Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber's Relationship: A Timeline

August 2015: Gomez opens up to the Sunday Times about her relationship with Bieber. "It's difficult for people to separate us," she said. "The Internet wants to freeze this moment in time and constantly repeat it."

September and October 2015: Gomez talks about Bieber in several interviews while promoting her album, Revival. Here are some of the quotes:

"I'll forever support him and love him in a way that…. We grew up together. I think people want it to be different…. We're too young for that. Nobody was married. There was no…I respect him. And I think he respects me, in a healthy manner." —Elle

"While people were writing that I was stupid for being in it, this is what I always saw in him. I'm like, Duh!" —The New York Times

"Of course I got my heart broken. Of course I was pissed about it. There, everybody has it. I was so disappointed, because I never wanted my career to be a tabloid story. There's closure in a very good, healthy way. We've seen each other. I'm always encouraging, and I am proud of his journey. I think people are making it out to be something that is more tragic than it really was. We grew up together. We both made mistakes. That's it." —Refinery 29

Meanwhile, Bieber said this during his interview with Complex: "I moved in with my girlfriend when I was 18. Started my own life with her. It was a marriage kind of thing. Living with a girl, it was just too much at that age. But we were so in love. Nothing else mattered. We were all about each other. But when it's like that and you get your value from that, people will always disappoint you."

November 2015: Bieber confirms that his then-new songs "What Do You Mean," "Sorry," and "Mark My Words" are all about Gomez. He reveals to Access Hollywood that Gomez was his "first love" and tells Billboard, "I'm proud of the woman she is today. When you love someone that much, even if something comes between you, it's a love that never really dies." At the end of the month, a video surfaces of Bieber serenading Gomez at a restaurant to the song "My Girl."

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