{"id":2012670,"date":"2025-09-10T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2012670"},"modified":"2025-09-10T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:30:11","slug":"martin-short-is-taking-on-a-surprising-role-at-this-stars-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/martin-short-is-taking-on-a-surprising-role-at-this-stars-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Short Is Taking on a Surprising Role at This Star&#8217;s Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Martin Short<\/strong> can now add ring bearer to his resume.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Tuesday, Sept. 9, Short appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon alongside his Only Murders in the Building co-stars <strong>Selena Gomez<\/strong> and <strong>Steve Martin<\/strong>. During the show, Fallon asked the trio how Gomez&#8217;s wedding planning was coming along, as she is engaged to music producer <strong>Benny Blanco<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It\u2019s wonderful, I\u2019m very lucky,&#8221; Gomez said. &#8220;It\u2019s going well, I\u2019m so excited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When asked by Fallon if Short and Martin were invited to the wedding, the actress replied, &#8220;Course they are; Marty\u2019s the ring bearer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Short then acted out how he would give the ring to the couple by getting down on one knee and raising one hand in the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Here\u2019s your ring, Selena,&#8221; he said, imitating Lord of the Rings character Golem. &#8220;Take it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We are all so excited because we love this lady and we love her fianc\u00e9, Bad Bunny,&#8221; Short joked while the crowd laughed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gomez quickly corrected him, yelling, &#8220;Benny Blanco.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;That\u2019s two different people?&#8221; Martin asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Short replied, &#8220;Yeah completely, kind of the same.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jokes aside, Short has been supportive of Gomez and Blanco&#8217;s engagement, sharing on the Tuesday, Sept. 9 episode of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0-IEoofm928\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Good Hang with Amy Poehler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Good Hang with Amy Poehler<\/a> podcast how excited he was for the wedding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI just adore her. I&#8217;m so happy that she&#8217;s getting married to this fabulous guy, Benny Blanco, who&#8217;s just one of the great, cool guys and funny and loose, and she adores him,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m just thrilled for her happiness, and I&#8217;m thrilled to get to work with her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Short might not be the only celebrity performing special duties on Gomez&#8217;s big day. After the couple announced their engagement on Instagram last year, <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong> commented, &#8220;Yes I will be the flower girl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>\ud83c\udfac <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/daily?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><strong> \ud83c\udfac<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>This story was originally reported by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/martin-short-surprising-role-selena-gomez-wedding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Sep 10, 2025, where it first appeared in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">News<\/a> section. 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