Between her trendy shag haircut and a long list of great pop tunes, it's impossible not to love Selena Gomez. The star got her start on the beloved Barney TV show and landed the starring role in the Disney Channel series Wizards Of Waverly Place.

Now Gomez is 27 years old and looks much more mature than she did back in the day. Whether it's her amazing hair, cool clothing, or compelling dating life, Gomez is often in the news. But while she has many musician ex-boyfriends, there is one celebrity who she pines after, and that's actor Shia LaBeouf.

It's heartwarming and also relatable to learn that she has a celebrity crush just like everyone else does. Let's take a look at how she feels about him.

Just A Little Crush

Selena Gomez is always honest and real, whether she's chatting about her first kiss or a star who she has a crush on. And as it turns out, she thinks very highly of Shia LaBeouf.

Back in 2011, Selena Gomez got the chance to meet Shia LaBeouf, and this was a huge deal as she has always liked him. Her friends were the ones who set up the meeting and they pretended that she would be talking to fans. Instead, LaBeouf was sitting and waiting for her. Right away, she left, as it was a lot for her to take in. Hollywood Reporter says that after LaBeouf followed her into the hallway outside his dressing room, they hugged, and she said, "I'm so sorry to bother you. I admire you."

He said, "Thanks for being so sweet to me." Later, Gomez talked about how "cute" and "handsome" she thinks he is. According to Access Online, the singer was worried that he considered her "crazy" after the way that she behaved when she met him.

When the National Post interviewed Gomez after her role in the movie Spring Breakers, she was asked if she looked up to anyone in the business, and she said that it was LaBeouf. She said, "I think Shia LaBeouf did a wonderful job. He started on Disney and he’s an incredible actor and he chose great roles."

According to OK! Magazine, LaBeouf went on Jimmy Kimmel Live and talked about both Bieber and Gomez. He called Gomez a "very cool person" and also said that she's "pretty."

Of Bieber, he said he has "a huge squad" and compared him to Buddha: "he has this presence like Buddha. He’s like the young prince.” He also said, "He's like a 60-year-old Sinatra and he has so much presence."

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Gomez's Other Crushes

LaBeouf isn't the only star that Gomez likes. According to ABC News Go, she likes Ryan Gosling, and once said, "Ryan Gosling is such a given, but he's super-cute." She also likes George Clooney, Logan Lerman, and Jesse McCartney. Of the last one, she said, "I was in love with Jesse McCartney when I was younger. I was 13 and he was my life, everything to me."

It turns out that the singer has had a lot of celeb crushes in her day: according to USA Today, Gomez went on Andy Cohen's TV show Watch What Happens Live in 2015 and said that she liked Chris Evans and thought that he was "cute."

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Gomez's Dating History

While not every Gomez fan might know about her crush on LaBeouf, everyone knows about her long-term romance with Justin Bieber. According to Elle.com, they split up in 2012, kept seeing each other until 2014, and fans never stopped talking about whether they would ever rekindle their love story. Gomez said in 2016, "I'm so exhausted. I honestly am so done. I care about his health and well-being. But I can't do it anymore."

After her time with Bieber, Gomez moved onto The Weeknd, and it was definitely a dramatic relationship. Gomez and The Weeknd broke up in October 2017 and they were first spotted hugging and kissing in January 2017. Soon after, they went to Italy, and everyone was talking about the new romance. According to Cheat Sheet, it was tricky for the singers to hang out enough since he tours a lot and she works so much, too.

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While Selena Gomez has had a complicated love life, from dating Justin Bieber on and off for years to falling for The Weeknd, not everyone has known about her big celebrity crush. It's interesting to hear that she likes Shia LaBeouf so much and that she looks up to the film career that he has had. Time will tell if the two stars cross paths once again. But even if that doesn't happen, their first meeting was definitely adorable.

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