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- Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are enjoying lake life as they wrap up summer
- The engaged couple celebrated their respective bachelor and bachelorette parties in August
- Blanco and Gomez recently said they hadn’t started wedding planning, but were excited to prep for their big day
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are wrapping up summertime on the water.
On Monday, Sept. 1, Gomez, 33, shared pictures of her and her fiancé relaxing with loved ones on the lake. “lake life 🐟,” she captioned the Instagram carousel of images.
Gomez shared shots of her and Blanco, 37, getting cozy, views from the dock, moments on a boat ride and candid moments of their downtime. These relaxing pictures come after the engaged couple celebrated their respective bachelorette and bachelor parties.
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The music producer celebrated his bachelor party with friends at Resorts World in Las Vegas, posting images on his Instagram Stories of fancy dinners out with the Vegas skyline in the back, along with lounging at a spa, eating caviar.
“I’ll never forget this weekend,” he wrote in one social media update.
Meanwhile, the Only Murders in the Building actress partied it up in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She dressed up in white bridal styles, including a veil that read “bride to be” in elegant cursive and a backless minidress.
Throughout their trip, Gomez and her friends lounged on the beach and dressed up in matching sweatsuits. Gomez posed in front of balloons that read “Mrs. Levin,” referring to her fiancé’s real name, Benjamin Levin.
Gomez and Blanco got engaged in December 2024 after dating since June 2023. “forever begins now..,” she captioned the Instagram post announcing their major relationship milestone.
During an appearance on Therapuss with Jake Shane in August, Gomez said she “couldn’t be more excited” about marrying Blanco. “I’m really, I just have never really felt so sure about something.”
She also gave an update on wedding planning, noting that both she and Blanco were focused on their “own personal endeavors,” but will get into the “all the nitty-gritty” when their respective schedules line up.
Blanco appeared on the podcast weeks earlier in July, saying that they hadn’t started planning for their big day at the moment.
“We both need to chill. We’ve both been working so much,” Blanco said when asked about wedding planning. We got engaged and then we were filming music videos for our album, then it’s holidays, then right after the holidays we had to start all the promo for our stuff, do that.”
“Then she left to film her show Only Murders [in the Building] and then I met her then we hung out for a week and then right after that it’s promo and then I’m writing another book so then I had to write a book and then she came back for one day here and then it was my birthday and you know.”
Months after getting engaged, they released their collaborative album I Said I Love You First.
Blanco concluded that they were “working on so many things that we hadn’t even had time to get into it,” but reiterated that they are “so excited.”
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