From Proposal to “I Do”: Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s Wedding Journey

After their December 2024 proposal, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco embarked on a journey toward matrimony that culminated in their September 2025 wedding in Santa Barbara, California. The path to their special day reflected the couple’s busy lives and laid-back approach to love. Despite their packed schedules—Gomez with her acting and music career, and Blanco with his music production—they managed to create a celebration that honored their relationship while staying true to themselves. As Blanco mentioned on Jake Shane’s “Therapuss” podcast in July 2025, they were “both working on so many things” that wedding planning had initially taken a backseat. “But we’re so excited,” he shared. “I think this summer, we’re going to sit down and be like, ‘OK, what are we doing, hun?'” Their casual approach to wedding planning revealed a couple focused more on their connection than elaborate festivities.

The pre-wedding celebrations captured the essence of both their personalities. In August 2025, Gomez headed to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for what a source described to Us Weekly as “your typical, traditional bachelorette” weekend. “She was radiating all weekend and was so happy to have downtime with her girlfriends,” the source revealed. “Selena is a simple girl, and the little things go a long way with her. She truly exudes happiness when she talks about Benny.” Meanwhile, Blanco celebrated his bachelor party in Las Vegas with friends, including rapper Lil Dicky. These celebrations highlighted the couple’s desire to honor tradition while maintaining a relaxed atmosphere—a theme that would carry through to their wedding day. When Gomez appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon just before the wedding, she shared that planning had been “wonderful,” adding, “I’m very lucky. It’s going well. I’m so excited.”

The couple’s wedding plans revealed charming personal touches that made their celebration unique. Gomez, for instance, bucked wedding tradition by declaring she didn’t want “a big cake” at the reception. “I think I’d want a mini one for just us that we can freeze,” she explained via her beauty brand Rare Beauty’s TikTok. Instead of traditional wedding cake, her “preferred dessert would be biscuits and gravy. My Nana’s biscuits and gravy—that sounds like dessert to me.” This homey, comfort-food choice perfectly reflected Gomez’s unpretentious nature. Another departure from tradition was their decision to skip the conventional first dance. “She’s shy,” Blanco explained on the “Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware” podcast. Instead, Gomez hoped to share a special dance with her maternal grandfather, who “never got a chance to walk my mom down the aisle” since her mother eloped in Vegas. “I wanted to give my grandfather the opportunity to have that,” Gomez explained, showing how family connections remained central to their celebration.

While avoiding some traditions, the couple embraced others, particularly those honoring Blanco’s Jewish heritage. Gomez revealed they would participate in the Hora, the traditional Jewish wedding dance where the bride and groom are lifted in chairs. “I am very nervous about that,” she admitted. “I have to be honest, it looks so cute and adorable. But I was like, ‘What, I have to depend on something like this?’ I just gotta have a padding around.” Adding another personal touch to the ceremony, Gomez announced that her “Only Murders in the Building” co-star Martin Short would serve as ring bearer—a delightful role for her close friend. Short and Steve Martin were “so excited” for the wedding, though Short jokingly referred to Blanco as “Bad Bunny” before Gomez playfully corrected him. Unfortunately, their other co-star Meryl Streep couldn’t attend as she was committed to Milan Fashion Week 2025 on the same day.

The star-studded guest list reflected the couple’s connections in the entertainment industry while remaining intimate and meaningful. Alongside Short and Martin, attendees included Paris Hilton, Ed Sheeran, David Henrie, Taylor Swift, and Ashley Park. The night before the wedding, many of these celebrated friends gathered for a rehearsal dinner on September 26, setting the stage for the main event. Celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss orchestrated what an insider described as “a huge, A-list, star-studded wedding.” Despite the high-profile nature of the event, sources close to the couple emphasized that the celebration remained true to their “chill” vision. As Blanco had predicted months earlier on the “Therapuss” podcast, “It will be chill. It will be amazing.”

The wedding day itself arrived on September 27, 2025, when Gomez and Blanco exchanged vows in a beautiful ceremony in Santa Barbara, California. Gomez confirmed the marriage via Instagram, sharing photos of herself in a stunning strapless white wedding gown while Blanco looked dapper in a traditional tuxedo. The images captured not just their fashion choices but the evident joy radiating from the couple. After nearly a year of engagement and careful, unhurried planning, they had created a celebration that honored both their relationship and their individual identities. The wedding represented the culmination of a love story that had blossomed in the public eye yet somehow maintained an authentic, grounded quality. For Gomez and Blanco, the day marked not just the joining of two celebrities but the beginning of a shared life built on mutual respect, genuine affection, and the simple joy of being together.