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Riley Utley

The Jonas Brothers, Breakups And The Song 'Love Story’: The Story Behind How Taylor Swift And Selena Gomez Became Besties

From left to right: Taylor Swift in the Fortnight music video and Selena Gomez in Only Murders in the Building. .

It feels like Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez have been friends forever. However, it’s actually been about 16 to 17 years (which might as well be forever). Over the last decade and change, the two performers have been bestie goals, and just recently, we got to see them together in images from Gomez’s birthday party. Now, the actress is opening up about how she and the pop star became BFFs, and it includes the Jonas Brothers, breakups and the hit song “Love Story.”

Selena Gomez was getting candid about friendships and the people in her life whom she can still call a friend. She ultimately quoted her pal Taylor Swift while discussing the topic on Jake Shane’s podcast Therapuss, saying “a friend to all, is a friend to none.” That led to the host asking how she met the pop star. And, well, we kind of have the Jonas Brothers to thank for the friends’ meet-cute, as she explained:

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