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Selena Gomez broke down exactly how she and Taylor Swift \u201cbonded\u201d and became \u201cbest friends\u201d on Wednesday\u2019s episode of the \u201cTherapuss\u201d podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n The former Disney Channel star, 33, explained that she and the pop star, 35, \u201cdated the Jonas Brothers\u201d<\/a> at the same time.<\/p>\n Selena Gomez detailed the beginning of her friendship with Taylor Swift. WireImage<\/p>\n The actress shared the origin story on Wednesday\u2019s \u201cTherapuss\u201d podcast episode. Jake Shane\/YouTube<\/p>\n \u201cI dated Nick [Jonas]<\/a>, and she dated Joe [Jonas],\u201d Gomez recalled. \u201cIt was cute. We were young. \u2026 We didn\u2019t know what we were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d star added, \u201cI was about 15, she was about 18 and that\u2019s when it was the crazy curly Taylor, and she had all these bracelets that went all the way up. \u2026 It was really sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n The duo now \u201clike to say the best things [they] got out of those relationships was each other.\u201d<\/p>\n Swift and Joe, 35, called it quits in 2008, while Gomez and Nick, 32, called it quits that same year \u2014 and again in 2010. <\/p>\n The duo met while dating the Jonas Brothers in 2008. Christopher Polk\/TAS<\/p>\n Gomez had an on-again, off-again relationship with Nick Jonas. \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Rare Beauty founder clarified on Wednesday that the exes all \u201cknow and love each other\u201d still.<\/p>\n \u201cAt that age, [Swift and I] became best friends [and] bonded over the breakup,\u201d the \u201cWizards of Waverly Place\u201d alum remembered. \u201cAs girls do. <\/p>\n \u201cThen, I don\u2019t know, we just stuck around for all the ups and downs that came after,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd here we are now 16 years later.\u201d<\/p>\n Swift is widely believed to have written \u201cLove Story\u201d about her time with Joe, and Gomez told listeners she heard the hit 2008 song before Swift released it.<\/p>\n Swift, for her part, was linked to Joe Jonas. FilmMagic<\/p>\n The pop star and Swift \u201cbonded\u201d over their respective splits. CBS via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI was in a hotel room, and I remember it vividly,\u201d the \u201cSame Old Love\u201d singer said. \u201cI instantly heard it and thought, \u2018This is one of the most beautiful songs ever.’\u201d<\/p>\n Before playing it, Swift \u2014 who Gomez praised as an \u201cincredible \u2026 chameleon\u201d \u2014 told her pal, \u201cOK, I just want to play you this song. But just, like, I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s going to be the first single, I think. I think.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the episode, Gomez looked back on her teen years again \u2014 specifically, when she met now-fianc\u00e9 Benny Blanco<\/a> at age 16.<\/p>\n Gomez thought the producer, 37, was \u201cnice\u201d and \u201cfunny,\u201d but she acknowledged that the \u201ctiming\u201d wasn\u2019t right.<\/p>\n The duo \u201cstuck around through all the ups and downs\u201d and are still \u201cbest friends \u2026 16 years later.\u201d Instagram\/Selena Gomez<\/p>\n Gomez gushed over her BFF, calling Swift an \u201cincredible \u2026 chameleon.\u201d Getty Images for PCA<\/p>\n When the \u201cSelena + Chef\u201d alum did get feelings for Blanco, after initially asking him to \u201chook [her] up with anybody he knew that was cute,\u201d she was \u201cterrified\u201d that \u201cpeople [were] going to get mad\u201d because they worked together on her music.<\/p>\n The pair went public with their romance<\/a> in 2023, and Blanco got down on one knee<\/a> the following year. <\/p>\n