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Selena Gomez Shocked Face refers to a viral reaction video of American singer Selena Gomez's shocked reaction while watching Argentine footballer Lionel Messi almost score a goal for the Inter Miami team. Her expressive shocked face became popularized as an image macro and reaction image/video on X and TikTok.

Origin

On September 3rd, 2023, the American singer and actress Selena Gomez watched Los Angeles FC play Inter Miami at the BMO Stadium. In one moment of the match, she was left stunned^[1] when goalkeeper John McCarthy blocked a close-range shot from the Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi. The Major League Soccer official X^[2] account posted Gomez's reaction (shown below) amassing more than 1.3 million plays and 11,000 likes in two days.

Selena Gomez was all of us watching John McCarthy deny Messi! 😱 https://t.co/A3a564uUSB pic.twitter.com/7likNsWPJD

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) September 4, 2023

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Selena's stunned face became a popular reaction image/video on X. For example, on September 4th, X^[3] user @smgiscoming posted the singer's video paired with the caption "Selena Gomez continues to be shocked by Messi," which garnered roughly 9,000 views and 437 likes in a day.

selena gomez continues to be shocked by messi 😭 pic.twitter.com/KHEWe0pyZ3

— jonny (@smgiscoming) September 4, 2023

After the game, the singer was asked by a fan to send a message to Messi (shown below), to which she responded that she loves the footballer. The post, uploaded by @josepdt11 on TikTok,^[4] garnered over 2.2 million plays and 161,000 likes in a day.

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