diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextView.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextView.mm
index 3f64e313ab58f1..dc38bb381565aa 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextView.mm
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 
 #import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
 
+@interface RCTTextView () <UIEditMenuInteractionDelegate>
+
+@property (nonatomic, nullable) UIEditMenuInteraction *editMenuInteraction API_AVAILABLE(ios(16.0));
+
+@end
+
 @implementation RCTTextView {
   CAShapeLayer *_highlightLayer;
   UILongPressGestureRecognizer *_longPressGestureRecognizer;
@@ -213,19 +219,37 @@ - (void)enableContextMenu
 {
   _longPressGestureRecognizer = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
                                                                               action:@selector(handleLongPress:)];
+  if (@available(iOS 16.0, *)) {
+      _editMenuInteraction = [[UIEditMenuInteraction alloc] initWithDelegate:self];
+      [self addInteraction:_editMenuInteraction];
+  }
+    
   [self addGestureRecognizer:_longPressGestureRecognizer];
 }
 
 - (void)disableContextMenu
 {
   [self removeGestureRecognizer:_longPressGestureRecognizer];
+    
+  if (@available(iOS 16.0, *)) {
+    [self removeInteraction:_editMenuInteraction];
+    _editMenuInteraction = nil;
+  }
   _longPressGestureRecognizer = nil;
 }
 
 - (void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)gesture
 {
-  // TODO: Adopt showMenuFromRect (necessary for UIKitForMac)
 #if !TARGET_OS_UIKITFORMAC
+  if (@available(iOS 16.0, *)) {
+      CGPoint location = [gesture locationInView:self];
+      UIEditMenuConfiguration *config = [UIEditMenuConfiguration configurationWithIdentifier:nil sourcePoint:location];
+      if (_editMenuInteraction) {
+          [_editMenuInteraction presentEditMenuWithConfiguration:config];
+      }
+      return;
+  }
+  // TODO: Adopt showMenuFromRect (necessary for UIKitForMac)
   UIMenuController *menuController = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController];
 
   if (menuController.isMenuVisible) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
index 27f52dd15150dc..682532ac2829b7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 
 using namespace facebook::react;
 
+@interface RCTParagraphComponentView () <UIEditMenuInteractionDelegate>
+
+@property (nonatomic, nullable) UIEditMenuInteraction *editMenuInteraction API_AVAILABLE(ios(16.0));
+
+@end
+
 @implementation RCTParagraphComponentView {
   ParagraphShadowNode::ConcreteState::Shared _state;
   ParagraphAttributes _paragraphAttributes;
@@ -211,19 +217,36 @@ - (void)enableContextMenu
 {
   _longPressGestureRecognizer = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
                                                                               action:@selector(handleLongPress:)];
+    
+  if (@available(iOS 16.0, *)) {
+    _editMenuInteraction = [[UIEditMenuInteraction alloc] initWithDelegate:self];
+    [self addInteraction:_editMenuInteraction];
+  }
   [self addGestureRecognizer:_longPressGestureRecognizer];
 }
 
 - (void)disableContextMenu
 {
   [self removeGestureRecognizer:_longPressGestureRecognizer];
+  if (@available(iOS 16.0, *)) {
+      [self removeInteraction:_editMenuInteraction];
+      _editMenuInteraction = nil;
+  }
   _longPressGestureRecognizer = nil;
 }
 
 - (void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)gesture
 {
-  // TODO: Adopt showMenuFromRect (necessary for UIKitForMac)
 #if !TARGET_OS_UIKITFORMAC
+  if (@available(iOS 16.0, *)) {
+      CGPoint location = [gesture locationInView:self];
+      UIEditMenuConfiguration *config = [UIEditMenuConfiguration configurationWithIdentifier:nil sourcePoint:location];
+      if (_editMenuInteraction) {
+          [_editMenuInteraction presentEditMenuWithConfiguration:config];
+      }
+      return;
+  }
+  // TODO: Adopt showMenuFromRect (necessary for UIKitForMac)
   UIMenuController *menuController = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController];
 
   if (menuController.isMenuVisible) {