Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez shared numerous adorable friendship moments during their attendance at the MTV Video Music Awards in New Jersey on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old “Bad Blood” hitmaker and the 31-year-old star of “Only Murders in the Building” have been close friends for a long time and were photographed sharing a warm embrace at the star-studded event.
They both enthusiastically supported each other from the audience as they received awards – Gomez won Best Afrobeats Video for her collaboration “Calm Down” with Rema, while Swift swept four awards for “Anti-Hero.” When Gomez accepted her award, Swift cheered her on excitedly, and she was captured standing in the front row, encouraging those around her to stand up and cheer for Selena as well.
During Swift’s first acceptance speech of the night, Selena was seen standing up in a gesture of respect, while others around her remained seated.
Pals: Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez shared a number of cute friendship moments while attending the MTV Video Music Awards in New Jersey on Tuesday
Sweet: The Bad Blood hitmaker, 33, and the Only Murders in the Building star, 31, have been longtime pals, and were pictured sharing a warm hug at the event
It was the first sighting of the friends together in public in a while.
The duo first became friends in 2008, while they were both dating Jonas Brothers: Taylor dated Joe, while Selena was with Nick.
Selena previously remarked that her friendship with Swift was ‘the best thing we got out of those relationships’ during a KIIS FM UK interview in 2017.
Both ladies looked sensational at the star-studded event.
Selena wowed in a plunging red Oscar de la Renta gown with a floral pattern, a fringe, and a nude under layer.
The stunning halter-neck dress formed into a vine-like fringe towards the bottom, and she paired the outfit with strappy red heels.
Meanwhile Taylor flashed her toned legs in a form-fitting black Versace gown, complete with buttons across her torso.
The songstress shared a number of hugs with other industry pals, including Sabrina Carpenter and Nicki Minaj.
Longtime pals: The duo first became friends in 2008, while they were both dating Jonas Brothers: Taylor dated Joe, while Selena was with Nick
Still close: It was the first sighting of the friends together in public in a while
Sensational: Both ladies looked sensational at the star-studded event. Selena wowed in a plunging red Oscar de la Renta gown with a floral pattern, a fringe, and a nude under layer
Toned: Meanwhile Taylor flashed her toned legs in a form-fitting black Versace gown, complete with buttons across her torso
Winners: Swift swept up four wins for her song Anti-Hero, while Gomez won for Best Afrobeats Video for her ‘Calm Down’ collaboration with Rema
Each other’s cheerleaders: Both also cheered each other on from the crowd as they won their respective awards
Lovely: While Gomez accepted her award, Swift was pictured standing in the front row and encouraging those around her to also cheer and stand up for Selena
She was also pictured mingling with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Sonyae Elise at the event.
It was a fantastic night for Swift, who won in multiple categories.
She told the crowd as she accepted the award for Best Pop for Anti-Hero, ‘I love making pop music, I love making pop music videos, I also love making country.
‘I love slinking around different genres and the only reason I’m allowed to do that is because you, the fans, gave me the opportunity to do this.’
She added, ‘One big adventure and it’s all so much to challenge myself to make music that’s different than what I made last and I just love you for it. But I really love making pop music, so thank you so, so, so much.’
Swift won her second award for Song of the Year for Anti-Hero.
‘I want to say, I’m really, really lucky that I get to write songs with one of my best friends in the world, his name is Jack Antonoff,’ she said in her second speech. ‘I’m so lucky I’ve been making music with him since we worked on an album called 1989 – we will continue working together until 2089!’
Swift took home her third award of the evening for Best Direction for directing the video for her hit track Anti-Hero.
She thanked her ‘brilliant collaborators’ in her third speech of the evening, saying that being director ‘is absolutely a team sport.’
Swift won her fourth award for Video of the Year for Anti-Hero.
Making the rounds: The songstress shared a number of hugs with other industry pals, including Sabrina Carpenter
Friends: The duo were pictured hugging it out inside the auditorium
The host: She also hugged host Nicki Minaj while accepting one of her numerous awards
Congratulations: Nicki congratulated the pop star on her win
Taylor was then pictured mingling with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Strike a pose: She also posed up with Sonyae Elise at the event
