{"id":90142,"date":"2024-12-15T00:59:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/levanews.com\/?p=45267"},"modified":"2024-12-15T00:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:59:48","slug":"hailey-bieber-shows-subtle-support-for-justin-biebers-ex-selena-gomezs-engagement-to-benny-blanco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/hailey-bieber-shows-subtle-support-for-justin-biebers-ex-selena-gomezs-engagement-to-benny-blanco\/","title":{"rendered":"Hailey Bieber shows subtle support for Justin Bieber&rsquo;s ex Selena Gomez&rsquo;s engagement to Benny Blanco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are celebrating their engagement, and their celebrity friends have flooded Gomez\u2019s Instagram post with congratulations.\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' wp-image-45255 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/462581374_1329780304881413_3290692565934597116_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"821\"' height='\"800\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>The 36-year-old music producer proposed to the *Emilia Perez* actress, 32, on Wednesday. Gomez shared a series of romantic photos, including close-ups of her stunning marquise-cut diamond ring.\n</p><p>While support from her longtime best friend Taylor Swift was expected, fans were surprised to see subtle acknowledgment from Hailey Bieber, the wife of Gomez\u2019s ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber. Hailey, 28, hit the like button on Gomez\u2019s post, which featured a photo of Benny embracing Selena as she giggled with her hand over her mouth.\n</p><p>&ldquo;Forever begins now,&rdquo; the *Wizards of Waverly Place* star wrote in the caption, alongside the sweet snapshots of their special day.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' wp-image-45271 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/462577232_1793787678028615_7779737894919907129_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"830\"' height='\"537\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>Selena and Justin had a famously on-and-off relationship from 2010 to 2018, and rumors of tension between Gomez and Hailey have persisted ever since. Justin and Hailey tied the knot in September 2018, just six months after his final breakup with Selena.\n</p><p>In a June 2023 interview with Emily Chang on Bloomberg\u2019s *The Circuit*, Hailey addressed the alleged feud while promoting her Rhode skincare line. She attributed the drama to \u201cmade-up narratives\u201d about celebrities&rsquo; lives.\n</p><p>\u201cThere are narratives that exist for me that really hurt my feelings and make me really upset,\u201d Hailey said.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' wp-image-45269 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/466977207_1607877273493120_2850947349531443212_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"781\"' height='\"915\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>When asked directly about the ongoing drama involving Selena, Hailey clarified, \u201cI don\u2019t think this is about me, Hailey Bieber, and Selena Gomez. It\u2019s about the vile, disgusting hatred that can come from completely made-up and twisted narratives, which can be really dangerous.\u201d\n</p><p>Hailey rejected the idea of rivalry between the two women, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t like this whole idea of team this person and team that person. I want to bring people together. It doesn\u2019t have to be divisive.\u201d\n</p><p>She dismissed the narrative as a \u201cfrustrating old trope\u201d of pitting two women against each other over a man. \u201cBecause of a guy! It\u2019s awful! I hate it! I\u2019ve hated it from the beginning, and it all goes back to being misunderstood,\u201d she said.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' wp-image-45256 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/466931522_885095937112933_7580318630103740898_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"926\"' height='\"1162\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>Gomez and Blanco\u2019s romance began in June 2023, though Gomez didn\u2019t publicly confirm the relationship until December. At the time, she shared on Instagram that she had been secretly dating the producer for six months, calling him her \u201cabsolute everything.\u201d\n</p><p>The two had been friends for over a decade before becoming romantically involved and even collaborated on music, including Gomez\u2019s hits *I Can\u2019t Get Enough* (2019) and *Same Old Love* (2015).\n</p><p>Last month, Blanco opened up about how their relationship started during a Twitch stream with Kai Cenat. He revealed that Gomez was the one to make the first move.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' wp-image-45270 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/462582658_604543682085437_6076347209436122779_n.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"794\"' height='\"961\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>\u201cShe asked me out. It was crazy,\u201d Blanco shared. \u201cWe were just talking, and she asked, \u2018You wanna get dinner?\u2019 I went, but I had no idea it was a date.\u201d\n</p><p>Blanco explained that, at first, he didn\u2019t realize the dinner was romantic. \u201cShe said, \u2018I would\u2019ve worn something different to this date.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Wait, what? We\u2019re on a date?\u2019 I had no idea,\u201d he admitted.\n</p><p>He added that Gomez had to leave early for a video shoot the next day, but they met up again soon after. \u201cTwo days later, I was like, \u2018Yo, I think she likes me.\u2019 And then I just kissed her. The rest is history,\u201d he said.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are celebrating their engagement, and their celebrity friends have flooded Gomez\u2019s Instagram post with congratulations. The 36-year-old music producer proposed to the *Emilia Perez* actress, 32, on Wednesday. Gomez shared a series of romantic photos, including close-ups of her stunning marquise-cut diamond ring. While support from her longtime best friend &hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":90143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90147,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90142\/revisions\/90147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></strong></em></p>