Selena Gomez's mother,Mandy Teefy, has finally broken her silence following reports that shewas snubbedat her daughter's wedding to music producer Benny Blanco. Selena and Benny tied the knot over the weekend in an ultra-private ceremony in California. The star-studded guest list reportedly included Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Paris Hilton, and Selena'sOnly Murders in the Buildingco-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short. After the ceremony, a source toldThe Daily Mailthat Mandy, who welcomed the Disney Channel star at age 16, was "shattered" that her daughter didn't choose her to walk her down the aisle. Image credits:touchitseI / X Image credits:selenagomez / instagram In what the insider called a "shock" move, the 33-year-old instead asked her maternal grandfather,David Cornett, to do the honor. Now, the celebrity mom has set the record straight on how she truly feels regarding her daughter's decision. In an Instagram post, Mandy celebrated the newlyweds, writing, "What a perfect celebration for the most kick a** couple I know! The evening couldn't have been more beautiful and perfect! Absolutely flawless!" Image credits:Michael Tran / Getty Images "All my love to my beautiful daughter @selenagomez and to the greatest son-in-law @itsbennyblanco!!! It was a fairytale come true," she added, before disclosing, "It was beyond heartwarming watching my father walk her down the aisle!!!" Selena's parents divorced when she was 5. Before moving in with Benny, the Grammy-nominated singer reportedly lived with her grandparents, whom she considers to have raised her. The insider toldThe Daily Mailthat David and his wife Debbie "broke down in tears of joy" when Selena asked him to walk her down the aisle. Image credits:mandyteefey / instagram Image credits:mandyteefey / instagram "Selena made the decision as soon as they started planning the wedding," the source said. In 2022, the pop star toldRolling Stonethat her father, Ricardo, "didn't want to be a part" of her life as an actress. "So it was really me and my mom, our journey," she said. Over the years, Selena and Mandy have had their ups and downs. In a 2011 interview withE!, Selena recalled that she once "blamed" her mother for her parents' divorce because she wanted a family "so bad." "I wanted to have my mom and dad together. I remember just being angry with my mom. I still feel really bad about that," she admitted. Image credits:updateselenas / X TheLove Onsinger has also acknowledged the sacrifices Mandy made to raise her as a teenage mother. "Having me at sixteen had to have been a big responsibility. My mom gave up everything for me and had, like, three jobs. She supported me, sacrificed her life for me," she added. In 2018, Mandy, who managed Selena's career for eight years, found out through aTMZreport that her daughter was seeking mental health treatment at an East Coast psychiatric facility. "They called me and wanted to know what my daughter was doing in the hospital with a nervous breakdown. She didn't want anything to do with me. I was scared she was going to d*e," Mandy recalled during Selena's Apple TV+ documentary. Image credits:WorldwideSelG / X Image credits:ioutforselenur / X TheOnly Murdersactressseemingly lashed out at Mandy and her stepfather, Brian, as they attempted to help her before her bipolar disorder diagnosis. "I shouldn't have spoken to them the way that I did, and I shouldn't have treated them the way that I did, sometimes," Selena tearfully said in her 2022My Mind & Medocumentary. "I remember certain things that I did and I was so mean. Even to this day, I keep saying thank you and I'm sorry." Selena and Mandy launched Wondermind, their mental health digital platform, in April 2022. Image credits:mandyteefey / instagram Image credits:WorldwideSelG / X As forSelena and Benny, the couple went public with their relationship in December 2023 but had known each other for years. He produced her 2015 songsSame Old LoveandKill 'Em With Kindness, as well as her 2017 singleTrust Nobody. At their nuptials, the newlyweds were "glowing all night" and "couldn't stop smiling," a source toldPeoplemagazine. TheDisney alumwalked down the aisle in a lace gown before changing into a shorter Ralph Lauren dress for the reception. Image credits:mandyteefey / instagram "The ceremony moved guests to tears," the insider shared. "They wrote their own vows, which were both funny and sentimental." Selena shared photos of thebig dayon Instagram with the simple caption, "🤍 9.27.25 🤍." Image credits:selenagomez / instagram The shots showed the couple embracing and holding hands, and one photo gave a close-up of Selena's bouquet of white flowers. Meanwhile, the record producer gushed about the wedding in an Instagram post he captioned, "I married a real life disney princess."
