{"id":2500485,"date":"2026-07-13T18:15:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2500485"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:15:49","slug":"benny-blanco-on-what-selena-gomez-asked-him-before-they-went-public-with-their-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/benny-blanco-on-what-selena-gomez-asked-him-before-they-went-public-with-their-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Benny Blanco on What Selena Gomez Asked Him Before They Went Public With Their Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<hr data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"1.0\">THE RUNDOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-12c7ta7 emevuu60\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;\" data-node-id=\"2.0\">Benny Blanco spoke about the conversation he and Selena Gomez had before they went public with their secret relationship in December 2023.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;\" data-node-id=\"2.1\">He revealed that his then-girlfriend gave him an out if he didn\u2019t want to deal with the attention dating her would bring.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;\" data-node-id=\"2.2\">He also spoke about his own experience of being famous and why it\u2019s a \u201cnecessary evil for the things I love.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco were friendly collaborators for years before they <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a46067869\/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a46067869\/selena-gomez-benny-blanco-relationship-timeline\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"began dating in private\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">began dating in private<\/a> during the summer of 2023. Gomez <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a46066519\/selena-gomez-confirms-benny-blanco-dating-rumors\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a46066519\/selena-gomez-confirms-benny-blanco-dating-rumors\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"went public\" data-node-id=\"4.3\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">went public<\/a> with their relationship that December\u2014but not before having a serious conversation with Blanco and giving him an out if he wanted it.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">The music producer spoke to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/icon\/2026-07-13\/benny-blanco-soy-el-ejemplo-de-que-puedes-lograr-lo-que-quieras-no-tenia-contactos-ni-millones.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/icon\/2026-07-13\/benny-blanco-soy-el-ejemplo-de-que-puedes-lograr-lo-que-quieras-no-tenia-contactos-ni-millones.html\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"El Pa\u00eds\u2019s Icon magazine\" data-node-id=\"5.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"5.1.0\">El Pa\u00eds\u2019<\/em>s <em data-node-id=\"5.1.2\">Icon <\/em>magazine<\/a> about what Gomez asked him before she revealed to her fans that they were dating.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">\u201cWe kept our relationship private for a long time, about eight or nine months,\u201d he said in the Spanish interview. \u201cAnd she asked me, \u2018Are you sure you want to do this? I understand if you want us to just be friends.\u2019 And then I said, \u2018You know what? Screw it.\u2019 We\u2019re lucky because we both have friends and family we\u2019ve known since before all this, and we\u2019re surrounded by a good group of people we love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">He also spoke about his own experience with fame, including the moment he started to gain traction as a producer. \u201cIt was between 2018 and 2019,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI released my song [\u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=56WBK4ZK_cw&amp;list=RD56WBK4ZK_cw&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=56WBK4ZK_cw&amp;list=RD56WBK4ZK_cw&amp;start_radio=1\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Eastside\" data-node-id=\"9.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">Eastside<\/a>,\u2019 his first solo track] and it became really popular. So I started to get a little bit famous. And from there, things got really intense. I remember talking to my manager and telling him I wanted to slow things down a bit. That same month I started dating Selena. Then it was like what I was going through got a rocket boost: I was launched into the air. She\u2019s been dealing with this her whole life, so it\u2019s something we have to face together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">He called fame generally \u201ca necessary evil for the things I love, including my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Blanco and Gomez ultimately got married in September 2025. He told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/benny-blanco-and-selena-gomez-against-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/benny-blanco-and-selena-gomez-against-the-world\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Interview\" data-node-id=\"11.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"11.1.0\">Interview<\/em><\/a> that he knew shortly after they began dating that he wanted to propose.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">\u201cThe second time we hung out, our second date, I was like, \u2018Wait, does she like me?\u2019 I was clueless,\u201d he prefaced. \u201cFrom then on, it was easy. You know when you think you met the right person, you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my god.\u2019 But it feels so different. The second we started hanging out, I was like, \u2018This is my wife.\u2019 I was telling my mom, \u2018This is the girl I\u2019m going to marry.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.elle.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE RUNDOWN Benny Blanco spoke about the conversation he and Selena Gomez had before they went public with their secret relationship in December 2023. He revealed that his then-girlfriend gave him an out if he didn\u2019t want to deal with the attention dating her would bring. 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