Martin Brief is sharing particulars on how he almost ruined Selena Gomez’s marriage ceremony to Benny Blanco.
Throughout an look on the Wednesday, January 21, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Stay!, the Solely Murders within the Constructing star, 75, recalled what it was like attending his costar’s nuptials to the music producer in Santa Barbara, California, in September 2025.
“The marriage was excellent. It was stunning,” Brief mentioned, earlier than revealing how he dedicated the last word marriage ceremony fake pas.
Brief continued, “All the things was excellent, besides, the evening of the reception … it was an enormous, large occasion, think about a stage, dance ground, musicians. … In the back of the tent have been these particular person seating areas with couches and chairs. So should you had a gaggle — we had a gaggle [of] Solely Murders within the Constructing [cast and crew], there was about 12 of us. All of us collectively.”
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco‘s well-known buddies have been in attendance as they tied the knot in a romantic marriage ceremony. The actress, 33, and the document producer, 37, exchanged vows in Santa Barbara, California, on Saturday, September 27, with celebrities together with Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran snagging invites. “There have been about 170 folks in attendance,” an […]
“There was a cake, a marriage cake, by our part, nevertheless it was a small marriage ceremony cake. I simply assumed there was a marriage cake for every part within the again,” the comic defined. “After a number of hours, they haven’t lower their marriage ceremony cake but, Steve [Martin] mentioned he’s gonna depart. I used to be like, ‘Oh, wait.’ Perhaps I’d had a cocktail. I had a fork in my hand. I mentioned, ‘Steve, you’ll be able to’t depart but with out a piece of marriage ceremony cake!’ and I lower the marriage cake with one facet, lower it the opposite, after which all of the folks in our group screamed, ‘Marty!’ It was the marriage cake. I attempted to repair it with a fork.”
Brief joked that his actions left Martin, 80, “so shocked” that “he gained colour,” whereas Brief turned to fellow visitor Paul Rudd and mentioned, “So, will we simply depart?”
Fortunately, Gomez and Blanco’s marriage ceremony coordinator and chef have been readily available to rectify Brief’s handiwork.
The actor mentioned the chef “did surgical procedure” on the cake, quipping that it was a “Hollywood marriage ceremony cake in that it was stunning, however now it had a little bit work accomplished.”
Brief and Martin tried to maintain the incident from Gomez, 33, on her large day, nevertheless it appears she discovered.
“I stored saying, ‘No, guys, we are able to’t let Selena know,’” Brief recalled. “And Steve mentioned, ‘Yeah, perhaps we inform her in a month or one thing.’ After which as I used to be leaving, Selena got here by [and said], ‘Hey Marty, I heard you tried to eat my cake.’”
Regardless of his escapade on the celeb marriage ceremony, Brief praised Gomez and Blanco’s union.
“It’s such a terrific factor to go to a marriage the place you simply know that these persons are excellent for one another,” he mentioned. “You understand, Selena is like an additional baby of mine. I am keen on her a lot. And he or she discovered this man, and he’s the best man, they usually have the best dangle, they usually’re wildly in love.”
Martin Brief and Steve Martin had memorable reactions to Solely Murders within the Constructing costar Selena Gomez’s engagement to Benny Blanco. When host Jimmy Kimmel requested Gomez, 32, on the Monday, January 6, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Stay! whether or not Blanco, 36, requested Brief, 74, and Martin, 79, for permission to suggest — the Emilia Pérez […]
A supply beforehand instructed Us Weekly of the nuptials, “The marriage was fairly easy and never your typical ‘celeb’ lavish marriage ceremony. They each simply needed to bounce and have enjoyable, and you can really feel a lot love from them.”
Gomez and Blanco first sparked courting rumors in December 2023. In December 2024, they introduced that they had gotten engaged.
