Inside Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's Romantic Engagement: 'It Was a Total Surprise' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez.Photo:Jordan Strauss/Invision for the Television Academy/AP

Jordan Strauss/Invision for the Television Academy/AP

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are on cloud nine!

Afterannouncing their engagementon Wednesday, Dec. 11, a source confirms exclusively to PEOPLE that Blanco proposed earlier in the day.

“It was veryher,” says the source of the special moment, which included Gomez’s favorite meal from Taco Bell. “It was a total surprise to Selena.”

Later in the evening, the couple had an “impromptu gathering” with their friends and family to celebrate their happy news, adds the source.

“Benny and Selena were so excited to share the news right away with their loved ones,” says the source. “It’s such a true partnership between them.”

Gomez, 32, showed off herdazzling marquise-shaped engagement ringon Instagram, captioning a series of photos “forever begins now..”

Gomez and Blanco, 36, first met years ago and collaborated on her 2019 single “I Can’t Get Enough” with Tainy and J Balvin.

Blanco opened upabout his relationship to PEOPLE in itsSexiest Man Alive issue last month, saying he had found a “true best friend” in Gomez.

source: people.com