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Selena Gomez’s dreamy wedding to Benny Blanco was attended by both her real-life family and her Disney family.
Among the celebrity guests at the couple’s star-studded wedding ceremony in California on Saturday, Sept. 27, was Gomez’s former Wizards of Waverly Place costars, including Jennifer Stone, David DeLuise and Maria Canals-Barrera, plus more Disney Channel alums.
Wizards of Waverly Place star Stone, 32, posed with Maiara Walsh, 37, and Garrett Clayton, 34 — who starred in Disney’s Cory in the House and Teen Beach Movie, respectively — in a group photo shared by Walsh on her Instagram Stories the day after the wedding.
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Later that day, the trio more posted group photos together, this time in their glam wedding outfits. “Santa Barbara, babies. 🌴💍⛱️,” Stone captioned a carousel of photos on Instagram.
“What an amazing weekend 😊♥️,” Clayton commented.
Walsh added, “Memories for the books ❤️❤️❤️.”
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The post also featured Stone’s former Wizards of Waverly Place costar DeLuise, 53, who played Gomez’s father, Jerry Russo, in the Disney Channel series.
His wife, Julia DeLuise, also shared pictures from the wedding weekend, including sweet black-and-white photos from the celebration and the same photo with Stone.
“Love is the word. 🫰🏼,” she captioned the Instagram post.
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“There was free drinks and it was a celebration of love,” Julia said of the wedding on her Instagram Stories, before adding, “I’m just sitting here and still processing the last weekend being at Selena Gomez’s wedding, how surreal for me, at least. It’s weird because it was surreal and it was not surreal at the same time because … I didn’t have any big expectations so I didn’t know what to expect.”
She then listed her “top 10 highlights from the weekend,” which included dancing. “We danced so much, it was amazing. We danced like right next to Lizzo, and right next to all these other famous people,” she said.
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Stone starred as Harper Finkle, the best friend of Gomez’s character, Alex Russo, in Wizards of Waverly Place for four seasons since the sitcom premiered in 2007. A clip from that year, in which a younger Gomez was interviewed about her look for the Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party, recently went viral, so Stone playfully poked fun at her longtime friend while showcasing her wedding guest attire.
In a video posted on Instagram and TikTok on Sunday, Sept. 28, Stone reenacted and mouthed Gomez’s 2007 interview while showing fans her one-shoulder magenta gown. “Just a little something blue…for the Teen Vogue party,” she captioned her post, referring to how Gomez talked about the blue streak in her hair 18 years ago, telling the interviewer at the time, “I’ve got some blue going on! I like a little edge, a little pop in my hair, so I wanted to add something different, especially for the Teen Vogue party.”
Although not photographed, Wizards of Waverly Place alum and current Wizards Beyond Waverly Place star David Henrie, 36 — who plays Gomez’s brother, Justin Russo — spoke up about the wedding in the months leading up to the starry celebration. First, he disclosed to Parade in August that he would “100%” attend the wedding, and was “very excited.”
The Disney star then told PEOPLE in September that he and his wife, Maria Cahill, “talked a lot” about wedding planning with Gomez and Blanco as they were organizing their big day. He explained, “Because [there’s] so many different ways to go with a wedding these days, and so much that goes into it that [you’ve] got to know what you want.”
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The Russo family matriarch, Maria Canals-Barrera, also attended the wedding. The actress’ husband, David Barrera, wished her a happy 59th birthday on Instagram on Sept. 28, and shared black-and-white group photos of them with their daughters, all in formal wear with Santa Barbara, Calif., tagged as the location.
The next day, Sept. 29, Maria posted a few photos with her family at the wedding.
“What a wonderful weekend celebration!” wrote Maria, who played Theresa Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place. “Firstly, a most special wedding in Santa Barbara:-), the next day was my birthday, and now off to Vancouver to continue filming Camp Rock 3! So very grateful to God for all of it! 💕🙏💗.”
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Wedding guest Paulina Char, 30, also recently shared several photos alongside sister several Sofia Carson, 32, and friend Tanya Rad, 38, on her Instagram Stories. The trio matched in black for the big day. Carson, who starred as Evie in the Disney Channel original movie franchise Descendants, wore a black women’s suit at the wedding.
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Other famous friends in attendance included Gomez’s Only Murders in the Building costars Steve Martin and Martin Short, who delivered a joint speech at the rehearsal dinner. Other former Only Murders in the Building stars at the wedding were Paul Rudd, Ashley Park and Cara Delevingne.
Édgar Ramírez and Zoe Saldaña, who both starred in Emilia Pérez, were also at the nuptials alongside Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Paris Hilton, SZA, Camila Cabello, Cara Delevingne, Eric André, Finneas and Nina Dobrev.
Grammy winner Mark Ronson DJed at the reception, which also featured speeches from Swift, Sheeran, Gomez’s mom Mandy Teefey and stepdad Brian, as well as Blanco’s parents, Andrew and Sandra Levin.
A source close to Gomez and Blanco told PEOPLE that the couple curated the perfect night for themselves and their guests to celebrate their marriage.
“There was so much love in the room,” the source said of the wedding.
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“At the reception, everyone was letting loose and celebrating them well into the night. The vibe was so much fun,” the insider continued.
The newlyweds were “glowing all night” and “couldn’t stop smiling,” the source added.
“The ceremony moved guests to tears. They wrote their own vows, which were both funny and sentimental,” the insider said.
