Selena Gomez flashed her ankle at a mosque & caused a controversy

Selena Gomez took a break from being a mess stateside and headed overseas for the holidays. She and a group of friends, including Kendall Jenner (I guess they made up after the Swaggy drama), have been Instagramming their holiday in Dubai. They all attended some New Year’s Eve club event and had plenty of time for sightseeing.

Selena and friends headed to Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque. Of course both of Selena and Kendall Instagrammed the visit. Because some celebrities can’t visit a place without posting proof. Likewise, Eli Mizrahi posted the above photo of himself with Selena. He deleted the picture (and locked his account) after people took issue with Selena’s ankle flash. Some outlets are claiming Selena posted and deleted the photo, but Selena left the group photos (with another ankle flash) up, so who knows.

What we have here is a group of starlets (and a couple of dudes) who are acting like teenage tourists. They smiled, threw their hands up, and made “fierce” faces at a sacred place. Most of them dressed according to custom, but there’s a fair amount of insensitivity in these photos. I don’t know if Selena purposely flashed her ankle as a sign of disrespect … she’s really pushing it out there in the top photo. My guess: Selena and her friends didn’t bother reading up on guidelines before their visit. Yes, it’s rude.

These pictures are similar to when Rihanna pose-harded outside the same place of worship. Rihanna drew so much attention during her sultry photo session that she was asked to leave the mosque. Selena and her buddies weren’t kicked out because no one noticed them. Thanks to social media, their adventures are now immortalized for the ages.