Selena Gomez has announced that she is engaged to producer Benny Blanco.
Gomez took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a picture of her engagement ring and captioned the post with just three words, “forever begins now..”
The post features other sweet snaps including one of Gomez beaming as she looks down at the ring while sitting on a picnic blanket, a selfie where she blocks her smiling face with her ring-laden hand and another of Blanco kissing his fiancée as she holds up the dazzling rock on her ring finger.
Blanco responded to the post, “hey wait… that’s my wife.”
The announcement comes over a year after Blanco and Gomez, who recently scored two Golden Globe nominations for her roles in “Only Murders in the Building” and “Emilia Pérez,” began dating in June 2023.
The two have known each other for several years as Blanco worked with Gomez on the 2019 song “I Can’t Get Enough” alongside Tainy and J Balvin.
He also co-produced Gomez’s 2015 song “Same Old Love” and her 2023 number “Single Soon.”
Gomez — in response to relationship rumors in December 2023 — took to Instagram to declare that Blanco was her “absolute everything” in her heart, “the best thing that’s ever happened” to her and “still better than anyone” she’s ever been with.
She also shared a snap of a sparkly, letter ring with the letter B on it and shared a picture with someone who appeared to be Blanco that same day.
Gomez, in a November cover story with The Hollywood Reporter, revealed why she’s been open about her relationship on social media.
“I guess this is the safest I’ve ever felt in one, and I see a future with this person,” explained Gomez, who added that “there’s so much” of her relationship that people don’t see.
In May, Blanco weighed in on whether he’d propose to Gomez in the future.
“When I look at her … I’m always just like, I don’t know a world where it could be better than this,” said the producer and author of “Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends” on “The Howard Stern Show.”
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He later added, “People always said this to me, when you know you meet your best friend, she truly is my best friend.”