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Posted: 2022-11-04T23:54:17Z | Updated: 2022-11-04T23:54:17Z

Selena Gomez has an adorable nickname for her new kidney and its inspired by a sketch comedy show about a certain U.S. city.

In a conversation with Rolling Stone for its Nov. 3 issue, the actor and singer told the outlet about the kidney she received in 2017, adding: I named it after Fred Armisen because I love Portlandia.

She added, Ive never met him, but Im secretly hoping he finds that out just because I want him to be like, Thats weird.

In 2011, Armisen and musician Carrie Brownstein created the IFC comedy series that parodies life in Portland, Oregon. He has yet to respond publicly to Gomezs revelation.

Gomez has never shied away from discussing her severe illness due to complications from lupus, an autoimmune disease she has lived with for years.

In 2015, she went public with her lupus diagnosis and shared that shed undergone chemotherapy to treat the disease.

Two years later, she underwent a kidney transplant with an organ from her friend, actor Francia Raisa.

During the procedure, Gomez experienced emergency complications that led surgeons to remove a femoral vein from her leg and construct a new artery to support Raisas kidney, which left scarring.

In 2020, Gomez proudly showed off one of her kidney transplant scars in a photo posted to Instagram .

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