Selena Gomez Engaged to Benny Blanco After One Year of Dating
Taylor Swift is celebrating Selena Gomez’s love story.
And she’s already got her role ready for the wedding. After her best friend of 16 years shared the news of her engagement to Benny Blanco Dec. 11, Taylor took to the comments to playfully call dibs on one special part of the nuptials.
As the 34-year-old wrote under her pal’s Instagram post, “Yes I will be the flower girl.”
Taylor having a special place in Selena’s wedding wouldn’t be too far off, as the two stars have been friends since their days double dating with Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas in the aughts.
And while he didn’t react to the post online, Taylor’s boyfriend Travis Kelce, has showed subtle support for Selena and Benny’s relationship in the past, by “liking” a photo where they showed off a bit of PDA at an NBA game.
On the post where Selena shared the couple’s latest big news, Taylor was among 11 million likes. Indeed, plenty more stars celebrated the engagement in the comments.
Jennifer Aniston shared her excitement writing, “HONEY! Congratulations sweet mama.”
Meanwhile Suki Waterhouse added, “Congratulations beauty.”
Gordon Ramsey also cheekily chimed in, noting, “Congratulations to you both it must be the cooking.”
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Benny, 36, popped the question to Selena, 32, during an intimate picnic which featured Taco Bell. The “Who Says” singer also showed off her marquise-cut diamond sparkler in a solo shot and rounded it out with a photo of Benny (whose real name is Benjamin Joseph Levin) kissing her on the forehead while she held her hand up to for the camera.
Alongside the photos, the Rare Beauty founder wrote, "Forever begins now.."
Confirming his girlfriend’s now-fiancée status, the music producer wrote in the comments, “Hey wait…that’s my wife.”
Selena and Benny’s engagement comes a year after the pair confirmed their romance. Prior to beginning their relationship in the summer of 2023, the duo had known each other for years, as they collaborated on the 2019’s “I Can’t Get Enough.”
The Only Murders in the Building star recently spoke about how Benny would have an impact on the next chapter of her career. While teasing the end of her journey as a singer, Selena noted that she will always have a close connection to music because of Benny.
“I’ll always have music in my life because my partner’s a musician,” she said during Variety’s Actors on Actors published Dec. 11. “And I love singing and writing and having moments to do it for fun.”
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