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Martin Short is sharing the details of how he was nearly ruined selena gomezwedding Benny Blanco.
In the show on Wednesday, January 21st Jimmy Kimmel Live!this Only murders in the building The 75-year-old star recalled attending his partner’s wedding to the music producer in September 2025 in Santa Barbara, California.
“The wedding was perfect. Beautiful,” Short explainbefore revealing how he committed the ultimate wedding faux pas.
Short continued, “Everything was perfect except for the night of the reception…it was a really, really big party, imagine a stage, a dance floor, musicians…and behind the tent were these separate seating areas with couches and chairs. So, if you have a group – we have a group Only murders in the building (cast and crew), there were about 12 of us. We are all in this together. “
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s romantic wedding was attended by their famous friends. The 33-year-old actress and the 37-year-old record producer exchanged vows on Saturday, September 27, in Santa Barbara, California, where celebrities including Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran were invited. “About 170 people attended,” said one(…)
“We had a cake in our section, a wedding cake, but it was a small wedding cake. I just thought there was a wedding cake in every section in the back,” the comedian explained. “A few hours passed and they still hadn’t cut the wedding cake. Steve (Martin) Said he was leaving. I was like, “Oh, wait.” Maybe I had a cocktail. I have a fork in my hand. I said, “Steve, you can’t leave without a piece of the wedding cake!” I cut one side of the wedding cake and cut the other side, and then everyone in our group screamed, “Marty!” It was the wedding cake. I tried to fix it with a fork. “
Short joked that his behavior left 80-year-old Martin “so shocked” that “he got colors” as Short turned to other guests Paul Rudd And said: “Then, let’s leave?”
Thankfully, Gomez and Blanco’s wedding coordinator and chef were on hand to correct Short’s handiwork.
The actor said the chef performed “surgery” on the cake, quipping that it was a “Hollywood wedding cake because it was beautiful, but now it has some work done.”
Short and Martin tried to hide the affair from Gomez, 33, on her big day, but she seemed to find out.
“I kept saying, ‘No, guys, we can’t let Selena know,'” Short recalled. “Steve said, ‘Yeah, maybe we’ll tell her in a month.’ And then as I was leaving, Selena came over (and said), ‘Hey Marty, I heard you want to have my cake and eat it too.'”
Despite his poor performance at celebrity weddings, Short praised Gomez and Blanco’s union.
“It’s great to be at a wedding where you know these people are the perfect couple,” he said. “You know, Selena is like an extra child of mine. I love her so much. She found this man and he’s the greatest man and they have the best time together and they’re madly in love.”
Martin Short and Steve Martin had an unforgettable reaction to Murder in the Building costar Selena Gomez’s engagement to Benny Blanco. When host Jimmy Kimmel asked Gomez, 32, on the Monday, January 6, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! if Blanco, 36, had asked Short, 74, and Martin, 79, for permission to propose — Emilia Perez (…
one Sources previously revealed US Weekly “The wedding was very simple, not your typical ‘celebrity’ lavish wedding. They just wanted to dance and have fun and you could feel so much love from them.”
Gomez and Blanco first sparked dating rumors in December 2023. In December 2024, they announced their engagement.
