Selena Gomez stunned in satin at the 2025 Rare Impact Fund BenefitCredit: GettyThe singer draped in purple at the LA eventCredit: Getty
The former Disney star, who recently celebrated one month of marriage to music producer and songwritter Benny Blanco, launched the Rare Impact Fund in 2020 to raise funds and awareness for youth mental health globally.
According to Vogue, the event, hosted by US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, raised more than $600,000.
Earlier in the week, Selena’s ‘unnecessarily cruel’ comments landed her in hot water.
The star came under fire for boasting that herbillion-dollar branddoesn’t “use real models” for its beauty campaigns.
While Selena, was attempting to deliver a positive message about how Rare Beauty highlights real, natural features, many took offence to the comments.
The company had used hundreds of different models since it launched in September 2020 – making many feel Selena’s comments disregard their talents and professions.
Her remarks caught the eye of one Rare Beauty model who spoke exclusively to The U.S. Sun about hearing Selena’s comments.
The model, who did not wish to be named due to fear of not being hired for future campaigns, has been working with the brand since 2024.
“I actually cried when I heard Selena’s comments,” the model claimed, who then added: “I was already having a bad day and was feeling really sensitive and emotional.”
She continued: “I was feeling nervous about some career stuff, and then I saw that video of her saying I’m not even a real model.
“It hit me at the worst time because now I’m like… ‘what am I even doing?’
“I thought this would be a big break for me, and to be told by the founder of the company that I look up to that I am not ‘real’ at my job?
“It’s degrading and embarrassing. The number of family and friends who sent me that clip after was mortifying.”
The global star launched the Rare Impact Fund in 2020 to raise funds and awareness for youth mental health globallyCredit: GettyThe event, hosted by US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, raised more than $600,000Credit: GettySelena looked like one of the popular Quality Street treatsCredit: Alamy
SELENA Gomez and Hailey Bieber risked an awkward run in at a glam Hollywood galaCredit: GettyIt came just hours after the women exchanged swipesCredit: GettySelena attended the event alongside husband Benny BlancoCredit: Getty
The 28-year-old Rhode Beauty founder told WSJ Magazine she “doesn’t feel competitive with people she’s not inspired by”.
On Saturday, Selena, 33, spoke out, penning a post on her Instagram before quickly deleting it.
“She can say what she wants, it doesn’t affect my life whatsoever,” she snapped.
Just hours after Selena’s post, the two women appeared at the 2025 Academy Museum Gala in LA.
“I didn’t ask for that. When people want to see you a certain way and they’ve made up a story about you in their minds, it’s not up to you to change that.”
Actor, singer and businesswoman Selena Gomez and music producer Benny Blanco were married Saturday in California, according to posts the couple shared on Instagram.
Gomez shared a series of dreamily filtered photos of the couple on a lawn in wedding attire — Gomez in a white halter-styled gown and Blanco in a classic black tuxedo, both reportedly designed by Ralph Lauren — while embracing and holding hands as Gomez gripped a simple bouquet of white flowers. The caption simply stated the date — “9.27.25” — flanked by white heart emojis and audio of “La Vie En Rose” overlaying the display. “My wife in real life,” read a comment from Blanco on the post. By Sunday morning, the post had already racked up more than 17 million likes, including from stars like Sabrina Carpenter and Sydney Sweeney. (It’s unclear if the photos were taken the day of the ceremony or earlier.)
On Sunday, Blanco shared his own commemorative post on Instagram with a caption that read: “i married a real life disney princess.” The series of photos included the couple, in their wedding attire, lounging on a white sofa and a close-up shot of their left hands with the wedding rings that now adorn them.
The couple’s weekend extravaganza was held in Santa Barbara, according to Vogue, with Taylor Swift and Gomez’s “Only Murders in the Building” cast mates Steve Martin and Martin Short among the guests reportedly in attendance. Meryl Streep, however, spent her weekend in Milan for Fashion Week, filming scenes for the sequel to “The Devil Wears Prada.” Earlier this month, Gomez said on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” that Short would be the ring bearer. (We’re still hoping that’s true.) Other stars said to be invited are Ed Sheeran and Gomez’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” co-star David Henrie.
The celebration comes nearly a year after Gomez, 33, and Blanco, 37, announced their engagement in December 2024. At the time of their engagement, Gomez shared the news on Instagram, captioning a series of photos of her ring with the words, “forever begins now.”
Gomez revealed in a cover story with Interview Magazine that she first met Blanco more than a decade ago, when she was about 16 or 17, to potentially collaborate on a song. (As a producer, Blanco has worked with numerous A-list pop stars, including Katy Perry, Sheeran, Kanye West and Maroon 5.)
But it wasn’t until years later that they finally worked together on the 2019 song “I Can’t Get Enough,” which also featured J Balvin and Tainy. In 2023, the couple confirmed their relationship and, that same year, worked together on her song “Single Soon.” Earlier this year, the couple released their first album together, titled “I Said I Love You First.”
SELENA Gomez has officially married Benny Blanco in a romantic ceremony with A-list guests.
The pair tied the knot in Santa Barbara, California, which The U.S. Sun exclusively learned would be the destination earlier this month.
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Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco tied the knot in a romantic Santa Barbara, California, weddingCredit: Getty
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The couple said ‘I do’ surrounded by many A-list guestsCredit: Getty
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Selena recently shared photos from her bachelorette bashCredit: Instagram
The couple confirmed their engagement in December 2024, with Selena flashing her gorgeous diamond ring on social media.
Benny, 37, popped the question after weeks of speculation that they were engaged, following Selena’s showcase of her new bling on the Emmys red carpet.
It happened over a year after the pair’s romance began in June 2023.
Fans knew the wedding was near when Selena, 33, posted photos on Instagram from her bachelorette bash in late August.
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The Lose You to Love Me singer looked happy while donning a white bikini and a short veil during the beach getaway.
She’d already appeared to settle into her new life with the music producer, as the U.S. exclusively reported in March that the pair took out an over $20million mortgage on their $35million Beverly Hills mansion.
The lavish purchase came shortly before the duo released their first joint album, I Said I Love You First, which dropped on March 21.
It was initially thought that Selena and Benny’s wedding would be a ways away, after the songwriter, born Benjamin Joseph Levin, told Rolling Stone that they were taking their relationship “one day at a time.”
At the time, the Virginia native said they were enjoying their engagement and not rushing to the altar.
Selena Gomez is engaged to her boyfriend Benny Blanco
Benny also gushed about being “so sure” that he was going to marry Selena and how his feelings for her were “very different” from anything he’d ever experienced.
The multi-Grammy Award nominee previously dated model Elsie Hewitt before becoming romantically involved with Selena.
Meanwhile, Selena has had numerous high-profile relationships over the years, including Nick Jonas, Charlie Puth, Zedd, The Weeknd, and Justin Bieber.
The former Disney Channel star had the longest relationship with Justin, whom she dated on and off for eight years before splitting for good in March 2018.
Justin and Selena’s Relationship Timeline
Here is what you need to know about Justin and Selena’s on and off again relationship throughout the 2010s.
December 8, 2010: Justin and Selena were spotted on an IHOP date in Philadelphia together, although Selena tried to shut down romance rumors saying they are just friends.
December 31, 2010: The pair spend New Year’s together in St. Lucia and were spotted kissing on a yacht.
February 28, 2011: Justin and Selena make their red-carpet debut at the Vanity Fair Oscars party.
May 2, 2011: Selena confirms their relationship to Seventeen.
November 2012: Justin and Selena break up for the first time due to “being apart so much” and “trust issues,” a source told PEOPLE at the time.
April 2013: The pair were spotted together again, engaging in PDA.
November 6, 2014: Selena confirms she and Justin split for the second time while On Air with Ryan Seacrest.
December 2014: Justin sparks romance rumors with Hailey Baldwin and is seen kissing her a year later on December 31, 2015, while in St. Barts.
August 2016: Justin begins dating Sofia Richie.
January 2017: Selena starts dating The Weeknd.
November 30, 2017: Selena splits from The Weeknd and reunites with Justin.
March 7, 2018: The pair take a break and Justin rekindles his relationship with Hailey soon after.
May 2018: Selena decided to walk away from the relationship.
At the time, a source told Us Weekly: “Selena started seeing the bigger picture when it came to their relationship, like what was more important: her general happiness and her family and friends’ approval, or her being together with Justin, where no one really supported their relationship.”
A year earlier, the Sonny with a Chance alum told Miami’s Power 96.5 FM, “I’m the kind of girl that loves tremendously big. I just have always been that girl.”
“I will give my heart and my soul to the person that I love. It’s just how I operate.”
Benny has spoken about how he supports Selena and gained her trust following her past heartbreaks.
“I’m aware of her strengths and I’m aware of her weakness, and so what I’ve tried to do is surround her with things that help,” Benny said during the couple’s joint appearance on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast earlier this year.
He also admitted to nearly self-sabotaging their relationship in the beginning, saying, “I feel like it all happens for a reason. I feel like maybe me doing that is what disarmed her enough.”
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The lovebirds announced their engagement in December 2024Credit: instagram/selenagomez
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Selena and Benny recently splurged on a $35million Beverly Hills, California, mansionCredit: Getty
