Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Selena Gomez jokes in 'SNL' monologue about finding her next partner: 'I'm manifesting love'
foxnews.comShe's looking for love in all the right places, and Selena Gomez admitted her first "Saturday Night Live" hosting gig was a "big moment" in more ways than one as she took to the stage at 30 Rockefeller Plaza's Studio 8H in New York.
The 29-year-old actress revealed she was ecstatic to be on the show, not only to talk about her work on the popular Hulu program "Only Murders in the Building," but also to possibly find her next romantic relationship as she was "manifesting love." Gomez admitted she heard SNL is "a great place" to find love, and went on to mention a few of her favorite couples who found each other while working on the weekly sketch show, which featured Post Malone as the musical act.
After explaining that she's single — she was in an on-and-off relationship with Justin Bieber for years before finally ending things in 2018 and previously dated The Weeknd in 2017 — Gomez ran through a list of successful relationships that began at SNL.
Selena Gomez, seen in this photo attending the premiere of "Dolittle" in Los Angeles in 2020, joked about finding her next romantic relationship while hosting "Saturday Night Live" May 14, 2022. (Richard Shotwell) "Emma Stone met her husband here. [There’s] Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost, and Pete [Davidson] and … Machine Gun Kelly," she joked, referencing not only Davidson's flourishing romance with Kim Kardashian, but also his friendship with the "Bloody Valentine" singer. "Since I don’t want to get on the dating apps, I’m putting out into the universe that I’m manifesting love," Gomez explained.
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