Peacock apologizes for Saved by the Bell joking about Selena Gomez's kidney transplant

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An extended joke about Gomez's 2017 kidney transplant was greeted with outrage on social media, which called for Peacock to “RESPECT SELENA GOMEZ." “We apologize. It was never our intention to make light of Selena’s health,” Peacock in a statement. “We have been in touch with her team and will be making a donation to her charity, The Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research at USC.”