A new report has claimed Selena Gomez delayed her engagement announcement because of her ex Justin Bieber.
The singer-turned-actress revealed her engagement to Benny Blanco on Wednesday, after over one year of dating.
However, it has since emerged Benny actually popped the question to Selena in August.
According to insiders, the pair decided to delay going public with the news over fears it would be tied to her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber becoming a first-time father.
Justin and his model wife Hailey Bieber welcomed their first child, a son named Jack, on August 22nd.
A source told DailyMail.com: “They became engaged in August and Selena didn’t want her engagement to be tied to Bieber in any way. They knew it would.”
“Selena knew that there would be stories accusing her of getting engaged to turn attention away from Justin’s baby, or that people would claim that she did this to one up him.”
Selena and Justin dated on-and-off for eight years, before they officially called it quits in 2018.
Shortly after their split, the Canadian singer rekindled his romance with model Hailey Baldwin in 2018.
That July, Justin proposed to Hailey during a trip to the Bahamas, and they secretly tied the knot in September 2018.
One year later, the couple exchanged vows for the second time at a star-studded ceremony in South Carolina – and they have since welcomed a son named Jack together.
Meanwhile, Selena started dating Benny in June 2023, but the pair have known each other for over a decade, and have previously worked together in the studio.
