Mandy Teefey was a proud mother-of-the-bride when eldest daughter Selena Gomez tied the knot with Benny Blanco.
“Sunday form of love,” Teefey, 49, wrote by way of her Instagram Tales on Sunday, September 28, reposting Gomez's official marriage ceremony portraits.
Teefey set her submit to Louis Armstrong's model of “La Vie En Rose,” a traditional love tune that was beforehand featured in Gomez's 2011 film Monte Carlo.
Gomez, 33, and Blanco, 37, received married on Saturday, September 27, sharing the information by way of social media a number of hours later. The Solely Murders within the Constructing actress posted beautiful pics snapped by Petra Collins, wherein she wore a customized Ralph Lauren halter bridal robe. Blanco, for his half, donned a traditional black tuxedo.
In a follow-up submit shared to her Instagram, Teefey known as the ceremony a “fairy story.”
“What an ideal celebration for probably the most kickass couple I do know! The night couldn't have been extra lovely and ideal,” she wrote on Sunday. “Completely flawless! All my like to my lovely daughter @selenagomez and to the best son-in-law @itsbennyblanco!!! It was a fairytale come true and it was past heartwarming watching my father stroll her down the aisle!!!”
A supply completely instructed Us Weekly that the nuptials have been additionally a star-studded affair.
“Will probably be an enormous, A-list marriage ceremony, deliberate by Mindy Weiss,” the insider instructed Us earlier this week, referring to the movie star organizer who's helmed occasions for the Kardashians, Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato and extra well-known faces by way of the years.
Whereas Gomez and Blanco's visitor record featured an array of their movie star pals, their relations have been additionally presumably in attendance. Selena, for her half, is the daughter of exes Teefey and Ricardo Gomez. Mandy is now married to Brian Teefey, with whom she shares 12-year-old daughter Gracie.
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco on the Oscars in March 2025. John Shearer/97th Oscars/The Academy by way of Getty Photos
All through Selena's life, she has been particularly near Mandy, who primarily raised her as a single mom.
“I blamed my mother quite a bit [for breaking up with my dad] as a result of I wished a household so unhealthy,” Selena recalled throughout a June 2011 E! Leisure particular about her life. “I wished to have my mother and pop collectively. I keep in mind simply being indignant with my mother. I nonetheless really feel actually unhealthy about that.”
The pop star continued, “Having me at 16 needed to have been an enormous duty. My mother gave up all the things for me and had, like, three jobs. She supported me, sacrificed her life for me.”
As Selena began pursuing her appearing and music profession, Mandy was her No. 1 cheerleader. They even launched Wondermind, a psychological health-focused group, collectively in 2022.
Years earlier, Selena and Mandy's relationship briefly fractured amid the Grammy nominee's psychological well being struggles. (Selena entered a psychiatric facility in 2018 for psychological well being therapy.)
Benny Blanco had an lovable first remark about his and new bride Selena Gomez's star-studded marriage ceremony on Saturday, September 27. The Solely Murders within the Constructing actress, 33, confirmed by way of Instagram that the couple tied the knot on Saturday in Santa Barbara, California. A stunning carousel of marriage ceremony photographs revealed Gomez's sleeveless white costume and […]
“They known as me and wished to know what my daughter was doing within the hospital with a nervous breakdown. She didn't need something to do with me. I used to be scared she was going to die,” Mandy recalled in Selena's 2022 documentary, My Thoughts and Me. “You cling on as tight as you possibly can and attempt to assist them with their therapy and that's the toughest factor to do — to then go to mattress and hope that they get up the subsequent day. … It's a miracle she received out, however there's all the time a concern it's going to occur once more and that damage us a lot.”
After collaborating within the documentary, Mandy didn't plan to look at the ultimate minimize.
“The rationale why is as a result of we lived a few of that collectively. We went by way of that, and we discovered therapeutic and we've moved previous a few of it,” she defined on a 2022 episode of the “On Objective With Jay Shetty” podcast. “And even when it's one thing she went by way of, and I didn't know she went by way of it, as a mom, it's gonna have an effect on me. It's gonna damage my abdomen, it's gonna put me in that mindset, and I'm going to want I may go and defend her.”
