Francia Raisa first bonded with Selena Gomez over a breakup.

The 35-year-old actress famously donated a kidney to Selena when she suffered organ harm because of lupus and revealed that they first met once they have been each showing on teen TV programmes within the late 2000s and had been despatched to go to sick kids at a hospital.

She instructed Extra: “When I was on ‘Secret Life of the American Teenager’… she was on ‘Wizards of Waverly Place.’ Disney had the stars of their shows go to Children’s Hospital and visit all the kids… She was in my group. She came up to me and was like, ‘My mom had a teenage pregnancy, she was 16 years old, and we love your show.’ I was like, ‘Oh, my God, thank you! I love your show.’ We started talking, we both had boyfriends at the time, we started kiki-ing…

“Around the time that my boyfriend and I broke up, and her and her boyfriend broke up, she known as me and was like, ‘I am going through some stuff… I am going through a breakup.’ I used to be like, ‘Girl, me, too,’ and we have been simply inseparable after that ever since.”

Francia went on to add that she and Selena are “trauma-bonded” which can be “rocky and difficult” but she still likes to treat her like a little sister.

She said: “We trauma-bonded, which is gorgeous, but in addition it could possibly get rocky and difficult… People develop, relationships change. Obviously, I deal with her like my little sister, she treats me like her older sister… I don’t know any relationship that’s good… When our scenario got here up… No, I by no means pictured that, however clearly I by no means regretted it. I’m completely satisfied that we’re right here immediately, celebrating and supporting one another.”