She won’t be single any time soon! With the reveal of her new boyfriend, here’s what’s happening with Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s relationship.
Selena has been open about her relationships and her state of being single. “If I can be honest, it is so cliché,” Selena told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in 2020. “It’s just everyone dates everyone. It always seems to be within this little bubble — and it’s because it’s safe.” She continued, “You’re wanting someone to understand what you’re going through, you’re almost wanting a counterpart of creativity as well, and it’s interesting and fun. But the problem with that is you end up, whether you admit it or not, you’re having a relationship for people and not even for yourself.” She added, “There’s almost this point where it’s like, ‘Oh, we’re making it known that we’re together.’ Or whatever it is. You just need to decide within our world if it’s for you or is it for show.”
Though now, she’s been more and more open about her relationship and it’s probably the most iconic hard launch of the year. If you don’t know who Benny Blanco is, he’s an award-winning producer who’s worked on hits like “Bad Decisions” with BTS and Snoop Dog, “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5, and plenty more. Here’s Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s relationship timeline.
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco attended the 82nd Golden Globes. Selena was nominated for Only Murders in the Building and Emilía Perez. Host Nikki Glaser roasted the newly engaged couple in her monologue— calling him out joking, “Benny Blanco is here because of the genie who granted him that wish. Man. Lucky guy.”
Selena Gomez pulled the biggest surprise of the year when she posted her engagement photos on her Instagram. “forever begins now..,” she captioned the post. In true Benena fashion, they had a Taco Bell picnic. Her bestie Taylor Swift left a comment on Selena Gomez’s picture of her engagement ring writing, “yes I will be the flower girl.”
Other celebrities who reacted to the news include Jennifer Aniston, Nina Dobrev, Cardi B, Gordon Ramsay, and more! “HONEY!! Congratulations sweet mama! ❤️💫,” wrote the Friends actress. Gordon Ramsay, who appeared on Selena’s Max series Selena + Chef, wrote “Congratulations to you both it must be the cooking ❤️❤️❤️.”
Selena Gomez shared photos from the release party of Benny’s cookbook Open Wide on her Instagram. “So proud of @itsbennyblanco – Open Wide is out now!!” she wrote.
In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music Radio, Selena gushed over her relationship. “Without getting into too much detail, I think it’s just really important to meet someone that respects you,” she said. “And I think it’s really nice to also lean on someone who understands the world that I live in. But I’d have to say overall it’s the safest that I feel and it’s been really lovely and I’ve only grown through it, so it’s awesome.”
Selena Gomez gleefully posted a picture on her Instagram story with her boyfriend. “I love you,” she wrote in the caption.
As for what romantic date plans they did, Benny confessed that he rented out a movie for their day of love. “I want to do something that she loves,” Blanco told Howard Stern. “She loves movies, so I rented out a movie theater. And she loves a comfortable couch, so I took out the seats and we put like a huge couch in the front.”
“I was like, ‘What are all her favorite foods?’ ” he continued. “I spoke with her grandma, I spoke with her mom, her best friend and this is what I came up with.”
(“I brought a deep fryer”), items from Taco Bell, Hot Cheetos and “movie theater nachos.”
“I brought in a nacho machine, and then we watched — you know, her favorite movie growing up was Almost Famous, so we watched Almost Famous, we ate the f—ing nachos and that’s what she loves,” he said. “She’s, like, the easiest.”
On December 7, 2023, Selena Gomez confirmed her relationship with producer Benny Blanco. Under one post from PopFaction’s post that read, “Selena Gomez Seemingly Confirms That She Is in a Relationship,” Gomez simply commented “Facts.” She wrote in the comment: “He is my absolute everything in my heart,” then replied to one fan: “then why has he been the best thing that’s ever happened to me. The end.” She then shared a selfie of the two of them to her own Instagram Story as well as a ring in the shape of a B.
Selena Gomez released her highly anticipated single “Single Soon” on August 25, 2023. The song is about how she’s going to break up with a guy and looking forward to all the things she’s going to do when she’s single. Though, as we know, she’s in a loving and supportive relationship!
Selena Gomez posted a photo on Instagram with Benny Blanco and Paris Hilton for her 31st birthday on July 22, 2023. Selena is seen leaning on her boyfriend while he smiles at the camera.
In a comment response to a fan on December 7, 2023, Selena revealed that she has been dating Benny Blanco for six months.
Benny Blanco and Justin Bieber have been openly close with their professional and platonic relationship. In an interview with Zach Sang in 2020, he said, “Justin is not one of those, like, cookie-cutter pop artists, you know they’re, like, ‘This is my new single and here’s my makeup line.’”
Fans speculated that the line was directed toward Selena who founded Rare Beauty the year before.
Before getting into a relationship together, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco collaborated on the 2019 hit English-Spanish single “I Can’t Get Enough” along with J Balvin and Taini.
