Selena Gomez on Why She Got a Rash After Her ‘Very Good’ First Kiss With Benny Blanco
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco revisited the story of their first kiss during their recent appearance on Table Manners With Jessie and Lennie Ware. This time, though, they added a surprising new detail: that Gomez developed a rash immediately after because she had been so nervous.
Blanco set the scene for how that milestone moment transpired, revealing that toward the end of their second date, “We were just sitting in the living room on the couch. And we were playing We’re Not Really Strangers. And there was a thing where it said, ‘Take a selfie with the person next to you.’ And we were already kind of like lounging, and she got right on my chest and took a selfie. And then right after, I just looked at her and I said, ‘Oh, I gotta kiss this girl.’ And I kissed her right away.”
“It was a very good kiss,” Gomez added.
Blanco asked for permission to talk about the rash. Then he revealed, “And right away...her heart started beating so quickly, and she started getting a rash on her face. And she was so nervous because she hadn’t, you know—”
Gomez jumped in and explained, “I hadn’t liked anyone in a very long time. So some kisses are for fun. And then when you feel something behind a kiss, it’s completely different. And I’d been alone for about five years, with the exception of a few shitty dates here and there, but never felt that way. And I was a little embarrassed, but he was like, ‘Are you okay?’ And ‘I was like, no, no, I’m fine.’” She admitted, “I didn’t want to be like, ‘I like you. I really like you’ [that soon].”
Things still took off from there. “Right after that, we just started hanging out so much, and it felt so natural,” Blanco said. “It felt like, you know when people—this is so corny. You know when people are like...‘when you know, you know’? And you know, I...thought when I was younger, like, ‘Oh, this could be the person,’ but there was just a feeling that I never had before [with Selena] where I said I’ve never felt so comfortable yet so on my toes at the same time. Every day I was with her, I was so excited for what was gonna happen, but also so at ease with everything. Anytime I’m feeling anxious, she knows how to calm me down. But if anytime I’m revved up, she can match my energy. And I was like, ‘Wow, I really truly met my soulmate.’”
Gomez and Blanco are now engaged, although they don’t like the label “fiancé.”
Blanco quipped, “It’s the worst word in the world. No, it sounds so stupid.” Gomez said, “It’s so strange,” adding that she calls Blanco “my partner or Benny.” Blanco has moved onto the next stage: “I say my wife.”
You can listen to their full conversation on Table Manners With Jessie and Lennie Ware here.
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