Selena Gomez Grows Emotional After Golden Globes 2025 Run-in with Salma Hayek: 'I Looked Up to Her'

Mar. 15, 2025

Selena Gomez (left); Salma Hayek.Photo:Michael Kovac/Getty;Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty

Michael Kovac/Getty;Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty

Selena Gomezis feeling the love!

On Sunday, Jan. 5, the actress, 32, got emotional on theVarietyandEntertainment Tonightred carpet pre-show for the 82nd Golden Globes after a sweet run-in withSalma Hayek.

Selena Gomez attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 5, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Calif.Michael Kovac/Getty

Michael Kovac/Getty

According toVarietycorrespondent Marc Malkin, Hayek, 58, was about to do an interview but gave her spot to Gomez so she could “have her moment.”

“It’s actually the sweetest thing ever,” Gomez said of Hayek, growing visibly emotional. “I love her. I looked up to her. She’s my dad’s crush.”

Then, in a show of camaraderie, Gomez’s television co-starsSteve Martin, 79, andMartin Short, 74, promptly crashed the interview.

“She’s all dressed up,” Short said of Gomez, before teasing her for her stylish bob. “I think the hair is too swooped on one side.”

The interviewer joked, “Is he always this mean?”

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Martin jumped in to say that Short was bragging about his own hairdo on the car ride to the award show. “All the way in the car, kept talking about his hair,” the comedian said. “How much better his hair is than mine.”

Getting the conversation back on track, Gomez said, “We’re excited we’re nominated and that’s the best thing ever.”

“Just to be nominated is the honor,” Short added.

In December 2024, Gomezreacted to her double nominationwith a video on her Instagram Stories, in which gasped and buried her face in her hands after her name was called in the movies category.

“I don’t even know what to write. I’m so proud of @zoesaldana and I am so grateful and honored @goldenglobes,” Gomez captioned the video, shouting out herEmilia Pérezcostar and fellow nomineeZoe Saldaña.

SeePEOPLE’s full coverageof the 82nd annual Golden Globes as they’re broadcasting live from The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on CBS and Paramount+.

source: people.com