Selena Gomez had no plans to appear on Drake's 'Popstar' featuring Justin Bieber: report

Selena Gomez was not approached to appear on Drake's video featuring her ex Justin Bieber, People reported citing a source.

The video for DJ Khaled and Drake's latest project "Popstar" starred Justin Bieber and had cameo appearance from the Canadian singer's wife Hailey Bieber too.

In the video Bieber is seen lip-syncing Selena Gomez's name. 

Shortly after the video was released rumours started swirling that Gomez was approached for the project.

"Selena was never approached and had no plans to participate in the music video," the publication quoted the source as saying.

The rumours stared doing the rounds after a businessman named Shazir Mucklai stated in a press release that he had told Gomez to appear in the music video to "lessen the friction" between her and Bieber.