicist that she has Secret Life of the American so the expectation is she
been somewhat out of the Teenager.” Raisa’s former would do quite well,” he
spotlight this summer be- publicist said she forward- said of Gomez.
cause she was recovering ed a request for comment Lupus also tends not to
from the procedure. The to Raisa on Thursday; it was come back after the op-
25-year-old calls the trans- not immediately returned. eration — “the drugs that
plant “what I needed to do Gomez revealed her lupus prevent kidney rejection from high blood pressure. cial media. Her 126 million
for my overall health.” diagnosis in 2015 and took are also very good for There were about 19,000 followers on Instagram are
The post didn’t reveal Go- a break from her career treating lupus, the underly- kidney transplants in the the most on the platform.
mez’s current condition last year to deal with anxi- ing disease,” Klassen said. U.S. last year. She is due to star in an up-
or say where or when the ety, panic attacks and de- The causes of lupus are un- Gomez, whose hits include coming Woody Allen mov-
procedure took place. Go- pression stemming from her known. “Good for You,” ‘’Same ie due out next year.
mez’s publicist declined to battle with the disease. Symptoms can include Old Love” and “Come & Gomez, who has been dat-
release more information. Lupus is an autoimmune bloody or foamy urine, Get It,” has been in the ing the singer The Weeknd
Gomez wrote “there aren’t disease, where the body unexplained weight gain, spotlight since she was a for several months, also has
words to describe” how she mistakenly attacks its high blood pressure or child. She appeared on had success behind the
can thank Raisa, who she own tissues, sometimes in- swelling in the legs, ankles “Barney and Friends” be- scenes as the executive
says gave “the ultimate gift cluding the kidneys. One or around the eyes. fore breaking through as producer of Netflix’s “13
and sacrifice by donating healthy kidney is all the Only about 3 percent of a teen star on the Disney Reasons Why,” the contro-
her kidney.” body needs, so a single kid- kidney transplants are for Channel’s “Wizards of Wa- versial young adult series
“I am incredibly blessed,” ney transplant can resolve lupus — most are due to di- verly Place.” She has a that became a summer
she added. the problem, said Dr. David abetes or chronic damage massive following on so- sensation this year.q
TMZ’s Levin visits celebs in their homes for new series

By DAVID BAUDER Trump episode was held a very self-assured,
AP Television Writer until a couple of weeks strong, independent,
NEW YORK (AP) — Har- after the election. fierce personality and
vey Levin likes to keep a Besides Sheindlin, other then on the other I saw
secret — at least when it participants in the first what looks like a very
involves him — so you’ll “Objectified” season in- traditional woman in a
have to watch his new clude Israeli Prime Minis- very traditional wom-
Fox News Channel series ter Benjamin Netanyahu, an’s role,” he said. “We
to find out which celebri- former California Gov. talked about that a lot
ty keeps a rock as a pre- Arnold Schwarzenegger, as she was telling stories,
cious memento. Martha Stewart, televi- and she bounced back
The founder of the TMZ sion mogul Tyler Perry and forth between the
celebrity website is the and Dallas Mavericks woman who was the
creator and host of owner Mark Cuban. master of her own des-
“Objectified,” which Each celebrity picks sev- tiny and also a wife who
premieres on Fox Sun- en things from different believes a woman’s role
day at 8 p.m. Eastern. periods of their life that is to nurture. She needs
The program features are used as starting-off to be married.”
celebrities showing off points for discussion. This May 7, 2013 file photo shows TMZ.com founder Harvey Levin “Objectified” represents
personal memorabilia in “I wanted to do a show at The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Los Angeles Fox News’ attempt to
their homes, starting this on the life stories of re- Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. broaden its program-
weekend with “Judge ally interesting people Associated Press ming mix, much like CNN
Judy” Sheindlin. who have succeeded does with Anthony Bour-
Levin tested the idea last but have had twists and at Wal-Mart that Perry can comfortably toggle dain’s “Parts Unknown.”
year with Donald Trump turns along the way,” presented. between people from Levin said there’s no po-
in Trump Tower, and that Levin said. “I didn’t want That gimmick, and the entertainment, sports, litical litmus test on peo-
special reached more to do a show where you sense of control it of- politics and business, he ple he can profile.
than 4 million viewers, sat on the sofa and just fered to celebrities in let- said. “The show will succeed if
a big hit in the cable talked to someone for ting them tell their own His discussion with it’s interesting, and inter-
world. The initial idea an hour. The key to this, stories on their own turf, Sheindlin brought out esting knows no political
was to do separate epi- for us, was finding a sto- made Levin’s pitch to the differences between affiliations,” he said.
sodes with Trump and rytelling device.” participate attractive. the business Judy and For now, Fox has only
Hillary Clinton, but since Hence, the rock. Or a The idea is also broad the private one. committed to 10
Clinton declined, the pair of pajamas bought enough that the show “I saw on the one hand episodes.q