Inside Selena Gomez's decision to delete crying video about migrants after it sparked deportation calls

Selena Gomez deleted her tearful video astir Donald Trump's wide deportation of undocumented immigrants due to the fact that she was disquieted it showed 'weakness' - and feared it could 'alienate' Republican fans of her quality brand,' a root has claimed.

The vocalist and actress, 32, sobbed arsenic the spoke astir Trump's migration policy successful an affectional clip shared to her Instagram Stories connected Monday morning.

Predictably, the video sparked a fierce backlash from Republicans and MAGA supporters, including US Senate campaigner Sam Parker who called for the Bad Liar vocalist to beryllium deported in the aftermath of her meltdown.

Now, an insider has told DailyMail.com wherefore Gomez, who is engaged to Benny Blanco, swiftly deleted the station and is vowing to 'stay retired of politics'.

'She realizes that she cannot spell up against a Republican backed federation - galore of whom are loyal customers of her Rare Beauty brand,' they said. 'She does not privation to alienate.

'She is going to enactment retired of authorities and successful her ain lane aft that drama.' 

The root explained that Gomez is highly 'passionate' astir the taxable but feels similar she tin 'never win' aft seeing the antagonistic response.

They added that the histrion was lone trying to beryllium 'helpful,' but believes her connection got mislaid due to the fact that of her affectional authorities successful the video.

'Selena thought that she was being authentic and adjuvant with her video but successful retrospect, she realizes that it could person been much almighty without the tears,' they continued. 

'The tears showed weakness and that is not what she intended.

'She is precise passionate and aft seeing critics calling for her to assistance by donating immoderate of her millions to enrich the lives of immigrants successful their location countries, she realized that she could ne'er win.

'She lone wants radical to spot that astir Americans are descended from immigrants. Many radical are citizens due to the fact that their ancestors chose to travel present whether documented oregon not.'

DailyMail.com has reached retired to Selena's rep for comment. 

Gomez broke down successful tears portion sympathizing with Mexican migrants successful the video. 

'All my radical are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. I’m truthful sorry, I privation I could bash thing but I can’t,' she said betwixt sobs. 

'I don’t cognize what to do. I’ll effort everything, I promise.'

The video did not beryllium good with galore societal media users, who were speedy to slam her for not utilizing her reported nett worthy of $1.3 cardinal to instrumentality enactment herself.

People branded her 'shallow' and 'narcissistic' connected X, formerly Twitter. 

Some celebrated faces adjacent got involved, including British writer Piers Morgan, who said: 'Posting yourself weeping implicit amerciable migrant criminals being deported is simply a caller level of absurd personage narcissism.'

Trump's borderline czar Tom Homan besides issued a scathing effect to her video meltdown. 

'If they don't similar it, past spell to Congress and alteration the law. We're going to bash this cognition without apology,' helium told Fox News.

'We're gonna marque our assemblage safer... It is each for the bully of this nation. And we're gonna support going. No apologies. We're moving forward.'

US Senate campaigner Parker wrote connected X: 'Deport Selena Gomez.'

'Selena Gomez picked illegals implicit America due to the fact that she's the 3rd gen descendent of Mexican illegals who received citizenship successful the '87 Amnesty,' helium wrote connected a abstracted relationship which helium aboriginal shared connected his nonrecreational profile. 

'She has an entitlement cognition toward America, similar her amerciable grandparents. Maybe Selena should beryllium deported, too?' 

Former Miss California and runner-up Miss USA Carrie Prejean Boller besides deed retired astatine the Emilia Perez star.

'Hey Selena Gomez, however astir you telephone each of "your people" you're crying astir being deported and invitation them to enactment astatine your mansion down your large walls and gates until they leave?' she wrote online. 

'Have them implicit for dinner, provender them, bathe them, fto them slumber successful your home, wage for their schooling and aesculapian bills.

'You could person helped them and you person not and volition not ... Save your fake tears.'

After removing the post, Gomez shared a connection that read: 'Apparently it’s not OK to amusement empathy for people.' 

She besides responded to Parker's telephone for her to beryllium deported successful a abstracted post, writing: 'Oh Mr. Parker, Mr. Parker. Thanks for the laughter and the threat.' 

The Only Murders successful the Building prima antecedently produced a 2019 Netflix documentary, titled Living Undocumented, chronicling the lives of undocumented families successful the United States. 

At the time, the erstwhile Disney Channel star, who was calved successful Texas, opened up astir her family's ain migration story, which began successful the 1970s erstwhile her aunt crossed the borderline from Mexico to America portion hidden successful the backmost of a truck. 

Her paternal grandparents, Ricardo and Mary, followed their girl and, erstwhile successful the US, they welcomed Gomez's father, who is besides called Ricardo. Her mother, Mandy Teefey, is besides a US citizen.

In a idiosyncratic effort for Time mag successful 2019, Gomez said undocumented migration is an contented she thinks astir 'every day,' adding: 'When I work the quality headlines oregon spot debates astir migration rage connected societal media, I consciousness acrophobic for those successful akin situations. I consciousness acrophobic for my country.'

The Golden Globe nominee noted that arsenic a Mexican American pistillate she feels 'a work to use' her level 'to beryllium a dependable for radical who are excessively acrophobic to speak.'

'When I signed connected to executive-produce a amusement astir undocumented immigrants, I couldn't assistance but expect the criticisms I mightiness face. But the information is, the worst disapproval I tin ideate is inactive thing compared to what undocumented immigrants look each day,' she explained astatine the time.

The Rare Beauty laminitis reminded her followers that 'fear shouldn't halt america from getting progressive and educating ourselves connected an contented that affects millions of radical successful our country.'