Selena Gomez has reportedly lost a whopping 707,880 Instagram followers in the last 30 days amid backlash for her emotional deportation video and record breaking Oscar nominations for her panned movie Emilia Pérez. The songstress, 32, has a jaw-dropping 422M followers making her the most followed woman on the platform since dethroning Kylie Jenner, 27, in March 2023, but now that accolade could be in jeopardy.

Earlier this week Gomez sobbed on camera in response to President Donald Trump's mass deportations of undocumented immigrants - a policy he campaigned on ahead of the 2024 election. She swiftly deleted the video, but sparked backlash from Republicans and MAGA supporters, including US Senate candidate Sam Parker who called for the Bad Liar singer, who is of Mexican decent, to be deported. Since Gomez posted and deleted the clip on Monday she shed 116,833 follower and 24-hours saw her biggest single-day drop as  44,151 pressed the unfollow button.

Meanwhile musical Emilia Pérez has been slapped with brutal fan reviews, despite it's 13 Academy Award nominations, with the actress' Spanish language skills also blasted. Selena Gomez has reportedly lost a whopping 707,880 Instagram followers in the last 30 days amid backlash for her emotional deportation video and record breaking Oscar nominations for her panned movie Emilia Pérez. Earlier this week Selena, who is of Mexican decent, sobbed on camera in response to President Donald Trump 's mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

The songstress, 32, has a jaw-dropping 422M followers making her the most followed woman on the platform but now that accolade could be in jeopardy. CritiqueJeu analysed data on all Selena's social channels, revealing a loss of 808,500 followers over the last 30 days. Paul Lenglet, co-founder and editor of CritiqueJeu, commented on the situation, 'Selena Gomez had a great end to 2024, but the start of 2025 has not been so gentle on her. The star has been facing many criticisms over her participation and performance on Emilia Pérez, a film directed and filmed in Paris, but with a story that takes place in Mexico.

'The film's backlash, especially from Mexican audiences, is now combined with backlash from her video condemning the deportation of Mexican immigrants by ICE. Gomez has been known for publicly speaking out, but this can alienate different segments of her fanbase—and potential Rare Beauty, her make-up brand, customers.'. It comes after an Insider told MailOnline that the star  deleted her tearful video because she was worried it showed 'weakness' - and feared it could 'alienate' Republican fans of her beauty brand,'.

'She realises that she cannot go up against a Republican backed nation - many of whom are loyal customers of her Rare Beauty brand,' they said. 'She does not wish to alienate. 'She is going to stay out of politics and in her own lane after that drama.'. The source explained that Gomez is extremely 'passionate' about the topic but feels like she can 'never win' after seeing the negative response. They added that the actress was only trying to be 'helpful,' but believes her message got lost because of her emotional state in the video.

She swiftly deleted the video, but sparked backlash from Republicans and MAGA supporters , including US Senate candidate Sam Parker who called for the Bad Liar singer to be deported. After quickly taking down her post, Gomez shared a message that read: 'Apparently it’s not OK to show empathy for people'. Meanwhile Emilia Pérez has been slapped with brutal fan reviews, despite it's 13 Oscar nominations, with the actress' Spanish language skills also blasted (Gomez pictured in the movie).

In March 2023 Selena dethroned Kylie Jenner (pictured) as the most followed woman on Instagram. 'Selena thought that she was being authentic and helpful with her video but in retrospect, she realizes that it could have been more powerful without the tears,' they continued. 'The tears showed weakness and that is not what she intended. 'She is very passionate and after seeing critics calling for her to help by donating some of her millions to enrich the lives of immigrants in their home countries, she realized that she could never win.

'She only wants people to see that most Americans are descended from immigrants. Many people are citizens because their ancestors chose to come here whether documented or not.'. DailyMail.com has reached out to Selena's rep for comment. Gomez broke down in tears while sympathising with Mexican migrants in the video. 'All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can’t,' she said between sobs.

'I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise.'. The video did not sit well with many social media users, who were quick to slam her for not using her reported net worth of $1.3 billion to take action herself. People branded her 'shallow' and 'narcissistic' on X, formerly Twitter. Some famous faces even got involved, including British journalist Piers Morgan, who said: 'Posting yourself weeping over illegal immigrant criminals being deported is a new level of absurd celebrity narcissism.'.