{"id":80508,"date":"2023-09-14T14:56:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=239137"},"modified":"2023-09-14T05:48:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T05:48:51","slug":"what-did-selena-gomez-do-mtv-vmas-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/what-did-selena-gomez-do-mtv-vmas-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez Has Slammed Those Shaming Her Appearance At The 2023 VMAs: \u201cI Will Never Be A Meme Again\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_239140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239140\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239140\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Selena-Gomez-VMAS-2023.jpg\" alt=\"Selena-Gomez-VMAS-2023\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1535\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEWARK, NEW JERSEY &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: Selena Gomez attends the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Taylor Hill\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selena Gomez is done being the subject of your viral posts. Finished. Over. Dead and buried. No more. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multi-hyphenate musician made this explicitly clear on her Instagram Stories overnight after attending the 2023 MTV VMA<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/mtv-vmas-red-carpet-2023\/\"> awards in New Jersey. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cSingle Soon\u201d pop star was nominated for three \u2018Moonmans\u2019 at the ceremony, including \u201cBest Collaboration\u201d and \u201cSong Of The Year\u201d for the single\u00a0 \u201cCalm Down\u201d featuring Rema. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though, it wasn\u2019t her fiery <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/tomato-girl\/\">Tomato Girl Summer<\/a>-approved <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/mtv-vmas-red-carpet-2023\/\">Oscar de la Renta gown<\/a> that piqued netzien\u2019s interest or even her acceptance speech, but rather an innocuous moment caught by MTV\u2019s cameras during the official proceedings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What Did Selena Gomez Do At The MTV VMAs 2023?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Footage of Selena Gomez reacting to Chris Brown\u2019s nominations at the 2023 MTV VMAs went viral on TikTok and X (formerly known as Twitter) as she seemingly appeared disgruntled as Brown\u2019s name was read out. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a video, which you can see below, Gomez was captured scrunching her nose as Brown\u2019s name was announced as part of his category nomination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Selena Gomez reacting to Chris Brown being nominated at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VMAs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#VMAs<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ngx4Ep8aD5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ngx4Ep8aD5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1701766237028565245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s understood that Gomez\u2019s reaction may signal her disapproval of the disgraced rapper being included in the ceremony. In 2009, Brown pled guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/chris-brown-recounts-assaulting-rihanna\/\">domestic assault after abusing his then-girlfriend, Rihanna<\/a>. Since the altercation, Brown has reportedly been accused of assault by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/selena-gomez-chris-brown-vma-2023-b2410415.html\" target=\"_blank\">numerous women over the last decade and a half.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gomez was also captured appearing shocked and concerned after Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s performance of her single \u201cVampire\u201d was plagued by technical difficulties and stage malfunctions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Footage from the event cut to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/only-murders-in-the-building-season-3\/\">Only Murders In The Building<\/a> <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">star <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">covering her ears after an amp appeared to blow up and Rodrigo hastily rushed off-stage. Explaining the incident, which was believed to be a stunt calculated by Rodrigo as a homage to the \u201cVampire\u201d music video\u2014which would\u2019ve been meta if communicated to concerned attendees\u2014Gomez wrote on TikTok: \u201cI heard a loud noise and it scared me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239139\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239139\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Selena-Gomez-MTV-VMAS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEWARK, NEW JERSEY &#8211; SEPTEMBER 12: Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift attend the 2023 Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Johnny Nunez\/Getty Images for MTV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>What Has Selena Gomez Said About The MTV VMAs 2023?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the event, Gomez took to social media to condemn those turning her reactions into a viral moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI will never be a meme again,\u201d wrote the 31-year-old. \u201cI\u2019d rather sit still than be dragged for being myself. Much love,\u201d she added. It\u2019s clear based on her response that she\u2019s not taking the vitriol lying down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the weeks leading up to the event, Gomez became the subject of a viral news story after a photo of herself looking idle while <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/selena-gomez-blanket-meme\/\">wrapped in a blanket started trending.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typically, Gomez herself has been on to let us in on the joke, with the star even resharing some hilarious tweets<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/selena-gomez-fred-again-dating\/\"> poking fun at herself<\/a> after the blanket incident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past, Gomez has also self-referenced her biggest beauty blunders, including releasing a <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/selena-gomez-browgate-response-brow-gel\/\">lamination-rivalling brow gel following her public \u2018brow gate\u2019 dispute with Hailey Bieber and Kylie Jenner<\/a>, or captioning a video of her leaving the 2018 Met Gala \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me when I saw my pictures from MET \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\u201d in reference to her over tanning fiasco. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42674,"featured_media":80509,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Here&#039;s Exactly What Selena Gomez Did At The 2023 MTV VMAs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Selena Gomez has gone viral after attending the 2023 MTV VMAs. 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