Selena Gomez Attends High School Volleyball Game Upon Request: 'They Asked!! Couldn't Help It' (original) (raw)

While in Colorado for the Telluride Film Festival, the actress noticed a sign that requested her to visit

Selena Gomez; a sign asking her to sing the National Anthem. Photo:

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Selena Gomez grants her fans' wishes — all they have to do is ask!

The Only Murders in the Building star, 32, shared on Instagram on Saturday, Aug. 31, that she attended a recent volleyball game at a high school in Telluride. She was in the Colorado town for the 2024 Telluride Film Festival promoting her movie Emilia Pérez — and couldn't say no after fans created a sign asking her to attend.

"They asked!! Couldn’t help it, it’s my first time in Telluride!" Gomez captioned the post.

The first photo in the set was of a bright orange note pinned to a bulletin board and addressed to the "Single Soon" singer. "Selena Gomez, Please sing the National Anthem @ one of [our] home games," the note read. It was decorated with hearts and included a coach's email.

Selena Gomez in Los Angeles on Aug. 22, 2024.

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Although the post didn't include footage of Gomez singing, there was a video of the star walking into the school's gym as someone screamed her name.

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"I saw the sign and so I had to come," she told a crowd of people as they laughed and gravitated toward her. Gomez took a group photo with the team and signed autographs in a crowded hallway.

Gomez's fellow celebrities commended her high school visit. "The kindest heart indeed 🥹," Zoe Saldaña wrote. "This is so sweet ❤️," Ashley Park added. Gomez's boyfriend Benny Blanco commented: "❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍."

Selena Gomez at the Telluride Film Festival on Aug 30, 2024.

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The multi-hyphenate appeared at the Telluride Film Festival on behalf of her recently released Netflix film Emilia Pérez, a musical comedy and crime film from director Jacques Audiard about a lawyer in Mexico who receives an unexpected offer to help a "feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he's always dreamed of being," per the film's synopsis.

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Emilia Pérez also stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Edgar Ramírez and is streaming on Netflix.