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“He’s like my little brother”: When Selena Gomez denied dating Justin Bieber

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Natalie Ross

Published Jan 27, 2026

Pop star Selena Gomez and her prominent and exceptionally open connections have ruled sensationalist newspapers and news circles for a long time now, particularly her on-and-off relationship with the 29-year-old pop star Justin Bieber. The My Psyche and Me artist has likewise been very vocal about her relationship with Justin Bieber.

News about Selena and Justin initially started surfacing at some point in 2010. Notwithstanding, at that point, in a meeting with Ellen DeGeneres on her show, The Ellen Show, Selena Gomez expressed that Justin resembled a brother to her. During the meeting, when the show’s host stood up to her about dating Bieber, Gomez rushed to answer:

“What? Gracious Brother! He’s close to nothing. No, no, he resembles my younger sibling. That is bizarre to me. I look bigger than him. He’s sweet.”

As per US Week by week, in the wake of guaranteeing they were more similar to brother and sister over and again, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber at long last affirmed their heartfelt connection in February 2011.

From that point forward, they were in a hit or miss relationship for very nearly eight years, prior to tapping out in 2018 for good. Justin Bieber is presently hitched to finance manager, model, and media character Hailey Rhode Bieber.

“In the event that I can tell the truth, it is simply so antique. Everybody dates everybody”: Selena Gomez’s perspectives on dating openly

Apparently, in January 2020, the then 30-year-old lyricist, artist, and entertainer focused on what it resembles to date in the public eye, in a meeting with Apple Music’s Beats 1. During the meeting, Selena Gomez talked about “the idea of having a typical human relationship”:

“In the event that I can tell the truth, it is simply so antique. Everybody dates everyone,…It generally is by all accounts inside a little air pocket and this is on the grounds that it’s protected, correct? You know, you’re believing that somebody should comprehend what you’re going through. You’re practically needing a partner of innovativeness too and it’s, you know, fascinating and fun.”
The Lose You to Cherish Me vocalist further proceeded:

“Yet, the issue with that will be that you end up — regardless of whether you just let it out — you’re having your relationship for individuals and not in any event, for yourself. There’s practically where it’s like, ‘Gracious, we’re spreading the word about it that we’re together’ or whatever, anything it is. It’s like, you simply have to choose inside our reality in the event that it’s for you or is it to look good.”

Back in May 2017, in a meeting on Miami’s Power 96.5 FM, Selena Gomez talked about having a reasonable thought regarding how she would treat her accomplice in a relationship. The darling vocalist said:

In a 2019 meeting with U.K’s. Capital FM, Gomez uncovered that she needed a sweetheart who might be entertaining and generally most certainly not self-important. While discussing her ideal accomplice in the meeting, she said:

“I love energetic, courageous, however sensible and cool,”

According to US Week by week, aside from Justin Bieber, Gomez has dated other notable famous people throughout the long term, including Nick Jonas, Taylor Lautner, Orlando Sprout, Niall Horan, The Weeknd, Drew Taggart, and a couple of others.

The news site additionally expressed that the artist is reputed to be presently dating previous One Heading part Zayn Mallik.