Benny Blanco isn’t keeping quiet about his love story with Selena Gomez. The 36-year-old music maestro spilled the beans during his recent stint on The Drew Barrymore Show, dishing out some sweet details about their relationship and his culinary exploits inspired by none other than SZA.
When it comes to Selena, Benny can’t help but gush. “She’s just like the best, most genuine person. Everything is so completely real,” he shared, reflecting on his morning routine. “Like every day when I wake up and I like walk by the mirror as I’m like, walking to her and I’m like, and I like, look at myself and I’m like, ‘How did I get here?’ Like, how is this?”
According to Benny, Selena’s kindness and humility are unmatched. “No, she’s one of the sweetest, one of the most charming, one of the most humble people I’ve ever met every, her day she wakes up thinking about like, ‘How can I make all my friends and loved ones around me feel better?’ Like that’s her genuine like, and I’m like, she’s so good.”
But it’s not just love in the air for Benny and Selena; there’s also the aroma of banana pudding. Benny revealed how his culinary skills got a boost when Selena took a liking to his SZA-inspired creation. “First day she comes to my house to work she’s like, ‘Oh, can I get a glass of water?’ She goes into the fridge she pulls out a glass of water and then she’s like, ‘Hey, what’s that?’ And it was, I was like, ‘Oh, it’s just like a tupperware of like some banana pudding.’ And she was like, ‘Oh, ok. Can I have a little bit’ so she had a teeny bit and then, like, throughout the day I just noticed like, she was just like, going back and forth through until the entire tray was gone by the day.”
From then on, Benny’s kitchen turned into a culinary haven. “And then, she comes in the next day and I guess for some reason I had like some lasagna that I was just eating the day before and by the time we were done working on the album, I wasn’t even a record producer, I was just like a full restaurant. Like every day she came and she would demand it. She’d be like, ‘I need a banana pudding. I need a lasagna. I need a steak. I need some pasta’ and I was just, I would stay up all night cooking before, but it makes me happy.”
It seems like Benny found the perfect recipe for both love and delicious dishes. As for Selena, she’s not just winning hearts with her music but also with her down-to-earth personality and her knack for inspiring some seriously yummy cravings. With Benny in the kitchen and Selena in his heart, it’s a recipe for a perfect harmony both on and off the record.
