Why Selena Gomez has shared so many Benny Blanco photos

On November 22, 2024By Littum

Selena Gomez spent years being publicly single before revealing her six-month romance with Benny Blanco last December. In the near year since, Gomez has been periodically sharing photos and videos from their life together. She even described Blanco as “the love of my life” on Instagram. Being so public about her private life has been strategic, she said recently The Hollywood Reporter.

First of all, they are a serious couple, so the public will learn about them somehow. Gomez admitted, “I think this is the most secure I’ve ever felt in (a relationship) and I see a future with this person.”

But the move actually gives them more privacy, she explained: “When you put a little bit out there, people aren’t as hungry to hunt you down. Like, if they hear something, they want it, but if you think, ‘I did it ‘, then they say, ‘Oh, well, there you are, you’re just going to Sushi Park.’ But there’s so much of my relationship that people don’t see, it’s just mine.”

Last night Blanco appeared on Kai Cenat’s Twitch where he talked about his first date with Gomez. He literally didn’t see it coming because they were longtime friends.

“She asked me out. It was crazy, it was crazy,” he said. “She literally asked me — like we were just talking, and then she said, ‘Do you want dinner?’ And I went to dinner and I had no idea.” He said he wasn’t nervous because “I’ve been friends with her for years. We’ve been friends for about 10 years plus, maybe 15. I met her when she was like a friend. I met her when she was so much younger.

“We’re close in age, but we were just talking and then she said, ‘Oh, let’s have dinner tomorrow.’ And I was like, ‘I’m going to this with my friends, why don’t you hang out with me first, then we’ll go to dinner?

“So we just went and got a drink first and I didn’t even realize we were on a date. And she said, ‘I would have worn something different for this date.’ And I was like, ‘Wait, are we on a date?’ I had no idea. No idea we were on a date.

“And then she left early because she had to go somewhere to film a video the next day, and then we hung out like two days later, and then I was like, ‘Yo, I think she likes me.’ And then I literally just kissed her and the rest is history.”

Blanco said they spend “every day together, like as many days as we can, every day. She’s my best friend. Actually best friend.”

Gomez is one of the ELLE women of Hollywood in 2024. Read her December cover here.

Alyssa Bailey is senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees celebrity and royal coverage (especially Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She has previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she loves running around Central Park, getting people to take #ootd pictures of her, and exploring New York City.