USA - Selena Gomez (32) talks openly in a podcast about how she felt after her break-up with Justin Bieber and how her fiancé Benny Blanco (37) gave her a new lease of life.

The singer had an on-off relationship with the now 31-year-old "Baby" singer for almost a decade until they finally broke up in 2018.

While Justin got over the break-up just a few months later and married his current wife Hailey in the same year, Selena Gomez is said to have struggled with it for much longer.

In the latest episode of Jessie and Lennie Ware's podcast Table Manners, the singer spoke openly about the time after the break-up. She felt very alone and struggled with a lot of self-doubt.

But then she met Benny Blanco - and everything changed with him.

In the podcast, the couple recalls the moment of their first kiss: they were lying on the couch together, Selena playfully lay on Benny's chest to take a selfie. At that moment, he kissed her - a moment that obviously touched her deeply.

Selena had been alone for around five years at this point and immediately sensed that Benny was something special to her. She was so nervous, in fact, that she is said to have developed a red rash.

Since their engagement in December 2024, the two have been on cloud nine and are now also dreaming of having a family together .