Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco‘s engagement was the target one of Nikki Glaser‘s hilarious 2025 Golden Globes monologue jokes.
“Benny Blanco is here because of the genie who granted him that wish. Man, lucky guy,” Glaser, 40, quipped at the top of the Sunday, January 5, awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
The couple looked loved up inside the ceremony after Gomez, 32, posed for solo red carpet pics. She channeled classic Hollywood glamor in a stunning pale blue and diamond jewels. Blanco, 36, complemented her look in an all-white suit.
Blanco was on hand to support Gomez, who was nominated in two separate acting categories this year. She received nods for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for her character of Jessi Del Monte — the wife of the titular cartel leader — in Emilia Pérez and for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for her role as crime-solving podcaster Mabel Mora on Only Murders in the Building. (She was previously nominated for her performance on the Hulu series in 2023 and 2024, too.)
She ultimately lost in both categories to her Emilia Pérez costar Zoe Saldaña and Hacks‘ Jean Smart.
Gomez also competed against Wicked’s Ariana Grande, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, The Substance’s Margaret Qualley and Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture and Nobody Wants This’ Kristen Bell, Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson, The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri and Agatha All Along’s Kathryn Hahn for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy.
Gomez and Blanco’s appearance at the Golden Globes comes less than one month after they confirmed their engagement. “Forever begins now..,” she captioned Instagram photos of her ring and the pair celebrating on December 11.
Blanco commented on Gomez’s post at the time, “Hey wait… that’s my wife.”
One week later, Blanco reshared the engagement photos via his Instagram Stories, writing, “Still can’t believe it!”
Gomez and Blanco went public with their relationship in December 2023, with Gomez revealing via Instagram that they had secretly been together for “six months” at that point.
“He is my absolute everything in my heart,” she gushed at the time. “He [has] been the best thing that’s ever happened to me. The end. … He’s still better than anyone I’ve been with. Facts.”
In July 2024, a source hinted that an engagement was coming for the twosome. “She and Benny are very serious and have talked about marriage,” the insider exclusively told Us Weekly, adding that the romance was “definitely endgame” for Gomez.
