The worlds of entertainment and politics have collided once again—like two trains in a Michael Bay movie. This time, the epicenter of the drama is a post on X by American (60% Mexican) Sam Parker, a former U.S. Senate candidate who, with the audacity of a telenovela villain, has proposed deporting Selena Gomez. The reason? The singer and actress publicly expressed her support for Mexican migrants who have been deported from the country.
Of course, Emilia Pérez’s protagonist wasted no time responding, doing so with an elegance that even a “This is fine” meme couldn’t match. Gomez took Parker’s intimidation as a joke, while her millions of fans—both in the U.S. and Mexico—transformed the politician into the new villain of social media. Now, Parker is trending, though probably not in the way he had hoped.
But who is this Sam Parker? According to his profile on X, he’s a staunch supporter of “America 1st” and a promoter of the slogan “MAGLA: Make American Government Local Again” (which, honestly, sounds like a failed marketing attempt). He’s one of those MAGA fans willing to lick Trump’s boots, eagerly awaiting a bone. He also advocates for the repeal of several 1929 district redistribution laws and the 1965 Immigration Act. In other words, his priorities are on par with someone demanding the return of flip phones.
The politician also has a presence on platforms like Telegram, YouTube, and other dark corners of the internet where the nostalgia for the Dark Ages seems to be thriving. He has even dabbled in cryptocurrencies, because apparently, political outrage doesn’t pay the bills on its own. However, despite all this online presence, his personal information remains a mystery, like a generic villain from Scooby-Doo.
The drama unfolded when Selena Gomez posted a video on Instagram in which she expressed her sorrow and frustration with the immigration policies enacted during the (dictatorship) of Donald Trump. In the video, the singer of “Lose You to Love Me” mourned the separation of families and the devastation caused by these measures. Her message was clear: “I can’t stay silent about this.“
As expected, Parker’s response was swift. With a conciseness that would make any poet tremble, the politician posted on X: “Deport Selena Gomez.” A message so brief yet alarming that it immediately sparked the fury of the singer’s fans—and the logic in general.
From his personal profile, Parker doubled down on his statements, suggesting that Gomez’s stance was due to her Mexican heritage and questioning her loyalty to the United States (a sentiment that sounds dangerously close to Nazi ideology). In his comic-book villain logic, any expression of empathy toward migrants is equivalent to national betrayal. But if history has taught us anything, it’s that messing with Selena Gomez’s fans is more dangerous than poking a hornet’s nest.
Now, Parker finds himself facing a media storm and an army of Gomez’s followers ready to remind him that you don’t mess with the woman who gifted us timeless hits like “Love You Like a Love Song.” And if there’s one thing clear from this episode, it’s that if anyone ever makes a movie about this scandal, Selena Gomez will definitely play the lead role. As for Sam Parker, he’ll probably end up being played by an extra with no lines.
Irrefutable evidence that Sam Parker is more Mexican than he thinks:
- He gets upset over others’ success.
- He gets into unnecessary trouble, like someone who says, “I’ll be there in a minute” and takes three hours.
- He argues on social media with the intensity of an aunt in the family WhatsApp group.
- He wants to send people away like when your grandma says, “If you don’t like the food, make yourself a sandwich.”
- And most importantly: He talks about deportations, but doesn’t realize that his last name, Parker, sounds more like a tamale stand in Coyoacán than a politician in Utah.
While the former Republican candidate clings to his tantrum, the internet has already adopted him as one of ours: a Latino who doesn’t get along with other Latinos, the man who claims to be more American than Coca-Cola.
