Selena Gomez has addressed Hailey Bieber’s remarks concerning their competing beauty lines with a brief statement.

“Just leave her alone. She’s entitled to her opinions,” Gomez, 33, commented in an Instagram Story that has since been removed, according to screenshots shared by Just Jared and TMZ. “It doesn’t impact my life at all. It’s more about staying relevant than being smart. Be kind.”

She wrapped up her message by saying, “All brands are an inspiration to me, and there’s enough space for everyone. Hopefully, we can all move on.”

Reports indicate that Gomez took down her post shortly after and instead shared images from her upcoming music video, along with a cozy moment with her husband, Benny Blanco. (Us Weekly has reached out to Gomez’s representative for further comments.)

Though Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber (formerly Baldwin) have long been compared due to their connections with Justin Bieber, both women have consistently shown mutual respect online. Back in the early 2010s, long before her relationship with her future husband began, Hailey often tweeted her admiration for Selena.

While Gomez has not further addressed her social media comments, Bieber, 28, was recently asked about the comparison between her Rhode Skincare line and Gomez’s Rare Beauty range.

“It’s always annoying being pitted against other people. I didn’t ask for that,” Bieber told The Wall Street Journal in a profile published earlier this month. “When people want to see you a certain way and they’ve made up a story about you in their minds, it’s not up to you to change that.”

Gomez and Hailey have long been presumed to be at odds considering their respective relationships with Justin Bieber. Gomez dated Justin, 31, on and off from 2009 to 2018. After Justin and Gomez broke up, he started dating Hailey.

“What if Hailey ends up being the girl I’m gonna marry, right? If I rush into anything, if I damage her, then it’s always gonna be damaged,” Justin previously told GQ in March 2016. “It’s really hard to fix wounds like that. It’s so hard. … I just don’t want to hurt her.”

After Justin and Hailey got married in September 2018, they often received backlash from fans who thought there was relationship overlap. Justin, Hailey and Gomez have all denied the rumors on multiple occasions.

Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) is ready to put her rumored drama with Selena Gomez to bed. “I don’t think that this is about me, Hailey Bieber, and Selena Gomez. This is not about this pitting between two women and division between two women. It’s about the vile, disgusting hatred that can come from completely made-up […]

“It’s hard for me to talk about this because I don’t want to talk on either one of their behalf because it was their relationship,” Hailey said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in 2022. “I honestly respect that very deeply, but I just know what was going on when we got back together. And I know what had to happen for that to come back together in a healthy way, and I think it was the most healthy, mature decision that he could have made and I respect that.”

The next year, Gomez confirmed that she and Hailey had spoken about the apparent drama.

“Hailey Bieber reached out to me and let me know that she has been receiving death threats and such hateful negativity,” Gomez wrote via her Instagram Stories in March 2023. “This isn’t what I stand for. No one should have to experience hate or bullying. I’ve always advocated for kindness and really want this all to stop.”

Hailey issued her own statement several hours later.

“The last few weeks have been very hard for everyone involved and millions of people are seeing so much hate around this which is extremely harmful,” Hailey wrote at the time. “While social media is an incredible way to connect and build community, moments like this only create extreme division instead of bringing people together.”