Selena Gomez and her music producer Benny Blanco appeared on Hot Ones Thursday, with fans marveling at Selena’s sensitivity to the spicy chicken wings, while Benny ate them unbothered.
One fan joked, ‘Selena dissociating while Sean and Benny casually chat is so funny. Same, though lol.’
Said an other user: ‘Selena acting like she just ran a marathon and doing everything in her power not to die and Benny acting like he just got introduced to a cool new drug and is having a fun trip is SENDING ME.’
Gomez, 32, and Blanco, 37 – who were pictured in New York City Wednesday – also garnered plaudits from viewers for their charming chemistry, more than one year and three months into their romance.
‘I’ll say this, I kinda get them together after watching this,’ one fan said. ‘I think Benny is very aware of her needs. I also think he is kinda chaotic and fun and it probably gets her out of her comfort zone a bit.
‘And she’s like totally cool to sit back and watch him be the center of attention which is very balanced for couples. I think I get it now.’
Another commented: ‘Their energy works perfectly together. He’s the yapper, constantly telling funny jokes and stories, and she’s the “laid back”, kind, and feeds off his energy. Idc I love them!!’
One commenter said, ‘Benny is so funny lol I can see why she fell in love with him, he’s also really sweet and loving to her and it comes off as genuine not forced or fake or trying to hard.
‘I love the way they compliment each other and how they look at one another. She deserves real love and happiness and im sure Benny does too.’
Another person said that ‘their energy works perfectly together.
‘He’s the yapper, constantly telling funny jokes and stories, and she’s the “laid back”, kind, and feeds off his energy. Idc I love them!!
In the appearance, the pair talked about collaborating on their forthcoming record I Said I Love You First, which comes out Friday.
Gomez said there was a natural chemistry in working with her beau on the album.
The forthcoming album includes singles such as Scared of Loving You, and Call Me When You Break Up with Gracie Abrams.
The program said in its description: ‘How are they with spicy food? Find out as the couple take on the wings of death together and discuss food hot takes, old-soul chats with Steve Martin and Martin Short, and their burning love for one another. Couples goals, Hot Ones style!’
Blanco, a 37-year-old native of Reston, Virginia , has been involved in the industry for more than 15 years as a musical artist, producer, and songwriter.
Blanco has collaborated with a bevy of big name artists such as Gomez’s ex Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Lizzo, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, SZA, Ed Sheeran and Keith Urban, according to Harper’s Bazaar.
Blanco established himself earlier in his career working for Dr. Luke’s Kasz Money Productions.
He has been a songwriter on a number of hit tracks, including Rihanna’s Diamonds, Maroon 5’s Moves Like Jagger, Spears’ Circus, and Ke$ha’s TiK ToK, among others.
As a solo artist, he released his first album Friends Keep Secrets in December of 2018. The record, which topped out at 41 on the Billboard 200, included contributions from Bieber, Halsey, Calvin Harris, Omar Apollo and Gracie Abrams.
He has had six singles hit the Billboard Hot 100 over the last five years, including 2018’s Eastside (with Halsey & Khalid); as well as 2019’s Roses (with the late Juice WRLD and Brendon Urie) and I Can’t Get Enough (with Gomez, Tainy and J Balvin).
In recent years, he’s charted with the 2020 tracks Lonely (with Bieber) and Real S*** (with Juice WRLD) and 2022’s Bad Decisions (with BTS & Snoop Dogg).
Blanco chat with The New York Times in 2018 about his skillset when it comes to making music.
‘I couldn’t sit down and play a concert for you or really wow you on any instrument,’ he said. ‘What I can do is meet an artist, know what type of song I think we should make and be their therapist, make everyone feel comfortable.’
Blanco was past rumored to be in a romance with Elsie Hewitt, a 27-year-old model-actress from London.
Gomez has past been in high-profile relationships with stars such as Bieber, The Weeknd, Zedd, Nick Jonas, and Taylor Lautner.
