The actor and singer Selena Gomez announced her engagement to Benny Blanco, the record producer and songwriter, in a social media post Wednesday night, and Taylor Swift, one of Gomez’s closest friends, quickly offered to be her flower girl.
Gomez, who received two Golden Globe nominations this week, shared a stack of pictures of the marquise-cut diamond along with the caption, “Forever begins now.” In one photo, Gomez marvels at the ring while sitting on a blanket on a lawn next to a picnic hamper, a Champagne bucket and a couple of boxes from Taco Bell.
“I said yes to this,” Gomez shouted in a short video posted to her Instagram stories. “It’s so pretty.”
Blanco wrote, “Hey wait… that’s my wife.”
By Thursday morning, the engagement post had received more than 15 million likes and scores of comments from Gomez’s friend group.
Jennifer Aniston, Lil Nas X, Nina Dobrev, Gwyneth Paltrow and Lily Collins offered their congratulations.
Swift, one of Gomez’s besties, wrote, “yes I will be the flower girl.” That comment alone has received more than one million likes.
Representatives for Gomez and Blanco did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday.
The pair’s connection dates back to at least 2015, when Blanco produced songs for Gomez’s album “Revival.” They have since worked together on other projects, including “Single Soon,” a song released by Gomez last year.
Since making their relationship public in December 2023, the couple have not shied away from the cameras, and have discussed their romance in interviews.
“She’s truly just like my best friend,” Blanco said on “The Howard Stern Show” in May, adding that he was already thinking about having children. “When I look at her, I do say, I don’t know a world where it can be better than this.”
Gomez echoed similar sentiments in a recent interview with CBS Sunday Morning, calling Blanco her best friend.
“I am beyond proud to know that there is someone in the world that deeply cares about every tiny detail about who I am,” she said. “And to have someone support me, encourage me, inspire me and motivate me. It brings me a joy.”
Gomez told The Hollywood Reporter also last month that she decided to share her pictures and videos of her relationship online because “I guess this is the safest I’ve ever felt in one, and I see a future with this person.”
She added: “And when you put a little bit out there, people are not as hungry to hunt you down.”
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