Selena Gomez’ big weekend of wedding celebrations has come to a close with an intimate family lunch, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Newlywed Gomez, 33, and husband Benny Blanco, 37, tied the knot last night with a lavish bash thrown at a clifftop nursery in Goleta, California.
On Sunday, the festivities continued with a lunch party held at a swanky 10-bedroom mansion in the city’s tony Hope Ranch neighborhood – the same venue that was used to host the newlyweds’ Friday night rehearsal dinner.
Exclusive Daily Mail photos show Gomez’ family gearing up for the event – among them her beloved grandfather David Cornett who was given the honor of walking the actress down the aisle during the sunset wedding ceremony.
Also spotted outside the upscale El Encanto hotel, where most of the guests stayed, was stepdad Brian Teefy with whom Gomez is known to be close.
Selena Gomez, 33, and Benny Blanco, 37 ,tied the knot on Saturday with a lavish bash thrown at a clifftop nursery in Goleta, California
Actor Martin Short was seen arriving for Sunday brunch with the happy couple
Also spotted outside the upscale El Encanto hotel, where most of the guests stayed, was stepdad Brian Teefy with whom Gomez is known to be close.
Ahead of the lunch, Gomez’ proud mom Mandy posted a photo of her daughter during the wedding that showed her wearing a strapless lace wedding gown and a frothy white veil.
The dress featured ruffled detailing around the neckline, which Gomez accentuated with platinum and diamond earrings from Tiffany & Co.
Wearing her dark hair in a lush bob, the bride-to-be brought the look together with glittering jewelry and white nail polish to complement the dress.
In her post, Mandy wrote: ‘The evening couldn’t have been more beautiful and perfect! Absolutely flawless!
‘All my love to my beautiful daughter @selenagomez and to the greatest son in law @itsbennyblanco!!!’
The beaming mother added: ‘It was a fairytale come true and it was beyond heartwarming watching my father walk her down the aisle!!! XO’
Gomez donned a strapless lace wedding gown and a frothy white veil, which she accentuated with platinum and diamond earrings from Tiffany & Co for her big day
Friends of Gomez’s and Blanco’s were seen arriving at the intimate brunch on Sunday
Wedding guests were seen packing up their vehicles following the swanky event
Prior to the wedding, Gomez was photographed with Blanco holding hands and strolling barefoot across the field together and cuddling up with one another.
The groom was seen in a classic black Ralph Lauren tuxedo, teamed with a blue print dress shirt and a matching pocket square.
In an especially heartwarming shot, Blanco lay back and rested on his bride’s lap as she sat on the grass, her dress artfully fanned out around her.
Gomez also posed for pictures sitting alone on the grass, holding her bridal bouquet up to her face to catch a whiff of its aroma.
The happy couple, who have been together since 2023, were seen gazing into each other’s eyes, before Gomez wrapped her arms around Blanco and drew him in for a kiss.
Gomez said ‘I do’ to music producer Blanco in a ceremony at the romantic Sea Crest Nursery – a 70-acre private homestead in Goleta, California on Saturday
In an especially heartwarming shot Gomez shared online, Blanco was seen laying back and rested on his bride’s lap as she sat on the grass, her dress artfully fanned out around her
The dress code allowed the guests a bit of breathing room, with some women in full-length gowns while others were glimpsed emerging from the hotel in shorter cocktail dresses.
Although certain male guests opted to wear black tie to the formal affair, others wore full tuxedos with bow-ties, some wore colored ties and a few were seen not wearing ties at all.
As guests filed out of the hotel and into the Mercedes vans that shuttled them to the event, phalanxes of attendants waited for them with umbrellas.
The A-list attendees weren’t pictured walking into the venue, and the umbrellas shielded many of the guests as they were ushered out of their vehicles.
The couple reportedly invited 170 guests to attend the ceremony, including Gomez’s superstar bestie Taylor Swift, her co-stars Martin Short and Steve Martin, Paris Hilton, and Ed Sheeran.
Security around the site was ramped up, with Gomez thought to be ponying up $300,000 to keep her nuptials safe.
Among the guests spotted piling into the black Mercedes vans heading for the ceremony on Saturday were comedian Eric Andre, 42
Guests leave the El Canto hotel in Santa Barbara Saturday morning and head to the wedding of Gomez and Blanco
The starry gathering has seen famous faces jet in from across the country, among them Swift who promised Gomez she would be her flower girl after her engagement was announced.
Although most of Gomez’ 170-strong guest list stayed on for the brunch, there was one notable absence – Taylor Swift who jetted out of California immediately after the Saturday evening wedding.
Swift was seen boarding a private Gulfstream 550 jet at the nearby Santa Barbara Airport just before midnight and was flown home to Kansas City where fiancé Travis Kelce will be playing against the Baltimore Ravens this afternoon.
The blonde megastar flew in from Kansas City on Friday and stayed at the glamorous Rosewood Miramar which sits in the swanky celebrity enclave of Montecito.
Swift’s fiancé Travis Kelce was forced to miss Gomez and Blanco’s wedding due to the Kansas City Chiefs squaring off against the Baltimore Ravens at the Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday
Gomez and Blanco had a relatively short engagement and announced they would wed early last December in an Instagram post she captioned: ‘Forever begins now’
Gomez and Blanco had a relatively short engagement and announced they would wed early last December in an Instagram post she captioned: ‘Forever begins now’.
The sweet post was accompanied by a carousel of photos that included a close-up of her stunning marquise cut solitaire diamond engagement ring.
Other happy snaps included a photo of the beaming pair cuddled up together and another of Gomez, glamorous in a shaggy beige jacket, admiring her sparkler while seated on a picnic blanket next to a champagne bucket.
Gomez’s marriage to Virginia native Blanco marks a new chapter in what was once a turbulent love life that included a high-profile relationship with troubled Canadian singer Justin Bieber.
That ill-starred romance started in 2011 when she was just 18 and he 16 and flamed out for good in 2018 – just months before the boyish megastar wed his now-wife Hailey.
In a 2020 interview with NPR, Gomez described the relationship as ‘toxic’ adding: ‘I’m not being disrespectful.
‘I do feel I was a victim to certain [emotional] abuse.’
The dress code for the festivities on Saturday allowed the guests a bit of breathing room, with some women in full-length gowns
As guests filed out of the hotel and into the Mercedes vans that shuttled them to the wedding, phalanxes of attendants waited for them with umbrellas
Although Gomez also met Blanco while she was in her teens, neither remembered the meeting and the pair only became close after collaborating on the March 2019 tune I Can’t Get Enough.
The video featured Blanco dressed as a white teddy bear and the pair became pals but romance didn’t blossom until they worked together on a second aural sensation in Single Soon – her August 2023 smash hit.
That led to sparks flying and by December the same year, the couple confirmed they were an item with Gomez declaring online of Blanco: ‘[He is the] best thing that’s ever happened to me. The end.’
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