{"id":25022,"date":"2019-06-07T14:48:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T20:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1047889"},"modified":"2019-06-07T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T20:48:57","slug":"selena-gomez-spreads-love-during-surprise-childrens-hospital-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/selena-gomez-spreads-love-during-surprise-childrens-hospital-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez Spreads Love During Surprise Children&#8217;s Hospital Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-0-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201957\/rs_1024x759-190607124033-1024-2selena-gomez-big-slick-event.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Selena Gomez, Big Slick \" alt=\"Selena Gomez, Big Slick \" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Stephen Lovekin\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"39.146953405018\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"23.670250896057\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/selena_gomez\">Selena Gomez<\/a><\/strong> continues to look good, feel good and <em>do<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old star is using her celebrity-status for a great cause. On Friday, the &#8220;Fetish&#8221; singer visited patients at the Children&#8217;s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City&nbsp;for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrensmercy.org\/research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10th annual Big Slick Celebrity fundraiser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While at the hospital, Gomez appeared to enjoy a fun-filled day with some of the patients. Fan accounts on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SELENAT0RSARMY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> captured a few sweet moments between&nbsp;<em>The Dead Don&#8217;t Die<\/em> actress and her fans. She posed for pictures, played board games, colored and signed a handful of autographs.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Missouri natives&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/eric_stonestreet\">Eric Stonestreet<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>David Koechner<\/strong>&nbsp;visited the Children&#8217;s Mercy Hospital with the &#8220;Same Old Love&#8221; star. The <em>Modern Family<\/em> actor and 56-year-old comedian are hosting the event with Kansas City natives&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/paul_rudd\">Paul Rudd<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jason_sudeikis\">Jason Sudeikis<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Rob Riggle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more? This isn&#8217;t the only appearance&nbsp;Gomez&nbsp;is making this weekend. She&#8217;s hitting up&nbsp;more events to help the fundraising organization, including the legendary celebrity softball tournament. So you can catch the 26-year-old beauty all suited up and ready to play ball.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"51.962962962963\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10.222222222222\">\n<p>Many more celebrities are expected to attend the Big Slick events this weekend, including <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ariel_winter\">Ariel Winter<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/adam_scott\">Adam Scott<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/cobie_smulders\">Cobie Smulders<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/zachary_levi\">Zachary Levi<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Kat Mcnamara<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 9 years, Big Slick has raised more than $8 million for pediatric research at Children&#8217;s Mercy Hospital, according to a press release sent to E! News.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-3-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201957\/rs_1024x759-190607123909-1024-selena-gomez-big-slick-event.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Selena Gomez, Big Slick \" alt=\"Selena Gomez, Big Slick \" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Stephen Lovekin\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"32.846292947559\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"13.830018083183\">\n<p>Back in April, Selena&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1035137\/selena-gomez-gets-candid-about-therapy-love-and-spending-time-alone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opened up about self-love<\/a> and taking a much-needed break from the public eye last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year, I took a lot of time off,&#8221;&nbsp;the 26-year-old star said during an interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coach.com\/dreamitreal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coach&#8217;s <em>Dream It Real<\/em><\/a> podcast. &#8220;I think that I needed a moment to myself because I do feel like I was growing and changing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Early that same month, she made her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1035747\/selena-gomez-says-she-gets-in-trouble-too-much-when-she-talks-about-this-topic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first major public appearance<\/a> after a year-and-a-half of shying away from the red carpet. There, she revealed to E! News that she was &#8220;excited&#8221; about the possibility of&nbsp;attending more events.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.456175298805\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4.601593625498\">\n<p>As of late, she&#8217;s attended high-profile events, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1041150\/selena-gomez-kicks-off-2019-cannes-film-festival-with-effortless-style\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019 Cannes Film Festival<\/a> (where she also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1042085\/selena-gomez-jokes-she-and-bill-murray-are-getting-married-after-viral-cannes-film-festival-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had a viral moment<\/a> with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/bill_murray\">Bill Murray<\/a><\/strong>), a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1032045\/selena-gomez-makes-comeback-at-coachella-with-surprise-performance-with-cardi-b?query=selena%20gomez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surprise appearance at Coachella<\/a> and The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s Empowerment in Entertainment\u2014to name a few.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1047889\/selena-gomez-spreads-love-during-surprise-children-s-hospital-visit?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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