Despite the fact that it’s 2024, almost 2025, and Selena Gomez just announced that she’s engaged to Benny Blanco, many of us are ~still at the restaurant~: the Jelena era. After all, Selena and Justin Bieber were the No. 1 It Couple for nearly a decade. We all remember the days of Justin and Selena’s extravagant dates, their wild interview quotes about each other, and of course, all those iconic pop songs they wrote about their relationship. Although Justin’s now married to Hailey Bieber and they have a baby, I’m sure Selena’s engagement announcement brought up some complicated feelings. Especially since she’s engaged to his former BFF… Here’s what we know about Justin Bieber’s reaction to Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s engagement.

Justin Bieber’s Reaction To Selena Gomez And Benny Blanco’s Engagement

How Justin Bieber Feels About Selena Gomez Getting Engaged

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While Justin has yet to make a public statement about Selena’s engagement (I sincerely doubt that will ever happen), a source told The Daily Mail: “When he heard that Selena was engaged, he’ll even admit, it stung for a brief second. Because even though they will never be friends or date again or anything like that, it is officially the end of an era.” I mean, I’d say the Jelena era was definitively over in 2018, but whatever you say, anonymous source. They continued, “His past is so connected with Selena, and now that she is engaged, he is married and a father, it’s a bit of a shock to the system that everyone is getting older.” Crazy how that happens.

Despite the alleged “sting” of the engagement, the source claims Justin “won’t be stressing much about it.” Uh, yeah, I’d hope he’s more focused on Hailey and their baby. According to the insider, the singer “hopes that she (Selena) is well and happy at the end of the day.”

Four days after Selena and Benny’s announcement, Justin posted several lovey-dovey photos of himself and Hailey on Insta. In his latest post, a couple selfie featuring Hailey kissing his neck, he notably included Lizzy McAlpine’s song, “all my ghosts.” Now, I would never overanalyze anything like this. Never. But in that song, Lizzy sings, “All my ghosts are with me / I know you feel them too.” An interesting choice for the Insta post four days after Selena’s announcement, that’s all.

Is Justin Bieber Still Friends With Benny Blanco?

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Selena’s now-fiancé unfortunately used to be besties with Justin. They collaborated on many-a hit song together, including “Eenie Meenie, “Somebody to Love,” “Love Yourself,” and “Lonely.” But it seems like their close friendship ended when Benny started dating Selena (because duh). In August, an insider told In Touch Weekly that Justin was “offended” after Benny “totally cut him out of his life.” According to the source, this came as a “huge shock” to Justin. Girl, please. There’s literally nothing shocking about that. Selena’s been very open about how emotionally damaging her relationship with Justin was.

Despite the source’s claim that Benny “cut out” Justin entirely, Benny and Justin still follow each other on Instagram. Although I’m sure Justin’s seen both Benny and Selena’s posts about their engagement, he hasn’t liked or commented.