How Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift Became BFFs After Jonas Brothers Splits
It's nice to have a friend.
Especially when the friends are both going through breakups with brothers. Such was the case for Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift, who first met in 2008 while dating Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas, respectively, and then leaned on each other after they all broke up.
'Everything was cute, we were young,' Selena said of their time dating the Jonas Brothers members during an appearance on the Aug. 6 episode of the Therapuss podcast. 'We all know and love each other now and it's so cute. We don't know what we were doing—she and I like to say the best thing we got out of those relationships was each other because it was really sweet. I was about 15, she was about 18, and that's when it was crazy curly Taylor and she had all these bracelets.'
The Rare Beauty founder continued, 'At that age we became best friends—bonded over the breakup, as girls do. And then we just stuck around for all the ups and downs that came after, and here we are now 16 years later.'
Selena also detailed an especially enchanted moment from the early days of their friendship.
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'I believe 'Love Story' was the first song she had ever played me and it wasn't released yet,' she remembered. 'I was in a hotel room and I remember it vividly, it was just one of those songs I instantly heard and thought this is one of the most beautiful songs ever.'
Calling the moment 'so sweet,' Selena continued, 'She was like 'Okay I just want to play you this song but, I don't know, it's going to be the first single I think.' And just hearing her say those little thoughts and just listening to it—she's incredible.'
Indeed, Selena and Taylor have remained thick as thieves over the years, standing at the other's side for all their biggest moments.
For instance, Taylor was among the guests at Selena's recent 33rd rooftop birthday party. The pals posed together amid silver and gold balloons in Selena's July 20 Instagram post from the festivities, in which the Disney Channel alum reflected on 'the incredible journey' that brought here to where she is today.
Taylor also made sure Selena was properly celebrated. As seen in an Instagram Story shared by Selena's fiancé Benny Blanco, Taylor really rose to the occasion and gifted her BFF a homemade sourdough loaf, a Le Labo candle as well as bottles of balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
"It's a loaf story," the Midnights artist wrote on a tag adorning the gift basket, a reference to that song she first played for Selena all those years ago, while another tag read, "Love, Taylor."
For more of Taylor and Selena's cutest moments, keep reading.
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