{"id":2054966,"date":"2025-09-27T23:59:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T23:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2054966"},"modified":"2025-09-27T23:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T23:59:31","slug":"selena-gomez-marries-benny-blanco-in-star-studded-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/selena-gomez-marries-benny-blanco-in-star-studded-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez marries Benny Blanco in star-studded ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We can\u2019t calm down.<\/p>\n<p>Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco officially <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPH6AbikoLG\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said \u201cI do\u201d in an intimate wedding ceremony<\/a> in Santa Barbara, California, on Saturday, Sept. 27.<\/p>\n<p>The star-studded bash included Taylor Swift and fianc\u00e9 Travis Kelce, as well as Gomez\u2019s \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d co-stars, Steve Martin, Martin Short and Ashley Park.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Selena Gomez married producer Benny Blanco in a ceremony in Santa Barabara on Saturday. <span class=\"credit\">Selena Gomez\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The couple tied the knot at the El Encanto hotel. <span class=\"credit\">Selena Gomez\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meryl Streep, who not only appeared in the hit Hulu series but is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/13\/celebrity-news\/meryl-streep-couldnt-help-but-fall-for-martin-short-inside-their-completely-unexpected-romance\/\">also dating Short<\/a>, was reportedly invited to the nuptials but pulled out at the last minute, a source\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15129647\/Selena-Gomez-Benny-Blanco-wedding-Taylor-Swift-leaked.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The insider explained that Streep was \u201cplanning to attend but <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/26\/celebrity-news\/a-lister-reportedly-backs-out-of-selena-gomez-and-benny-blancos-star-studded-wedding\/\">told Selena she now won\u2019t be able<\/a> to.\u201d An exact reason for her disappointing absence was not given. <\/p>\n<p>Gomez\u2019s once-close friend,\u00a0Nicola Peltz, and her husband, Brooklyn Beckham,\u00a0would also not be in attendance, an insider <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/26\/celebrity-news\/selena-gomez-marrying-benny-blanco-this-weekend\/\">told Page Six<\/a> ahead of the wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Although there were rumors of a fallout, a source close to Peltz and Beckham claimed\u00a0that the actress is currently in \u201cpre-production for a very rigorous film shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gomez holding her wedding bouquet. <span class=\"credit\">Selena Gomez\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gomez and Blanco met while she was working with him on a song. <span class=\"credit\">Selena Gomez\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The happy couple rented out the El Encanto hotel for their guests for the wedding weekend, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/26\/celebrity-news\/selena-gomez-marrying-benny-blanco-this-weekend\/\">Page Six<\/a> confirmed Friday. The luxury retreat is owned by Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen.<\/p>\n<p>The rehearsal dinner was held on Friday, Sept. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez, 33, and Blanco, 37,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/12\/entertainment\/selena-gomez-engaged-to-boyfriend-benny-blanco-as-taylor-swift-agrees-to-be-flower-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">got engaged in Dec. 2024<\/a> after dating for a year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForever begins now,\u201d Gomez captioned her Instagram post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/selenagomez\/p\/DDdvcjbxoi1\/?img_index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showing off her dazzling diamond<\/a> engagement ring.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Blanco wore a classic black-and-white tuxedo. <span class=\"credit\">Selena Gomez\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blanco also commemorated the moment, commenting, \u201cHey wait\u2026 that\u2019s my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gomez celebrated her bachelorette trip in Aug. in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The \u201cWizards of Waverly Place\u201d alum <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DN63zYHD0os\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared pics and video<\/a> from the fun-filled getaway, and she was joined by longtime pals Raquelle Stevens, Ashley Cook and Courtney Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the singer released her fourth studio album, \u201cI Said I Love You First,\u201d in collaboration with her fianc\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>A month prior, Blanco revealed that the surprise engagement almost didn\u2019t go as planned.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gomez and Blanco got engaged in December 2024 after a year of dating. <span class=\"credit\">Selena Gomez\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was the sickest surprise that she had no idea about, and it couldn\u2019t have come at a better time because I was starting to f\u2013k up,\u201d the producer said during a\u00a0sit-down with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/benny-blanco-and-selena-gomez-against-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview<\/a> magazine in February. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that makes me so crazy is, you\u2019re getting engaged, and right before, they\u2019re like, \u2018Show me how good of a liar you are. Sneak around and try to do this perfect thing without me knowing,&#8217;\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end, she was starting to get upset because she was like, \u2018Why aren\u2019t you coming home tonight?\u2019\u201d Blanco added. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m just at my friends.\u2019 I almost did it early. But I nailed it, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The star studded wedding was attended by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce as well as Gomez\u2019s \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d co-stars Martin Short and Steve Martin. <span class=\"credit\">Selena Gomez\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gomez, meanwhile, chimed in about what it was like to work with the love of her life in the studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that he listened to me,\u201d the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/06\/us-news\/selena-gomezs-rare-beauty-putsup-scratch-and-sniff-ads-in-nyc\/\">Rare Beauty founder<\/a>\u00a0told the outlet about what she appreciated most about the process. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s difficult for me to speak up. Most of my anxiety right now is wanting him to speak because I feel like he\u2019s more talented than I am in this field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like working with a great filmmaker,\u201d she continued. \u201cWhether we were together or not, I think he still would\u2019ve listened to everything that I had to say, and he was able to almost transcribe it into music, into what the feeling of what I was talking about should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gomez shared wedding photos on Instagram with the caption, \u201cForever begins now.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Selena Gomez\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d actress, for her part, told the outlet that their romance began when they \u201cgot in the studio to work on a song and we just talked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s how easy it was for me,\u201d Gomez recalled. \u201cI liked him before he liked me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blanco said that he \u201cliterally didn\u2019t know\u201d Gomez was interested in him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gomez posing in her wedding dress. <span class=\"credit\">Selena Gomez\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe were in the session, and I was like, \u2018You should meet some of my friends. I can hook you up with some dates.\u2019 I hadn\u2019t thought about it at all,\u201d he reminisced. \u201cAnd then we were texting afterwards, and we decided to get dinner the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess she thought it was a date, and I had no idea it was a date,\u201d he laughed. \u201cThe second time we hung out, our second date, I was like, \u2018Wait, does she like me?\u2019 I was clueless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But following the date, \u201cit was easy\u201d for Blanco to take the next step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, when you think you\u2019ve met the right person, you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, my God.\u2019 But it feels so different,\u201d he gushed. \u201cThe second we started hanging out, I was like, \u2018This is my wife.\u2019 I was telling my mom, \u2018This is the girl I\u2019m going to marry.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can\u2019t calm down. Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco officially said \u201cI do\u201d in an intimate wedding ceremony in Santa Barbara, California, on Saturday, Sept. 27. The star-studded bash included Taylor Swift and fianc\u00e9 Travis Kelce, as well as Gomez\u2019s \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d co-stars, Steve Martin, Martin Short and Ashley Park. 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