Flavor Flav Applauds Selena Gomez for 'Being So Open' About Mental Health

Flavor Flav has nothing but praise for Selena Gomez.

On Monday, the 65-year-old rapper fired off a kind tweet towards the 32-year-old actress for speaking out on health and mental health issues.

“I don’t know her personally,,, but Selena Gomez is one of the STRONGEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL people inside and out,” Flav wrote on X. “I applaud her for being so open about her health and mental health. And I applaud her even more for clapping back at haterz,,, but she shouldn’t have to. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾”

Gomez, who has been open about living with lupus and bipolar disorder, launched the Rare Impact Fund in 2020, which provides mental health services and resources for young people. She also chronicled her mental and physical struggles in the 2022 documentary, My Mind and Me.

It seems that Gomez hasn’t used her X account for anything other than sharing posts related to her music, TV, film projects, and other ventures lately, so it’s unclear if she’ll respond.

However, it seems that Flav is also excited at the realization that Gomez and Taylor Swift are best friends, based on a separate tweet he shared shortly after.

The Public Enemy rapper is a self-proclaimed big fan of Swift and embraced the nickname “King Swiftie.”

“I went and saw her show in Hamburg, [Germany]. She blew that s— out the water, man. And she gave me a shoutout from the stage,” Flav told the Politickin’ podcast, per Billboard. “I love Taylor Swift, man, you know her lyrics, she’s real. She writes about a lot of the things that she’s been through. She keeps it real with her fan base and that’s why I support her, big-time.”

Flav also came to the pop singer’s defense in September after former president Donald Trump said he “hates” her after she endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

Earlier that month, the rapper presented Swift and Post Malone with the Best Collaboration award for their track “Fortnight” at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.