{"id":2056098,"date":"2025-09-28T19:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2056098"},"modified":"2025-09-28T19:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:38:06","slug":"selena-gomezs-mom-reveals-who-walked-singer-down-the-aisle-at-benny-blanco-wedding-after-reported-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/selena-gomezs-mom-reveals-who-walked-singer-down-the-aisle-at-benny-blanco-wedding-after-reported-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez&#8217;s mom reveals who walked singer down the aisle at Benny Blanco wedding after reported snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Selena Gomez\u2019s mom, Mandy Teefey, confirmed that the actress was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/27\/celebrity-news\/selena-gomez-marries-benny-blanco-in-dreamy-santa-barbara-ceremony\/\">walked down the aisle <\/a>by her grandfather David Cornett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a perfect celebration for the most kick ass couple I know!\u201d the businesswoman wrote<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPJxrmckZqT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> via Instagram Sunday<\/a> alongside a wedding day photo of the \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d star and her husband, Benny Blanco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evening couldn\u2019t have been more beautiful and perfect! Absolutely flawless! All my love to my beautiful daughter @selenagomez and to the greatest son in law @itsbennyblanco!!!\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Selena Gomez\u2019s mom, Mandy Teefey, confirmed that the actress\u2019 grandfather David Cornett walked her down the aisle. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWhat a perfect celebration for the most kick ass couple I know,\u201d the matriarch wrote via Instagram Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt was a fairytale come true and it was beyond heartwarming watching my father walk her down the aisle!!! XO,\u201d Teefey, 49, concluded the heartfelt post.<\/p>\n<p>While Teefey limited the comments on the post, several fans questioned why her ex-husband and Selena\u2019s father, Ricardo Joel Gomez, didn\u2019t give her away. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t her father do it,\u201d one person questioned, as another chimed in, \u201cWhy not her own dad \ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Selena were not immediately available to return Page Six\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThe evening couldn\u2019t have been more beautiful and perfect! Absolutely flawless,\u201d she added. <span class=\"credit\">Benny Blanco\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIt was a fairytale come true and it was beyond heartwarming watching my father walk her down the aisle!!! XO,\u201d Teefey wrote. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/debbie3993<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Selena, 33, has vaguely opened up about her relationship with her father, and in 2022, she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/selena-gomez-my-mind-and-me-documentary-new-music-only-murders-in-the-building-1234620268\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Rolling Stone<\/a> that he \u201cdidn\u2019t want to be a part\u201d of her life as an actress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it was really me and my mom, our journey,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the Disney alum reflected on her childhood with Ricardo, 50, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/news\/g2572\/selena-gomez-interview-0413\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via an interview with Harper\u2019s Bazaar,<\/a> stating that he would take her to Hooters to watch San Antonio Spurs games when she was 7 years old.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Daily Mail reported that Teefey was \u201cshattered\u201d that she wasn\u2019t asked to walk the \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d star down the aisle. <span class=\"credit\">Allen Berezovsky<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>On Saturday, Blanco and Gomez tied the knot. <span class=\"credit\">Petra Collins, courtesy of Selena Gomez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe started noticing that when I would come, with my little pigtails, all the waitresses would be like, \u2018Hey!\u2019 So he ended up half spending time with me but with all those cute girls coming over,\u201d she quipped.\u00a0\u201cAnd that kind of became our thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mandy and Richardo were married from 1992 to 1997, and she later remarried Brian Teefey in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Mandy, meanwhile, shared that her father gave Selena away after the Daily Mail reported that she was<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/27\/parents\/selena-gomezs-mom-mandy-teefey-upset-by-wedding-day-snub\/\"> \u201cshattered\u201d the actress didn\u2019t pick her. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>An insider told the outlet that \u201cDavid and his wife Debbie broke down in tears of joy when [Selena] asked him.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>They hosted their big day in Santa Barbara, Calif. <span class=\"credit\">B-TEAM \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift, Paul Rudd Martin Short and Steve Martin attended the star-studded ceremony. <span class=\"credit\">Amy Katz\/ZUMA Press Wire\/Shutterstock \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSelena made the decision as soon as they started planning the wedding,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWizards of Waverly Place\u201d alum and Blanco, 37, said \u201cI do\u201d during a star-studded ceremony in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Among the attendees were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/26\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-hides-under-umbrellas-as-she-arrives-for-selena-gomez-wedding\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>,  Paul Rudd Martin Short and Steve Martin.<\/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 pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selena Gomez\u2019s mom, Mandy Teefey, confirmed that the actress was walked down the aisle by her grandfather David Cornett. \u201cWhat a perfect celebration for the most kick ass couple I know!\u201d the businesswoman wrote via Instagram Sunday alongside a wedding day photo of the \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d star and her husband, Benny Blanco. 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