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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Benny Blanco makes Selena Gomez feel "very normal"

    The 33-year-old star is one of the most famous, and most photographed, women in the world - but her fiance helps Selena to remain grounded


    The brunette beauty told Allure: "I appreciate his heart, his kindness, his quirks ... He's one of the most grounding people in my life, and he makes me feel very normal."

    The loved-up duo began dating in 2023 and they announced their engagement in December 2024. But Selena doubts whether their relationship would've survived and thrived ten years ago.

    Speaking about her personal evolution, Selena explained: "I don't think I would have been remotely mature enough.

    "It's weird to think that only five years ago I wouldn't have been in the right place, but I've learned so many lessons [since then] that led me to being the best partner I could be for Benny. And I believe the same with him.

    "He'll say, 'Gosh, why did we waste so much time?' And I always say, 'You wouldn't have liked me back then.' I was all over the place."

    Selena has been busily preparing for her wedding in recent months, and the actress confirmed that her longtime makeup artist, Hung Vanngo, will be part of the big day.

    She shared: "If I find [a makeup look] I like on Pinterest, I lean into that, and then I'll get a suggestion from Hung and combine it all. It's a process."

    Meanwhile, Selena previously revealed that she never imagined dating Benny when they first met.

    The singer - who worked with the record producer on a number of songs - said on the Jake Shane podcast: "It's all about timing to meet that person even if I did think, 'Oh I need to take this a step forward then it wouldn't have worked'. Simply you just have to be there mentally in order to move forward with something healthy.

    "Then we reunited for Single Soon ... it wasn't our favourite ... just because I can say this cause I'm marrying him. Just really wasn't what I thought I wanted so he came in and he agrees on a lot of levels but he just came in and I was like oh 'Hi Benny' and we spoke for two hours and I asked him to hook me up with anybody that he knew that was cute and he was like, 'Oh we do these things, these dinner nights. You should come' ... and next thing you know we're dating."

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