View gallery Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber have been friends since they were young kids in 2009. They struck up a brief romance at the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016 before getting back together for good in May 2018. The reconciliation led to an engagement that July, followed by a courthouse wedding in September. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Justin Bieber (@lilbieber) Even though Justin and Hailey have now been happily married for several years, fans have continued to wonder whether or not there was ever any overlap in his relationship with Hailey and his on/off romance with ex Selena Gomez. Hailey set the record straight during her interview on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, confirming that Justin and Selena were not together when she reconciled with Justin in the spring of 2018. Although Justin and Selena had been spotted hanging out on a number of occasions from October 2017 to March 2018, Hailey insisted that it was just them "closing the door" on their relationship. Just two weeks after the interview - in which Hailey also confirmed she has spoken with Selena since getting married - the two women posed for photos together at the Academy Museum's 2nd annual gala. Selena and Hailey were all smiles as they cozied up for the snaps, proven there's zero drama between them. Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber pose for a photo together on Oct. 16. (Tyrell Hampton) The "I Do" singer puts his leading lady first, and proved it once again when he defended her against fans of his relationship with ex Selena Gomez. Justin quickly clapped back at a fan video urging fans to "go after" Hailey via social media. "This sad excuse of a human just encouraged people on video to literally go after my wife telling people to say that my previous relationship was better so on and so forth," he wrote. "It is extremely hard to choose the high road when I see people like this try and rally to gather people to bully the person I love most in this world. It is not right," he also said. Let's take a look back at Justin and Hailey's relationship timeline from the early aughts to now. First Memories Together Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin first started dating speculation when they were spotted hanging out in Miami together in 2015. (MEGA) After meeting in 2009 and hanging out on certain occasions in 2014, Justin and Hailey were first romantically linked when they appeared to look much closer in Miami in 2015. The sighting stirred up speculation of a romance, as they enjoyed laying out by a pool and jet skiing. It was around this time that they also went on a vacation to Anguilla with Justin's family. They celebrated the New Year together, ringing in 2016 with a kiss that popped up on social media. However, the relationship was short-lived, as they split just a few months into 2016. Reuniting In 2018 Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber grabbing a coffee together after reuniting in 2018. (SplashNews) After his split from Hailey, Justin briefly dating Sofia Richie in the summer of 2016. By the fall of 2017, though, he was linked to Selena once again when they were spotted on a bike ride together after her split from The Weeknd. They were seen on various dates over the next several months, with their last public acknowledgment of each other on March 1, 2018, when Selena wished Justin a happy birthday. Less than two months later, Justin and Hailey were spotted together again. The timing had fans confused, with Jelena shippers accusing Hailey of home-wrecking Selena and Justin's relationship. Hailey shut this down in Sept. 2022 during her Call Her Daddy interview. In addition to revealing that she never hooked up with Justin while he was with Selena, she also clarified what was going on between Justin and Selena during this time when the public thought they were back together. "I understand how it looks from the outside, and there's a lot of perception there, but that was a situation where I know, for a fact, that it was the right thing for them to close the door," Hailey explained. "As a woman, I would never want to get into a relationship with someone and be engaged to them and get married to them and think, in the back of my mind, 'I wonder if that [chapter] was really closed for you.' And I know for a fact that the reason we were able to get back together is because it was very much, completely closed." The 2018 reunion brought on many outings that were full of PDA, proving their romance was back on and stronger than ever. From coffee dates, like the one above, to more vacations - this time only with each other - they were back in full force. Engagement Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin on an outing shortly after their engagement in Aug. 2018. Shortly after reconnecting in June 2018, Justin proposed to Hailey in July while they were on vacation in the Bahamas. The blonde beauty was first spotted wearing a gigantic diamond ring on July 8 and one day later, on July 9, Justin took to Instagram to share the happy news. "Hailey I