Although Hailey Bieber and Justin Bieber got married four years ago, many people still can’t get over his relationship with Selena Gomez. Filled with fire, passion and allegations of cheating, he and Gomez had the kind of recurring relationship that gave teenagers everywhere a serious case of whiplash. In fact, there was a solid year where no one had a clue what was going on.
While we wait to get a (hopefully) definitive answer on this, we took the opportunity to create a mixed timeline of these relationships. Below is one of Hollywood’s greatest relationship sagas that dominated the mid-2000s.
2009: Hailey and Justin meet
A very young Justin and Hailey meet for the first time after his father, Stephen Baldwin, introduced his daughter to the singer.
“This is my daughter Hailey,” Stephen told Justin in a resurfaced video. “We enjoyed your music.”
February 2011: selena and justin become red carpet officials
At vanity lounge Oscars Party in February 2011, Selena and Justin formalized their love affair on the red carpet.
“I don’t like to hide. I like to keep certain things to myself, but at the end of the day, I’m 18 and I’m going to fall in love,” she revealed. “I’m going to hang out with people and I’m going to explore myself, and that’s fine with me.”
From there, the era of Jelena fans was born and stars packed on PDAs all over the world.
november 2012: split between selena and justin
After about two years, the couple decided to separate for the first time.
“Selena broke up with Justin about a week ago. It’s been a really tough experience over the past year because of their crazy schedules,” they said. “Selena definitely had big trust issues with Justin.”
2013-2014: nobody knows what’s going on with selena and justin
The year between 2013 and 2014 was murky to say the least. Fans really had no idea what was going on between the two and if they were on or off.
In April 2013Gomez released his song come and get it, which many believed was directed at Bieber. Days later, Bieber posts and then deletes an Instagram photo of Gomez, causing a lot of confusion.
January 2014 was tumultuous for both stars, with Gomez heading to rehab for Lupus and Bieber arrested for drunk driving and charged with vandalism.
In July 2014, Bieber is making global headlines for allegedly fighting with Orlando Bloom in Spain (although people still don’t know what it was). Many speculated that it had something to do with Gomez, who was previously snuggling up with Bloom at a nightclub.
November 2014: Hailey and Justin are spotted on vacation
After dating a slew of models throughout 2014, Bieber first bonded with Hailey Baldwin while on vacation. He also unfollows Gomez on Instagram.
Despite the photos, Bieber denied that he and Baldwin were in a relationship.
“People are crazy. I’m super single and he’s my good friend, you would know otherwise,” he wrote on Instagram.
march 2015: selena dating zedd
After collaborating with Zedd on his single, I want you to knowGomez and the DJ started dating in March 2015.
“He’s a cute little German guy, and he’s got really nice eyes, and he’s very sweet and funny,” she said. RadioDisney at the time.
The romance was short-lived, however, with the couple calling it quits a few months later in July 2015.
november 2015: justin serenades serenades
Internet goes wild after Bieber was seen serenading Gomez with the song My daughter at the bar of a hotel in Beverly Hills.
december 2015: hailey and justin share a new years kiss
Bieber is seen kissing Baldwin on New Years Eve, seemingly confirming that there is something romantic going on between them.
august 2016: justin starts dating sofia richie
Just under a year after being seen with Baldwin, the singer has been confirmed to be dating Sofia Richie.
After his fans started trolling Sofia, Bieber captioned a photo of the couple, “I’ll make my Instagram private if you don’t stop the hate that’s spiraling out of control, if you really are fans you wouldn’t be so mean to the people I love.”
To the shock of many, Gomez herself weighed in on the drama, writing, “If you can’t handle the hate stop posting pics of your girlfriend lol -” she wrote. “It should only be special between the two of you. Don’t be mad at your fans. They love and support you before anyone else.”
A comment section war then ensues between the former couple, with Justin accusing Selena of using him for fame, and Selena accusing Justin of cheating on her.
“It’s funny to see people who have used me for attention and still try to point fingers that way. Sad. All the love. I’m not one to receive any form of hate . I hope you can all be kind to my friends and each other . And yes, I love my followers,” Bieber wrote.
“Funny how those who have cheated many times are the ones who point the finger at those who have forgiven and supported. No wonder the fans are mad. Sad. All the love,” Gomez replied.
Bieber, who was seemingly determined to have the last laugh, ended with, “I cheated…Oh, did I forget about you and Zayn?”
Was he accusing Gomez of cheating on him with Zayn Malik? This is still unconfirmed to this day.
May 2017: selena and the weekend are red carpet official
In early 2017, Gomez began dating singer The Weeknd, with the pair becoming Met Gala red carpet official in May 2017. That wasn’t to last though, as they split in October of that year.
November 2017: selena and justin apparently reunite
The following month, Bieber and Gomez were spotted in Los Angeles for the second time in four days, sparking reconciliation rumors.
december 2017: hailey and justin are spotted
Despite his apparent delight with Gomez, Bieber is still spotted with Baldwin, enraging many of his fans, although he insists they are “just friends”.
May 2018: selena and justin are done for good
For the last time, Gomez and Bieber go their separate ways.
“Selena started to see the big picture when it came to their relationship,” added another, noting that Gomez “chose happiness” over her relationship with Justin, which “nobody really supported.”
June 2018: hailey and justin are back
august-september 2018: hailey and justin are engaged and married
Less than a month after getting back together, Bieber proposed to Baldwin while on vacation in Baker’s Bay. The opal-shaped engagement ring weighed 6 carats and is set in an 18k yellow gold solitaire ring. A month later, they were married in front of 154 people at the Somerset Chapel of Montage in South Carolina.
Despite the happy news, Jelena’s fans weren’t so quick to celebrate, flooding the couple’s Instagram comments with nasty messages and accusing Bieber of offering revenge on Gomez.
“Why would I dedicate my whole life to someone in marriage to get back to my ex?” Bieber wrote on Instagram. “Anyone who thinks that’s mean or that they’re 10 or younger because a logical person doesn’t speak or think that way. You should be ashamed of yourself. I love and love Selena, she will always hold a place in my heart, but I’m head down [heels] in love with my wife and she is absolutely the best thing that has ever happened to me, period.
Hailey also slammed the hateful comments, writing on her Instagram Stories, “You little internet kids need to learn to move on for real. We’re adults with better things to do than waste time explain something just so you can stop your delusional fantasies I’m not going to sit here and let obsessive strangers try to tell me about my own husband you wanna talk about someone’s husband then get yours B ‘evening !!”