Selena Gomez Shares The Reason Behind Feeling EMBARRASSED Post Her First Kiss With Benny Blanco

Since their engagement in 2024, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have been making headlines. In a recent podcast appearance, the couple reminisced about a memorable moment from the start of their relationship: their first kiss.

During their conversation on the Table Manners podcast, hosted by Jessie and Lennie Ware, Benny, the 37-year-old music producer, shared a humorous and candid story. He explained that he and Selena were casually hanging out, playing the card game We’re Not Really Strangers, when Selena drew a card that instructed, “Take a selfie with the person next to you."

As Selena lied on Benny’s chest for the selfie, he admitted, “I just looked at her and I said, ‘I gotta kiss this girl.’" But what happened next was unexpected.

Benny continued, describing how, immediately after the kiss, Selena's heart began to race, and she developed a nervous rash on her face. With his characteristic wit, Benny quipped that this reaction was likely due to his perceived "disgusting and repulsive" nature.

One of the podcast hosts playfully inquired if Selena was "allergic" to Benny, to which the singer responded that her skin's reaction was simply a result of her prolonged single status and the resulting nervousness.

You feel something behind a kiss, and I’d been alone for five years, with the exception of a few shitty dates here and there, but never felt that way

- Selena shared, acknowledging her slight embarrassment

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's relationship has been a prominent topic in Hollywood since they started dating in 2023. The pair, who have known each other for years and collaborated on numerous albums, including Selena's recent release, I Said I Love You First, which was produced by her now-fiancé. In 2024, Benny caused a stir on social media when he proposed to Selena with a distinctive marquise-cut diamond ring designed by Abril Barret.