Selena Gomez announces her engagement to Benny Blanco

Selena Gomez announces her engagement to Benny Blanco

Singer and actress Selena Gomez announced her engagement to boyfriend Benny Blanco in a social media post on Wednesday to the delight of her legions of fans.

“Eternity begins now,” Gomez, 32, wrote in a caption to four pictures, including one of her wearing a chunky engagement ring and one of the couple hugging. The couple made their relationship public in December 2023.

Gomez is one of the most popular figures on Instagram, where she has 432 million followers. The post has already been liked 8.3 million times and generated comments from various celebrity friends, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston.

Music producer Blanco, 36, commented: “Hey wait… that’s my wife.”

Taylor Swift, who just wrapped up her record-breaking Eras tour, commented: “Yes, I’ll be the flower girl.”

Gomez said in an interview in November that she was unable to carry her own children due to medical complications. Although she didn’t elaborate, she received a kidney transplant and received chemotherapy for lupus.

“I’ve never said this before, but unfortunately I can’t carry my own children,” Gomez told Vanity Fair. “I have many medical issues that would endanger my life and that of the baby. That was something I had to mourn for a while.”

Although she didn’t go into detail about the complications that would make it difficult for her to safely carry her own children, she underwent chemotherapy to treat her lupus and needed a kidney transplant in 2017.

Lupus is an autoimmune disease. According to the Mayo Clinic, the immune system attacks the body and causes several complications, including organ damage.

According to the Lupus Foundation of America, successful pregnancies are possible for people with lupus, but carry an increased risk of complications. These complications include kidney problems, blood clots, high blood pressure that can lead to preeclampsia, and an increased risk of stillbirth.

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