Benny Blanco Talks Selena Gomez & Taylor Swift Friendship, Addresses Starting a Family With Selena Someday
Benny Blanco is opening up about his relationship with Selena Gomez.
The 37-year-old musician and producer got candid in a new interview with InStyle, out now.
During the conversation, Benny spoke about his love life, the idea of starting a family, Selena‘s friendship with Taylor Swift, his experience with music production at an early age, and much more.
Keep reading to find out more…
On Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez’s longtime friendship:
“In the car, we’ll have our little Swiftie moment. She’s a true Swiftie, through and through. Then she got me on the train, and now I’m a full Swiftie. I don’t listen to a ton of contemporary music anyways, but Selena would play me the deep cuts. And I was like, ‘Damn… Taylor‘s pen is so fire!”
On fairytale relationship with Selena:
“I met Selena when she was 16. We didn’t work together until many years later. They say you’ve probably already met the person that you’re gonna spend the rest of your life with… I never believed that shit until it happened to me.”
“And now I get to kiss her. It’s like my own little fairytale I concocted.”
On starting a family with Selena someday:
“I love kids; I love being an uncle. I want to be a dad, though, God willing. I’m just dreaming and praying every day.”
On his dating advice and “kissing frogs” to get to Selena:
“I’m 37 years old. I hope I know how to treat a woman by now! Like, you should always ask a woman what they wanna do. Don’t always talk about yourself. Then you put it into practice… and you f–k up so much, oh my God. You know how many frogs I had to kiss to get to Selena?”
“They were beautiful frogs! And like, guys are so bad… I know so many awesome women who are single. And it’s like, how are they single? They’re 10 out of 10! But there are so many f–kboys. Don’t settle, ladies. Not for some dude that uses more hair gel than you do.”
On what his parents really thought about his early career days:
“I was like, ‘Mom, I’m going in the studio with Britney Spears.’ She was like, ‘No, you’re not.’ And I was like, ‘I swear, I am!’ That’s how it was. Even when my songs got big, my mom was like, ‘Yeah, but what’s your backup plan?’”
After his [early] shows, he and his friends “would sleep in the train station, a park, or even the McDonald’s in Times Square.”
“They didn’t really know. Are you kidding me? My mom would have lost her mind if she knew I was sleeping on a park bench!”
On crediting his mom as his inspiration:
“My mom always took the time to explain how a female mind works because she was going through so many dating traumas when I was growing up. I’ve had some tough times, but I’ve always been like a very happy person. I just wake up stoked every day.”
Find out what happened between Benny and Selena before they started dating!