Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are celebrating their engagement, and their celebrity friends have flooded Gomez’s Instagram post with congratulations.
The 36-year-old music producer proposed to the *Emilia Perez* actress, 32, on Wednesday. Gomez shared a series of romantic photos, including close-ups of her stunning marquise-cut diamond ring.
While support from her longtime best friend Taylor Swift was expected, fans were surprised to see subtle acknowledgment from Hailey Bieber, the wife of Gomez’s ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber. Hailey, 28, hit the like button on Gomez’s post, which featured a photo of Benny embracing Selena as she giggled with her hand over her mouth.
“Forever begins now,” the *Wizards of Waverly Place* star wrote in the caption, alongside the sweet snapshots of their special day.
Selena and Justin had a famously on-and-off relationship from 2010 to 2018, and rumors of tension between Gomez and Hailey have persisted ever since. Justin and Hailey tied the knot in September 2018, just six months after his final breakup with Selena.
In a June 2023 interview with Emily Chang on Bloomberg’s *The Circuit*, Hailey addressed the alleged feud while promoting her Rhode skincare line. She attributed the drama to “made-up narratives” about celebrities’ lives.
“There are narratives that exist for me that really hurt my feelings and make me really upset,” Hailey said.
When asked directly about the ongoing drama involving Selena, Hailey clarified, “I don’t think this is about me, Hailey Bieber, and Selena Gomez. It’s about the vile, disgusting hatred that can come from completely made-up and twisted narratives, which can be really dangerous.”
Hailey rejected the idea of rivalry between the two women, adding, “I don’t like this whole idea of team this person and team that person. I want to bring people together. It doesn’t have to be divisive.”
She dismissed the narrative as a “frustrating old trope” of pitting two women against each other over a man. “Because of a guy! It’s awful! I hate it! I’ve hated it from the beginning, and it all goes back to being misunderstood,” she said.
Gomez and Blanco’s romance began in June 2023, though Gomez didn’t publicly confirm the relationship until December. At the time, she shared on Instagram that she had been secretly dating the producer for six months, calling him her “absolute everything.”
The two had been friends for over a decade before becoming romantically involved and even collaborated on music, including Gomez’s hits *I Can’t Get Enough* (2019) and *Same Old Love* (2015).
Last month, Blanco opened up about how their relationship started during a Twitch stream with Kai Cenat. He revealed that Gomez was the one to make the first move.
“She asked me out. It was crazy,” Blanco shared. “We were just talking, and she asked, ‘You wanna get dinner?’ I went, but I had no idea it was a date.”
Blanco explained that, at first, he didn’t realize the dinner was romantic. “She said, ‘I would’ve worn something different to this date.’ And I was like, ‘Wait, what? We’re on a date?’ I had no idea,” he admitted.
He added that Gomez had to leave early for a video shoot the next day, but they met up again soon after. “Two days later, I was like, ‘Yo, I think she likes me.’ And then I just kissed her. The rest is history,” he said.
