Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco get engaged after dating for one year

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco.
Alan Berezovsky/Getty Imagesselena gomez and her boyfriend, benny blancoannounced their engagement after more than a year of dating.
“Always starts now,” Gomez, 32, captioned an Instagram post on Wednesday, December 11, showing off her engagement ring. Blanco, 36, celebrated the milestone moment, writing in the comments section: “Hey wait…that’s my wife.”
The couple collaborated on several songs before beginning their relationship in 2023, including her 2015 hit “Same Old Love.” Yue confirmed their relationship, revealing they had spent “six months together.”
“He is absolutely everything in my heart,” she wrote in an Instagram comment at the time. “he [has] This is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Finish. … He’s still better than anyone I’ve ever been with. fact.
The following month, a source exclusively revealed US Weekly Gomez “has never been with anyone like Blanco.”
“She loves the way Benny treats her: he’s so kind and thoughtful,” the insider said in January. “My friends haven’t seen Selena so happy in a long time. She’s radiant.
In February, Gomez made a rare revelation about her relationship with Blanco. “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. “I think it’s really nice to be able to rely on someone who understands the world I live in.”
She added: “But I have to say, overall, it’s the safest I feel and it’s really lovely and I’ve just grown through it, so it’s been great.”
As for Blanco, he expressed enthusiasm for his romance with Gomez in May. “Every day I wake up and look in the mirror and I’m like, ‘How did this happen?'” he quipped. Today with Hoda and Jenna then. “But until someone figures it out, weeeeee!”
Later that month, sources revealed how serious Gomez and Blanco had become.
“He makes Selena laugh,” an insider told us in May. “He made her feel safe and happy. They both thought they had found the person they could be with forever.
A second source, meanwhile, stressed that Gomez and Blanco are in it for the long term. “She definitely thinks the relationship will last,” the source noted. “They talked about getting married and having kids and were very much on the same page.”
“Selena has found the love of her life,” a second source added. “She’s ready to settle down.”
Before getting engaged to Blanco, Gomez dated justin bieber On and off from 2010 to 2018, weekend 2017.