Gomez, 32, took to Instagram to share the exciting news of her engagement in the early hours of this morning (December 12), posting a series of pictures showing off her diamond ring and grinning with Blanco, 36.
The news comes a year after the couple went public with their relationship in December 2023, and in the caption of her engagement post, the Only Murders in the Building star wrote: “forever begins now..”
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are engaged (Instagram/ @selenagomez)
The post was quickly flooded with millions of likes and comments, with Taylor Swift and Jennifer Aniston among those celebrating the news.
Swift, who is known to be a close friend of Gomez’s, jokingly made the assumption that she’d be involved in the wedding party, writing: “yes I will be the flower girl.”
Meanwhile, Aniston added: “HONEY!! Congratulations sweet mama!”
However, among the congratulatory messages came one from Ramsay, who previously appeared alongside Gomez on one of her TV shows.
The comment quickly caught people’s attention, and raised a few eyebrows.
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco went public with their relationship in 2023 (Instagram/ @selenagomez)
In response to her post, Ramsay wrote: “Congratulations to you both it must be the cooking [love heart emojis].”
Considering an engagement isn’t typically the time to throw ‘shade’, it’s likely that the Kitchen Nightmares star was just joking with his comment.
However, that hasn’t stopped people from commenting on his response, suggesting he was implying that Blanco wasn’t good looking enough for Gomez.
“Gordon Ramsay shady af he said it’s not the face so it must be the food,” one person wrote as they shared his response on Twitter.
Another wrote: “Ouch, that’s a burn from the king of burns.”
Ramsay didn’t actually specify who he was referring to with his comment, but both Gomez and Blanco have shown their love for food and cooking over the years.
Twitter users described Ramsay’s response as ‘shady’ (Instagram/@selenagomez)
In 2020, Gomez launched a cooking show titled Selena + Chef, in which she brushed up on her cooking skills while working alongside master chefs – including Ramsay.
The comment could easily have been a reference to the time Ramsay and Gomez spent together for the show, with the Hell’s Kitchen star joking that his work helping Gomez to refine her skills could have been what convinced Blanco to propose.
That being said, Blanco is also known for his love of food, and has previously shared cooking videos on YouTube as well as releasing a cookbook called Open Wide, meaning Ramsay could just have easily have been referring to his cooking skills.
But whatever Ramsay meant by his comment, there’s no denying it’s resulted in some tea!
