‘It didn’t click’: Selena Gomez’s mum claims she tried to warn her daughter against working with Woody Allen

Selena Gomez’s mum has claimed that she tried to warn her daughter against working with alleged sexual abuser Woody Allen on his new film.

Gomez shocked her fans when she agreed to work with the controversial 80-year-old filmmaker on his upcoming project, A Rainy Day in New York.

The prolific director has been accused by adopted daughter Dylan Farrow of molesting her when she was just seven. He has strongly denied the allegations.

A number of fans attempted to reach out to the 25-year-old to encourage her to apologise for working with Allen as her co-stars Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Hall have now done.

On Tuesday the pop star’s mother Mandy Teefy weighed into the debate, responding to the cries for an apology.

A social media user posted on an Instagram post: “Make Selena write an apology about the Woody Allen film.”

Teefy responded: “Sorry, no one can make Selena do anything she doesn’t want to do.

“I had a long talk with her about not working with him and it didn’t click. Her team are amazing people.

“There is no fall person here. No one controls her. She makes all her own decisions. No matter how hard you try to advise. It falls on deaf ears.”

Rising star Chalamet, who also stars in the movie with Gomez, is set to donate his entire salary from the film to charity in the wake of allegations against the director.

The Bafta-nominated actor is the latest star to distance himself from Allen, saying that he doesn’t not want to personally profit from his role in upcoming film, A Rainy Day in New York.

“I don’t want to profit from my work on the film, and to that end, I am going to donate my entire salary to three charities: TIME’S UP, The LGBT Center in New York and RAINN,” he said in a lengthy Instagram post.

“I want to be worthy of standing shoulder to shoulder with the brave artists who are fighting for all people to be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve.”

Chalamet added: “I am learning that a good role isn’t the only criteria for accepting a job – that has become much clearer to me in the past few months, having witnesses the birth of a movement intent on ending injustice, inequality and above all, silence.”