{"id":2505189,"date":"2026-07-16T21:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2505189"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:17:08","slug":"why-benny-blanco-is-sailing-across-the-atlantic-for-selena-gomezs-34th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-benny-blanco-is-sailing-across-the-atlantic-for-selena-gomezs-34th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Benny Blanco Is Sailing Across the Atlantic for Selena Gomez\u2019s 34th Birthday"},"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 posted a TikTok of himself traveling across the Atlantic Ocean on a boat to be with his wife, Selena Gomez, for her birthday.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;\" data-node-id=\"2.1\">Blanco has been vocal about his deep fear of flying and his workarounds to get to Europe.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" style=\"list-style-type:disc;\" data-node-id=\"2.2\">The couple spent time together in New York City earlier this month when Gomez was in town for Taylor Swift\u2019s wedding.<\/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 will turn 34 on July 22, and her husband, Benny Blanco, is literally crossing an ocean to be with her. The music producer posted a TikTok of himself on a boat to London, where Gomez has been filming <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/movies-tv\/a69166837\/only-murders-in-the-building-season-6-news-release-date-cast-spoilers\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/movies-tv\/a69166837\/only-murders-in-the-building-season-6-news-release-date-cast-spoilers\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Only Murders in the Building season 6\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"4.1.0\">Only Murders in the Building <\/em>season 6<\/a>. \u201cPOV ur traveling across the atlantic in the titanic to see ur wife because ur scared of flying,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Gomez and Blanco spent time together in New York City earlier this month when she attended Taylor Swift\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a71538729\/taylor-swift-selena-gomez-travis-kelce-wedding-photos\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a71538729\/taylor-swift-selena-gomez-travis-kelce-wedding-photos\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"rehearsal dinner and wedding\" data-node-id=\"6.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">rehearsal dinner and wedding<\/a> on July 2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Blanco has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a64728054\/how-benny-blanco-sees-selena-gomez-despite-flying-fear\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a64728054\/how-benny-blanco-sees-selena-gomez-despite-flying-fear\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"been open\" data-node-id=\"8.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">been open<\/a> about his fear of planes\u2014and how he has taken the boat to Europe in the past to avoid flying.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">During the couple\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BlN7RIHu03I\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BlN7RIHu03I\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"On Purpose with Jay Shetty\" data-node-id=\"9.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\"><u data-node-id=\"9.1.0\"><em data-node-id=\"9.1.0.0\">On Purpose with Jay Shetty<\/em><\/u><\/a> interview last March, he explained, \u201cI take the boat to Europe. Oh my God, it\u2019s so long. It\u2019s like first you have to drive to New York and then you get on a boat for eight days, and you\u2019re on the Titanic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Shetty asked Gomez about what it\u2019s like flying with Blanco. \u201cHe does not fly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">\u201cI\u2019ve done it, but not since we\u2019ve been dating,\u201d he chimed in.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">The actress said she\u2019d be hesitant to be on a plane with him \u201cbecause I would be so worried about him. I think it\u2019s a big fear of his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">When Blanco spoke with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/music\/a64555852\/benny-blanco-selena-gomez-album-interview-2025\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/music\/a64555852\/benny-blanco-selena-gomez-album-interview-2025\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"ELLE\" data-node-id=\"13.1\" class=\"body-link css-1xnf0nh emevuu60\">ELLE<\/a> for his ELLE Man interview last year, he was driving cross-country to see Gomez, who usually shoots <em data-node-id=\"13.3\">Only Murders in the Building<\/em> in New York City.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Of flying, he said, \u201cOh my God, I hate it. Terrifying. I\u2019m in Dallas right now. I\u2019m driving to New York from Los Angeles.\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 posted a TikTok of himself traveling across the Atlantic Ocean on a boat to be with his wife, Selena Gomez, for her birthday. Blanco has been vocal about his deep fear of flying and his workarounds to get to Europe. The couple spent time together in New York City earlier this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2505190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[274717,493773,285977,466866,285684,441834,493772,488699,436397],"class_list":["post-2505189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-f677ab5f-3d64-4f69-a9bd-bde4d11f48c3","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-read_time-2","tag-shorttitle-why-benny-is-sailing-across-the-ocean-for-selena","tag-sponsored-false","tag-subsection-celebrity-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Why-Benny-Blanco-Is-Sailing-Across-the-Atlantic-for-Selena.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2505191,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505189\/revisions\/2505191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2505190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}