Hailey Bieber thanks Selena Gomez for standing up for her during a ‘difficult’ time

Hailey Bieber feels like a less lonely girl.

After Selena Gomez shared a message defending the Rhode Beauty founder amid recent online criticism she has received, Hailey also issued a note of gratitude.

“I want to thank Selena for speaking up as she and I have been talking for the past few weeks about how to move past this ongoing narrative between her and me,” read the 26-year-old’s post on Instagram. Stories on March 24. “The past few weeks have been very difficult for everyone involved and millions of people are seeing so much hate around this which is extremely harmful.”

She added, “While social media is an amazing way to connect and build community, times like this only create extreme division instead of bringing people together.”

As Hailey, who is married to Selena’s ex justin bieber– went on to note that “things can always be taken out of context or constructed differently than they were intended.”