{"id":184172,"date":"2025-09-27T00:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T00:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/184172\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T00:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T00:43:07","slug":"selena-gomez-marrying-benny-blanco-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/184172\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Gomez marrying Benny Blanco this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Selena Gomez is about to have her happily ever after \u2013 just a few years after health woes left her fearing she would die.<\/p>\n

The former child star \u2013 who is now believed to be worth around $700 million \u2013 is tying the knot with music producer Benny Blanco <\/a>this weekend in Santa Barbara, Calif., with her BFF Taylor Swift in attendance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The happy couple has rented out the stunning El Encanto hotel for their guests for the entirety of the wedding weekend, Page Six has confirmed. The coastal retreat is owned by Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen and was once an old Hollywood getaway.<\/p>\n

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco will say \u201cI Do\u201d this weekend at a lavish Santa Barbara wedding. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cForever begins now,\u201d Gomez wrote as she posted a photo announcing her engagement to Blanco in December. @selenagomez\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Gomez and Blanco are hosting A-list pals at the El Encanto resort in Santa Barbara this weekend \u2014 but the ceremony is expected to take place elsewhere. belmond.com<\/p>\n

For Gomez, 33, the weekend will mark an idyllic new chapter, far removed from the chaos of her younger years \u2014 namely a turbulent relationship with fellow pop star Justin Bieber and serious health problems. <\/p>\n

Blanco, a sensitive guy from the suburbs of Northern Virginia, showed Gomez \u2014 a child star who found fame on \u201cBarney & Friends\u201d and the Disney Channel\u2019s \u201cWizards of Waverly Place\u201d \u2014 that things could be different.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenny was the first and only guy who got her to drop her defenses and made her believe someone was out there who would forever be her biggest fan, and not her rival,\u201d said a well-placed industry insider.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took Selena a really, really long time to feel well and truly free of the ways she\u2019d conditioned herself to act and react in relationships after Bieber.\u201d<\/p>\n

Selena has had her share of heartbreaks, but has found love with Blanco. Instagram\/@selenagomez<\/p>\n

Gomez donned a wedding gown for a scene in her Hulu hit, \u2018Only Murders in the Building\u2019, with co-stars Martin Short and Steve Martin.<\/p>\n

Blanco and Gomez both share a love of food. Blanco published a cookbook called \u201cOpen Wide\u201d with his pal Jess Damuck and Gomez filmed \u201cSelena + Chef\u201d for HBO Max in 2020.<\/p>\n

Candice Kumai, who was featured with Gomez on the show, told Page Six she was thrilled for the star. \u201cOne of my favorite memories was when we joked that both onions and boys can make you cry \u2014 I encouraged her to go find \u2018the one,\u2019 and I love that a few years later, she did!\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair will say their vows in front of a crowd of A-listers, including Gomez\u2019s \u201cOnly\u00a0Murders in the Building\u201d co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short, although it\u2019s not yet known whether Short\u2019s love Meryl Streep <\/a>will be there. Paris Hilton and her husband Carter Reum are also believed to be on the guest list.<\/p>\n

Gomez\u2019 BFF said she would be the flower girl for her pal\u2019s wedding. CBS<\/p>\n

Although Swift \u2014 who recently got engaged herself \u2014 will be at the wedding, her fianc\u00e9 Travis Kelce will not, sources confirmed. Taylor Swift \/ Instagram<\/p>\n

And although Swift, 35, will be there, her new fianc\u00e9, Travis Kelce <\/a>will not be joining her as the Kansas City Chiefs are scheduled to play the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Page Six has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gomez\u2019 once-close friend, Nicola Peltz, and her husband Brooklyn Beckham<\/a> will also not be in attendance, Page Six is told.<\/p>\n

Following rumors of a fallout, a source close to the couple claimed\u00a0that Peltz is in \u201cpre-production for a very rigorous film shoot\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gomez said her on-off romance with Bieber was \u201cabusive\u201d in an emotional manner. Getty Images for Vanity Fair<\/p>\n

Blanco and Gomez were first just friends. They originally met when Gomez was in her teens, although neither remember meeting at the time. They got close after collaborating on the March 2019 song \u201cI Can\u2019t Get Enough.\u201d Blanco \u2014 real name Benjamin Levin \u2014 dressed as a big white teddy bear for the video.<\/p>\n

They worked together again on her August 2023 single, \u201cSingle Soon\u201d \u2014 and by that December they confirmed they were dating.<\/p>\n

Fans, however, didn\u2019t initially think Blanco was good enough for the star, prompting Gomez to declare online he was the \u201cbest thing that\u2019s ever happened to me. The end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gomez\u2019 friend, actress Francia Raisa, donated a kidney to the star in 2017. AP<\/p>\n

The couple made their public debut at the 2023 Emmy Awards, and, in February 2024, Gomez told Zane Lowe on his Apple Music show, \u201cI\u2019d have to say overall it\u2019s the safest that I feel and it\u2019s been really lovely and I\u2019ve only grown through it, so it\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

In December 2024, they announced they were engaged shortly after splashing out on a $35 million Spanish-style mansion in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n

\u201cForever begins now..\u201d Gomez wrote on Instagram<\/a>, alongside closeup photos of the dazzling diamond ring Blanco gave her. Swift reacted by replying to the post, \u201cYes I will be the flower girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blanco, 37, is Gomez\u2019s most serious romance since her on-off relationship with Bieber, and the future Mr. Gomez hasn\u2019t been shy about gushing about his wife-to-be.<\/p>\n

Gomez (ringed) found fame as a kid on \u201cBarney & Friends\u201d, alongside Demi Lovato (wearing glasses, in front) Everett Collection \/ Everett Col<\/p>\n

She then went on to star in the Disney Channel hit, \u201cWizards of Waverly Place\u201d. \u00a9Disney Channel\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time she\u2019s singing, I feel it so deep,\u201d he said earlier this year after they collaborated on an album called \u201cI Said I Love You First.\u201d \u201cThe thing that Selena does that not a lot of artists do is she\u2019s never afraid to tell the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their coupling is the polar opposite to what Gomez experienced with Bieber, whom she started dating in 2011. She was 18 and he was just 16. They finally called it a day in 2018. Later that year, Bieber wed his wife Hailey.<\/p>\n

Gomez opened up about her relationship with Bieber in 2020, telling NPR it was toxic. \u201cI\u2019m not being disrespectful,\u201d she said. \u201cI do feel I was a victim to certain [emotional] abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve Martin (left) and Martin Short are expected at the wedding. But it\u2019s not known whether Short\u2019s love, Meryl Streep, will be there. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u00a0The industry insider told Page Six, \u201cJustin really really messed with her head. He made her feel like her successes were to blame for their issues, like she was bad for wanting to celebrate her achievements and accomplishments because it somehow diminished him, and just made her second-guess her self-worth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

They added, \u201cHe also had a way of getting back under her skin just when she\u2019d think she was free of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gomez is featured in the Netflix movie, \u201cEmilia P\u00e9rez.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actress\/singer went on to date musician The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) for about a year in 2017, and was then linked to former One Direction heartthrob Zayn Malik \u2014 who went on to have a daughter with model Gigi Hadid \u2014 and Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers.<\/p>\n

Although she is drawn to musicians, she was hesitant to date another one, the industry source said. \u201cHer guard was up so high and for so long after what she went through with Justin.\u201d<\/p>\n

With 417 million followers, Gomez is the most followed woman on Instagram. But behind the perfect pictures, she has suffered a string of health issues, both mental and physical. <\/p>\n

Gomez\u2019s pal, Nicola Peltz , won\u2019t be attending the wedding. selenagomez\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Paris Hilton and husband Carter Reum are attending the wedding, source said. Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/p>\n

Blanco has always supported Gomez, sources said. Instagram \/ @selenagomez<\/p>\n

In 2013, she was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease that can cause painful inflammation and swelling,\u00a0<\/p>\n

While talking to Savannah Guthrie about that time, Gomez remarked, \u201cI got to the point where it was really life or death.\u201d<\/p>\n

As she battled the disease away from the spotlight, rumors swirled that she had a substance abuse problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been through chemotherapy. That\u2019s what my break was really about,\u201d she told Billboard<\/a> in October 2015. \u201cI could\u2019ve had a stroke.\u201d <\/p>\n

The next year, she was forced to cancel the end of her Revival tour due to her health issues. <\/p>\n

Things got so bad that in the Summer of 2017, she had a kidney transplant, with her friend, actress Francia Raisa donating the organ. <\/p>\n

Gomez hinted at her upcoming nuptials, posting a photo of her make-up, with the message \u2018Me all weekend.\u201d Rare Beauty\/ Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cShe gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice,\u201d Gomez said.<\/p>\n

The star has also been open about her mental health. She\u2019s been to four mental health treatment facilities in total, and, in 2020, revealed that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will always be working on my mental health, and I will always evolve,\u201d she told Today in May 2024. \u201cI\u2019m not better or worse than anyone. I\u2019m simply just a person living and surviving every day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The couple love cooking and was spotted leaving a cooking class at Eately in Westfield Century City in LA in August. GAMR \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

The star\u2019s health struggles seem to have made her uniquely empathetic, especially for Hollywood. <\/p>\n

\u201cSelena is genuinely the sweetest \u2014 warm, loving, and incredibly hard-working,\u201d said Kumai, praising Gomez for generously donating to City Harvest in NYC as part of her cooking show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat always shines through is her authenticity \u2014 she\u2019s a good human to her core. She deserves every bit of love, success and joy because she truly helps others from her heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

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