Taylor Swift has given Selena Gomez dating advice.
The 24-year-old singer - who has previously romanced Harry Styles and John Mayer - has reportedly been comforting the 'Come & Get It' hitmaker, 22, following her recent split from her on/off boyfriend Justin Bieber, 20, and been offering her some relationship guidance.
A source told the HollywoodLife.com: "She [Taylor] wants her to at least try taking a year off dating. She thinks she should date herself for a while, take the time to get to know herself and appreciate herself.
"But she's not going to force it, she's trying to lead by example this time, instead of forcing her ideas down Selena's throat, she realises she can be kind of pushy and she's working on that."
Selena recently moved out of her parents' home and in to her own property in California but, since breaking up from the troubled singer last month, Taylor believes it will prove beneficial for the actress to move to New York as the blonde beauty has seen such a difference in her own life since moving to the big apple.
The 'Spring Breaker's stat said previously: "She [Taylor] wants to kidnap me. She's been begging me every time we get on the phone, because it's been a really good thing for her. You know, we've been friends for seven years and she really feels like she kind of stepped into her own and became a woman there, and she's like, 'Alright, your turn!' "

Fergie "definitely" wants another baby.
The Black Eyed Peas singer and her husband Josh Duhamel currently have their hands full with their 14-month-old son Axl but they're still keen to add to their brood at some point in the future.
Speaking to In Touch magazine, Fergie said: "We can definitely see it happening. Motherhood is an amazing journey -- each day it gets more thrilling."
However, the 39-year-old beauty is worried about how she'll juggle two children and her career, but she insists her family will always be her main priority.
She explained: "I'll just have to learn as I go. But I do know that my focus will always be on my family. That goes without saying."
Meanwhile, Josh, 41, can't believe how fast Axl is growing up and admits he regularly tears up as he watches the little one reach new milestones - including learning to walk and swim - all the time.
He said last week: "He's already swimming around in the pool, and I was like, 'What the hell happened to my baby?' He's walking all over the place, talking. He's a toddler now!
"It happens quick. Next thing you know, they're going off to college. So that's one thing I've really taken to heart, trying to be there as much as I can."

Diana Ross "choked up" as she watched her son get married to Ashlee Simpson.
The legendary singer was overcome with emotional as she witnessed Evan Ross, 26, tie the knot with the 30-year-old beauty in a romantic ceremony held at her lavish home in Greenwich, Connecticut, on August 30.
Diana's daughter Tracee, 41, told 'Access Hollywood': "She choked up and it was so cute. Halfway through the ceremony she was like, 'Oh my gosh.'
"Then she looked over at me and my sister and of course we were both floodgates. Luckily though my mum managed to pull herself together."
The 70-year-old star, who is ordained, was heavily involved in the ceremony and even officiated the couple's wedding and then went on to perform her ballad 'Endless Love' at the service afterwards.
Tracee explained: "My mum performed 'Endless Love.' It was so lovely. It honestly couldn't have been more beautiful to watch my brother get married.
"Ashlee is so lovely and so is her sister Jessica [Simpson]. Well, they're my sisters too now!'
However, it was previously believed there was tension between Ashlee and Diana in the lead up to the nuptials, but the singer insists she was only interested in making her son's big day the best possible.
Diana said after the wedding: "I want only love, happiness, and joy for my son and his bride."
Meanwhile, Ashlee who started dating 'The Hunger Games' star Evan last year, was previously married to Pete Wentz, with whom she has son Bronx, five.

Chelsea Handler doesn't think she'll be targetted by hackers - because she is happy to share her naked photos.
The outspoken talk show host admits she has a habit of annoying her friends by casually bearing her breasts in their group pictures and after one pal threatened to shame her by posting one of the images on twitter, she decided to share the photo herself and will happily "hack" more of her own raunchy poses for her fans.
Referring to one picture of herself with pals in which her breasts are exposed, she explained: "I have a thing with my friends where they think we're taking a beautiful photo, like in Africa, or the Sahara, but then all of a sudden I take my boob out.
"They don't know I've taken my boob out until we get the photo back, so it's not funny for everyone but it's funny for me.
"So my friend said, 'Chelsea, please stop doing that, we need real photos we can put up in our houses, if you do that again, I'm going to tweet it.' And I was like, 'I'll tweet it', so I did.
"I thought it was funny because of the photo hacking scandal, if someone goes through my phone it's going to be a disaster so then I just started sending more out, 'I'll hack myself', so no one is ever going to make money from a naked picture of me because I'll sell it to you for free."
The 39-year-old blonde insists she doesn't mind being naked in front of people because bodies are "silly" and she thinks her breasts are her best asset, so would prefer for people to look at them instead of her face.
She told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres: "It's very empowering for me. I like to be naked because I don't take my body seriously. I know people do and that's nice for them, but bodies are so silly and people in this business is so vain, myself included...
"[My breasts] are the best thing I have going on my body so I like to take them out whenever I can and be like, 'Hey look, just pretend this is my whole face.' "

Channing Tatum felt "messed with" at school because he wasn't "a very smart person".
The 34-year-old actor - who has suffered from attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia - has hit out at the education system in the US for not helping him enough and simply "lumping" him into classes with Down Syndrome and autism suffers.
He said: "I have never considered myself a very smart person, for a lot of reasons. Not having early success on that one path messes with you.
"You get lumped in classes with kids with autism and Down Syndrome, and you look around and say, 'OK, so this is where I'm at.'
"Or you get put in the typical classes and you say, 'All right, I'm obviously not like these kids either.'
"So you're kind of nowhere. You're just different. The system is broken. If we can streamline a
multi-billion dollar company, we should be able to help kids who struggle the way I did."
Channing has 16-month-old daughter Everly with wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum and while he admits he loves spending time with the little one, he is glad to get some peace and quiet at night when he puts her to bed.
Speaking to T magazine, he added: "You notice your behaviour, like, 'Wow, I don't have much patience right now. Why is that?'
"You spend the day watching this thing constantly taking in information, and you have to be sure you're making that happen.
"At the end of the day when I put her to bed, I feel glad to have some peace but say to myself, That was so much fun."

Ben Affleck let the 'Gone Girl' cast borrow his Porsche.
The 42-year-old actor used to leave the keys of his supercar for the cast members of the crime thriller movie to use if he wasn't there, according to his co-star Casey Wilson, who admitted she sees the Hollywood hunk as a "real-life hero" after acting alongside him.
She said: "He was so nice. He let us borrow his car when he went out of town. It was really nice.
"All the actors were sharing two cars, and so he very kindly left his keys at the front desk for a bunch of us to use on the off-week when he was out of town. So he's a hero. He's a real-life hero in my book."
Casey - who plays Ben's on-screen neighbour, Noelle Hawthorne, in 'Gone Girl' - admitted the cast used the star's car, which she thought was a Porsche, to travel to a local nightspot in Missouri, where the thriller was filmed, so they could "go crazy" in between filming.
Speaking to HuffPost Live, she added: "We went to what we called the 'Tarbucks,' which is a Target slash Starbucks.
"That was right across the street, and that was a big night. That was like, 'Let's blow the roof off this place and go crazy.' "
Casey is not the only fan of Ben from the film as his on-screen mistress Emily Ratajkowski (Andie) recently admitted it felt "surreal" locking lips with the movie legend in the motion picture.
The 23-year-old stunner said: "The whole experience was a little surreal.
"I have to be honest. Obviously Ben Affleck is one of those - you know his face. I grew up with his face. Not sure if he would love that."

Michael Jackson has topped a list of highest-earning dead celebrities for the second year in a row.
The late 'Thriller' hitmaker - who died of acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009 - brought in an estimated $140 million in the past year for his estate, Forbes magazine reports.
The money came from Cirque du Soleil shows 'Immortal' and 'One', as well as his half of the Sony/ATV publishing catalogue, his own Mijac catalogue and his posthumous album, 'Xscape', which was released earlier this year.
Forbes commented: "Few celebrities prove the point that there is (financial) life after death better than Michael Jackson."
The staggering sum was more than twice what second-placed Elvis Presley, who died in 1977, earned in the last 12 months, and the 'Jailhouse Rock' singer's $55 million was considerably higher than the earnings of third-placed Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, who made $40 million.
Michael's late friend Dame Elizabeth Taylor - who died in 2011 and took top spot on the Forbes list a year later - came in at fourth place with $25 million, one spot ahead of late reggae legend Bob Marley, who generated $20 million.
Completing the list were Marilyn Monroe in sixth spot thanks to earnings of $17 million, Beatles legend John Lennon and scientist Albert Einstein, with their $12 million and $11 million earning them seventh and eighth place respectively.
Five stars - 'Dr Seuss' writer Theodor Geisel, actors Bruce Lee, Steve McQueen and James Dean, and model Bettie Page - tied with $9 million earnings to take the final place on the list.
According to Forbes - who compiled the list using estimated earnings and spoke to estate managers, lawyers and licensors - the 13 deceased stars earned a total of $363.5 million between October 2013 and 14.

Forbes' Highest-Earning Dead Celebrities 2014:
1. Michael Jackson, $140 million
2. Elvis Presley, $55 million
3. Charles Schulz, $40 million
4. Dame Elizabeth Taylor, $25 million
5. Bob Marley, $20 million
6. Marilyn Monroe, $17 million
7. John Lennon, $12 million
8. Albert Einstein, $11 million
9= Theodor Geisel, $9 million
9= Bruce Lee, $9 million
9= Steve McQueen, $9 million
9= Bettie Page, $9 million
9= James Dean, $9 million.

Nicole Richie showed off her slender frame in an emerald green blouse and embellished trousers as she arrived at Sirius Radio in New York City.

Melanie Greig has slammed claims that she is in the UK to find a new job.
The Australian DJ made a prank call pretending to the Queen while the Duchess of Cambridge was in hospital with severe morning sickness during her first pregnancy in December 2013.
After Jacintha Saldanha - the nurse on duty who unknowingly revealed personal details about the Duchess' condition - committed suicide, many people blamed the DJ for starting the hoax.
Talking on Loose Women on Wednesday (15.10.14), Mel has now denied reports that she had arrived in the UK to start a new media career.
She said: "No not at all. Why would it be easier? This is where it all happened. No absolutely not.
"After arriving I saw how beautiful it is here and that's when someone asked me [if she would work in Britain] and I said, 'If the opportunity came up why wouldn't I consider it?'"
The DJ also admitted that she was nervous about travelling to England after internet trolls told her that she "deserved to die".
She said: "No offence to Londoners but I expected this to be a horrible place. People with pitch forks at the airports waiting for me.
"I had this vision that the UK hated me because for months all I would do is read online that: 'you deserve to die', 'we hate you', 'don't come here' and I believed it all."

Pink isn't worried about alienating her fans with her new country-folk project.
The 'Just Give Me A Reason' hitmaker has teamed up with her friend Dallas Green in duo You+Me and though they sound very different to her solo work, she thinks her loyal supporters will still embrace the group.
Asked if she is worried about alienating her fans, she told Billboard magazine: "I don't think about that stuff ever, ever. My fans are people that would follow me wherever I go. If I told them I was doing a f***ing jewellery line or a perfume, they'd go, 'Come on!'
"But this feels like something I'd do anyway. Whether it's Germany or Australia or Canada or South Africa or the US, they just want to feel something along with me."
The 35-year-old star admits she is always labelled for her "pop" sound, but insists she always tries to be diverse.
She said: "I've always tried to do different kinds of things within an album; I've always been easily labeled as pop-whatever."
Pink has been enjoying working with her friend in the recording studio because they are free from any pressure.
She explained: "This really was an opportunity to do something that I wanted to do instead of something I was obligated to do.
"No one was asking us to do this except each other. There was no record company saying, 'We're waiting for a record' or 'You should really do something like this.' It was just us being friends and loving each other and loving to sing."

John Legend wants to duet with Adele.
The 'All of Me' hitmaker is a huge fan of the 'Skyfall' singer and thinks their voices would complement one another well on a record.
He said: "I would love to work with Adele. She's one of my favourites and I think we would sound good together so that would be cool."
John is also a big fan of "supremely talented" Sam Smith and though he hasn't met the 'Stay with Me' hitmaker, they have been in contact.
He told Magic FM's Jo Parkerson: "I love Sam. Before his album even came out in the States my agent actually sent me an email and said you've got to check out this guy Sam Smith. He put us in touch with each other. We actually haven't met in person but we've emailed a few times and he's supremely talented. It always makes me happy when good soulful music is doing so well, because it just shows that there's hope."
The 35-year-old singer believes Britain produces "great artists" who have an appreciation of soul music that means they can create "beautiful" music.
He said: "Britain continues to produce great artists, particularly artists that I think appreciate soul music and appreciate how soul and pop can really be woven together in a really beautiful way"
Listen to the full interview with John Legend on Saturday 25 October from 3pm on Magic FM. www.magic.co.uk.

Mikel Ameen wrote his song 'Martina Luther Queen' to "empower women".
The rapper says the track - named after late civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King - is his attempt to promote equality in music and give people a message that isn't found in other pop music.
He told BANG Showbiz: "My song 'Martina Luther Queen' is about empowering women who are loyal. About women who own their womanhood. Women who are respectful and that's what is about and that's why there is a need to see a balance in what's represented in music. So it's not a war against pop music. I like to make music that represents all aspects of life - whether that is talking about a queen or something else. I've seen both so why only talk about one? And I hear too much of one side and not the other. So I've taken it upon myself to show a balance of what people want to see."
Although he writes socially aware lyrics, Mikel - who is the brother of 'Harry's Law' actor Aml Ameen - insists he isn't against pop music and is currently obsessed with Chris Brown's song 'Loyal'.
Mikel - whose 'World Changer Music' album is available now - said: "I love pop music, reggae music, hip-hop music, dancehall, an example I give is 'Loyal' by Chris Brown. When that song comes on in a party I dance to that and I sing it because it's got a good beat and to an extent its true what he's saying."