
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco.
Getty Images (2)Selena Gomez just got engaged to Benny Blancobut he already calls her his “wife”.
Moments after Gomez announced their engagement via Instagram on Wednesday, December 11, flashing her diamond ring and writing, “forever begins now…” Blanco leave a sweet comment at her post.
“Hey wait… this is my wife,” the producer wrote, prompting more than 210,000 “likes” and counting.
Meanwhile, several A-listers celebrated the happy news in the comments section.
“Yeah, I’ll be the flower girl,” Gomez’s longtime friend Taylor Swift published Wednesday night, to the delight of their mutually overlapping fandoms.
Jennifer Aniston gushed, “CUTE!! Congratulations dear mom!” while Gwyneth Paltrow react with “SELENAAAAH.”
Marishka Hargitay offered her “congratulations” and Cardi B seemed stunned by the news, writing: “Waiiiiii, hold on 😱😱😱😱😱❤️❤️❤️.”
Lil Nas XThe response to: “OMMGGGGG CONGRATULATIONS AHHH.”
On her Instagram stories, Gomez posted a video of herself looking at someone’s face — possibly her mother. Mandy Teefey — after Blanco’s suggestion.
“I said yes to that!” said Golden Globe nominated starholding up his ring to the phone.
The woman on the other end of the call screamed, saying, “Oh my God, it’s so beautiful!”
Gomez, 32, and Blanco, 36, have collaborated on several songs — including her 2015 hit. “Same Old Love” – before they start a romantic relationship in 2023. After that sparked dating rumors with Blanco, Gomez confirmed their relationship in December 2023, revealing that they were together for “six months”.
“He is my absolute everything in my heart,” she wrote in an Instagram comment at the time. “He (was) the best thing that ever happened to me. The end. … He’s still better than anyone I’ve ever been with. Facts.
Next month, a source exclusively said Us Weekly that Gomez had “never been with anyone like” Blanco.
“She loves how Benny treats her: he’s so kind and thoughtful,” an insider said in January. “It’s been a long time since friends have seen Selena this happy. She positively glows.
In February, Gomez explained why Blanco is the One. “Without going into too much detail, I think it’s really important to meet someone who respects you,” she explained in an interview with Apple Music 1 Zane Lowe. “And I think it’s really nice to be able to rely on someone who understands the world that I live in.”
She added: “But I have to say overall it’s the safest I feel and it’s been really lovely and I’ve just grown through it so it’s great.”
As for Blanco, he couldn’t contain his joy at being with Gomez. “I wake up every day and I look in the mirror and I’m like, ‘How did this happen?'” he joked Today with Hoda and Jenna in May. “But until someone figures it out, hey!