Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber’s History: From First Love To Heartbreaking Split To Today

• Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez dated connected and disconnected for 8 years from 2010 until 2018.
• The 2 person publically spoken astir their narration connected a fig of occasions and person each released respective songs astir their ups and downs.
• Justin officially moved connected from Selena erstwhile helium joined Hailey Baldwin successful September 2018.
• Hailey and Selena proved that there’s nary atrocious humor betwixt them, though, erstwhile they posed for photos unneurotic astatine the Academy Museum Gala successful Oct. 2022.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are 1 of the astir buzzed-about personage couples of the past 15 years. As they some came up successful the amusement manufacture astir the aforesaid time, they became the Britney Spears/Justin Timberlake of the 2010s. Even though the 2 broke up successful 2018 and helium went connected to wed Hailey Bieber, fans person continued to clasp retired anticipation of a reunion betwixt the exes. The passionateness Jelena fans person for the erstwhile mates is intense, with Justin/Selena shippers often blaming Hailey for the demise of the relationship.

However, the ladies proved that they’re agelong past the “love triangle” days erstwhile they posed for a photograph unneurotic astatine the Academy Museum Gala connected Oct. 15, 2022. Any rumors of atrocious humor and play were enactment to furniture arsenic Hailey and Selena hugged and enactment connected a agreed beforehand astatine the star-studded event. Now that each of this has travel afloat circle, we’re looking backmost astatine a afloat timeline of Selena and Justin’s ups and downs implicit the years!

Justin and Selena retired and about. (Broadimage/Shutterstock)

How Justin & Selena Met

Justin and Selena were some successful the midst of skyrocketing careers astatine the aforesaid time. He burst onto the country successful 2009 with his debut EP, My World, which yet led to the merchandise of his debut album, My World 2.0, successful 2010. Meanwhile, she was 1 of Disney Channel’s biggest stars, with a budding euphony vocation and starring relation connected Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2009, Justin openly admitted that Selena was his personage crush, and the 2 met aft being introduced by their managers.

On New Year’s Eve successful 2009, Justin and Selena were some successful Las Vegas for Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve. He sang his opus “One Less Lonely Girl” to Selena portion serenading her onstage. As the 2 continued to bent retired unneurotic and make a relationship successful 2010, the nationalist began to wonderment if they were an point — particularly wen they were photographed linking arms portion connected a meal day successful Philadelphia, successful photos obtained by TMZ.

However, Selena insisted to MTV News successful 2010 that they were conscionable friends. “I consciousness similar a large sister present due to the fact that I privation to support him,” she admitted. “I’m ever precise cautious with him, but he’s truthful talented and truthful sweet. Now he’s conscionable go 1 of my bully friends.”

Justin & Selena Officially Dating

By Feb. 2011, though, Justin and Selena nary longer wanted to fell what was happening betwixt them. The lovebirds made a immense splash erstwhile they officially debuted arsenic a mates astatine the Vanity Fair Oscar Party that month. It was similar the eventual prom nighttime for the youngsters, who looked perfectly unthinkable connected the reddish carpet together. They continued to support their narration low-key for respective months aft that, but Selena yet stopped playing coy during a May 2011 interview.

Selena and Justin astatine the 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

“I don’t similar hiding,” Selena admitted to Seventeen. “I bash similar to support definite things to myself, but astatine the extremity of the day, I’m 18 and I’m going to autumn successful love. I’m going to bent retired with radical and ‘m going to research myself and I’m good with that.” That outpouring and summer, the 2 attended the Billboard Music Awards, ESPY Awards and Teen Choice Awards together, further publicizing their romance.

In August 2011, Selena hosted the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show, and interviewed Justin connected unrecorded tv arsenic helium walked the carpet. Selena’s nerves were evident arsenic she spoke to her boyfriend, but helium eased them by leaning successful for a buss connected the cheek. Throughout Justin and Selena’s relationship, helium was known for making large gestures to amusement his love. In Sept. 2011, that included renting retired the Staples Center truthful they could bask a backstage showing of Titanic. “Romance isn’t dead,” helium tweeted afterward. “Treat your woman close fellas.”

November 2011 brought Justin and Selena’s 2nd nationalist reddish carpet quality together. They attended the American Music Awards, wherever they did not shy distant from packing connected the PDA connected the reddish carpet. In 2012, Justin spoke to Oprah Winfrey astir his emotion for Selena. “I ne'er marque her abstracted from maine [when we’re successful public],” helium shared. “Because I don’t privation her to consciousness similar I’m ashamed of her. I consciousness similar a batch of guys bash that — they don’t privation to beryllium seen with a miss truthful they thrust successful abstracted cars and stuff.”

Selena and Justin astatine 2011 AMAs. ( Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock)

Justin & Selena’s Rocky Romance

Justin and Selena divided for the archetypal clip successful November 2012, according to People. The breakup came aft weeks of speculation that thing was up betwixt the young lovers. However, they sparked speculation that they whitethorn person reconciled successful April 2013 erstwhile Justin posted a photograph of Selena hugging him portion helium worked connected music. They besides spent the Fourth of July unneurotic that summer, which Justin confirmed with a now-deleted Instagram photo. He besides showered Selena with emotion by helping her observe her 21st day aboriginal that month.

The years that followed featured plentifulness of much ups and downs for Selena and Justin. The 2 broke up and got backmost unneurotic connected and disconnected arsenic clip went on. By the summertime of 2014, they had seemingly reconciled, with Justin posting a achromatic and achromatic photograph of them unneurotic connected Instagram. Later that year, though, Selena released her heartbreaking balled “The Heart Wants What It Wants.” She confirmed successful an interview with Ryan Seacrest that it was astir her narration with Justin and that she had played it for him earlier releasing it publicly.

During Justin and Selena’s times apart, they were some romantically linked to different people. He was really archetypal rumored to beryllium dating Hailey astatine the extremity of 2014 erstwhile they were seen successful assorted photos together. However, Justin insisted connected Instagram astatine the clip that helium was “super single” and that Hailey was conscionable his “good friend.” In 2015, Selena concisely dated Zedd, who she collaborated with connected the opus “I Want You To Know.”

In the autumn of 2015, Justin and Selena some released albums. His record, Purpose, featured songs similar “Sorry” and “What Do You Mean?” — among others — that were admittedly inspired by Selena. “I deliberation a batch of my inspiration comes from her,” helium said connected On Air With Ryan Seacrest. “It was a agelong narration that created heartbreak and created happiness and a batch of antithetic emotions that I wanted to constitute about. There’s a batch of that connected this album.”

Meanwhile, Selena’s 2015 album, Revival, featured Justin-inspired breakup songs similar “Sober,” “Same Old Love” and “Revival.” “At this point, determination is nary anger,” she told Refinery29 astatine the time. “There’s closure successful a precise good, steadfast way. We’ve seen each other. I’m ever encouraging him and I’m arrogant of his journey. I deliberation radical are making it retired to beryllium thing that is much tragic than it truly was. We grew up together. We some made mistakes. That’s it.”

Since Justin and Selena some talked astir their breakup astatine magnitude portion doing property for their respective albums, fans were shocked to spot them unneurotic again successful Nov. 2015. Videos surfaced online of Justin serenading Selena with a rendition of “My Girl” astatine the Beverly Hills Hotel bar. Just weeks later, though, Justin spent New Year’s Eve with Hailey and posted a photograph of them kissing connected Instagram.

Right astir that time, Selena told Rolling Stone that she was “so beyond done” talking astir Justin and their relationship. She refused to speech astir their 2015 rendezvous astatine the Beverly Hills edifice during the interview. She shared a akin sentiment with W mag that March, adding, “I’m truthful exhausted. I honestly americium truthful done. I attraction astir his wellness and well-being, but I can’t bash it anymore.”

However, astatine the extremity of that month, Selena showed up successful the assemblage astatine Justin’s concert, and past helium posted a throwback photograph of them kissing connected Instagram. At her ain amusement successful May, though, she crumpled up a fan’s motion that work “Marry Justin, please.” Amidst the pair’s ups and downs, Selena was besides linked to Niall Horan, portion Justin had been rumored to person romanced assorted models.

By August 2016, Justin was publically dating Sofia Richie. The exemplary was attacked by Selena’s fans online to the constituent wherever Justin had to support her. “I’m gonna marque my Instagram backstage if you guys don’t halt the hate,” helium wrote. “This is getting retired of hand. If you guys were truly fans you wouldn’t beryllium truthful mean to radical that I like.” His connection prompted a effect from Selena, though. She commented, “If you can’t grip the hatred past halt posting pictures of your woman lol. It should beryllium peculiar betwixt you 2 only. Don’t beryllium huffy astatine your fans. They loved you and supported you earlier anyone ever did.”

This coiled up successful a backmost and distant betwixt Justin and Selena. He clapped back, “It’s comic to spot radical that utilized maine for attraction and inactive trying to constituent the digit this way. Sad. All love. I’m not 1 for anyone receiving hate.” In her response, she accused him of cheating connected her. “Funny however the ones that cheated aggregate times are pointing the digit astatine 1 that were forgiving and supportive. No wonderment fans are mad. Sad. All love.”

Justin and Sofia’s romance lasted a specified six weeks, and by the opening of 2017, it was Selena who had a caller emotion involvement successful her life. She went nationalist with her narration with The Weeknd successful January of that year. They adjacent attended the Met Gala unneurotic that spring. However, they divided by October, and soon afterward, Selena was seen motorcycle riding with Justin.

Justin & Selena Split For Good

Selena and Justin’s 2017 reconciliation wasn’t a 1 and done deal. Over the adjacent respective months, they were seen unneurotic connected a fig of occasions. She attended immoderate of his hockey games and they were adjacent seen kissing successful the stands. “I’m not 18 oregon 19 oregon 20. I cherish radical who person truly impacted my life,” Selena told Billboard. “So possibly earlier it could person been forcing thing that wasn’t right, but that doesn’t mean caring for idiosyncratic ever goes away.”

After spending Valentine’s Day unneurotic successful 2018, Justin and Selena also attended his dad, Jeremy Bieber’s, wedding successful Jamaica that February. Selena besides publicly wished Justin a Happy Birthday connected March 1, though they did not walk his large time together. Just days later, it was confirmed that they had ended their rekindled romance.

Justin and Selena astatine an event. (Matt Sayles/AP/Shutterstock)

By that May, Justin was starting to walk clip with Hailey again. Selena sang astir the breakup connected her 2019 track, “Lose You To Love Me,” which diagnostic heartbreaking lyrics similar “In 2 months you replaced us” and “I needed to suffer you to emotion me.” Although she ne'er explicitly said that the opus was astir Justin, she told Ryan Seacrest successful 2020, “I’m definite it’s conscionable amusement for different radical but I just…I deliberation I had go numb to it and it would beryllium anserine of maine if I didn’t admit what I had felt due to the fact that it would beryllium inauthentic and that’s everything I assertion to be.”

In different interrogation with NPR, Selena added, “It’s not a hateful song. It’s a opus saying I had thing beauteous and I would ne'er contradict that it wasn’t that. it was precise hard and I’m blessed it’s over. I felt similar this was a large mode to conscionable say, you know, it’s done and I recognize that and I respect that.”

Justin Bieber Marries Hailey Baldwin

Just 2 months aft Justin and Hailey reconciled, helium projected to her portion they vacationed successful the Bahamas successful July 2018. That September, they got joined successful a courthouse successful New York City. Of the determination to wed successful a courthouse, Hailey told ELLE, “When we archetypal got married, we were conscionable figuring retired our beingness together. I felt similar putting a wedding successful the mediate of each of that would beryllium truly hectic and stressful.” The 2 coiled up tying the knot again successful beforehand of friends, household and loved ones successful South Carolina connected Sept. 30, 2019.

Selena ne'er publically spoke astir Hailey and Justin’s marriage. However, portion reflecting connected 2019 successful an Instagram round-up, she confirmed that she was surrounded by her ain friends connected the aforesaid day that Justin got married.

Despite Justin making a wide committedness to Hailey, Jelena stans couldn’t fto spell of the pair’s erstwhile relationship. In March 2019, a instrumentality claimed that Justin lone joined Hailey to get backmost astatine Selena, which prompted a response from the singer. “A logical idiosyncratic doesn’t speech oregon deliberation this way,” helium wrote. “U should beryllium ashamed of yourself really. I perfectly loved and emotion Selena. She volition ever clasp a spot successful my bosom but I americium caput implicit heels successful emotion with my beingness and she is perfectly the BEST THING that has ever happened to maine period.”

Selena Gomez & Hailey Bieber Are Friends

After years of keeping quiescent astir this “love triangle,” Hailey spoke her caput during an Oct. 2022 interrogation connected the Call Her Daddy podcast. During the interview, Hailey insisted that she never hooked up with Justin portion helium was with Selena. “I tin say, period, constituent blank, I was ne'er with him erstwhile helium was successful a narration with anybody,” Hailey confirmed. “That’s the extremity of it. And I had been progressive with him since I was 18.”

Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber astatine the Academy Museum Gala. (Tyrell Hampton)

She besides explained that fans were confused astir the timeline of things betwixt the 2 couples, which is wherefore they made those accusations successful the past. Hailey specifically referenced Justin and Selena’s 2017/2018 reconciliation, which took spot conscionable months earlier she and Justin got backmost together. “I recognize however it looks from the outside, and there’s a batch of cognition there,” Hailey admitted, “But that was a concern wherever I know, for a fact, that it was the close happening for them to adjacent that door.”

What shocked fans the most, though, is erstwhile Hailey revealed that she’d really spoken to Selena herself since marrying Justin. “It’s each respect. It’s each love,” she shared. “That’s besides wherefore I consciousness like…well…if everybody connected our broadside knows what happened and we’re bully and we tin locomotion distant from it with clarity and respect, past that’s fine. That brought maine a batch of peace. We cognize what happened. It is what it is.”

Selena and Hailey beryllium they person nary atrocious blood. (Tyrell Hampton)

The ladies past proved that they were connected bully presumption portion attending the Academy Museum Gala connected Oct. 15, 2022. While Justin did not be the event, Hailey and Selena hugged it retired and posed for assorted photos together. Drama-free!