Selena Gomez may have been distracted by a crush during the last episode of Selena + Chef: Home for the holidays.
“Let me turn on my timer… and see if any cute guys texted me,” Gomez, 31, joked during the Thursday, December 21, episode of her holiday special while baking Malva Pudding with a professional chef . Eric Adjepong. “No! No one did, but I’ll set my timer.
Gomez took out her phone to set a timer for the cooking time. A lower third appeared on the screen, indicating that the actress was actually “texting… and not setting a timer.”
After Gomez’s iPhone sounded a sent notification, her best friend (and Selena + chef cohost) Rachelle Stevens played detective. “Sel, who are you texting?” Stevens, 30, asked.
Gomez went wide-eyed and blushed as she tried to stifle laughter and pay attention to Adjepong’s instructions.
“Look, it’s tough out there,” Gomez added before Stevens speculated that she could guess who was on the receiving end. “Stop,” Gomez urged, giggling.
Although Gomez didn’t reveal who she was messaging, the Grammy nominee did hint that she had “a date afterward” [filming].”
“Look at her! New year, new man,” Stevens replied as Gomez danced around the kitchen.
Gomez jokingly noted that she hoped she would have a new partner. “Let’s hope,” she said. “[Dating] It’s so exhausting, but I’ve been single for five years. I think I’m ready.”
Gomez confirmed earlier in December that she was dating a music producer Benny Blanco for six months.
“He is absolutely my everything in my heart,” she said on December 8 in a since-deleted Instagram comment. [has] the best thing that ever happened to me. The end. … He’s still better than anyone I’ve been with. Facts.”
Hours later, Gomez posted several Instagram Story photos of herself hugging Blanco, 35, and fans got a glimpse of a “B” initial ring on her finger that matched his name. Gomez launched their romance hard via Instagram on December 15, sharing kissing photos.
“Selena hasn’t been this happy with someone she’s been in a relationship with in a long time,” a source exclusively shared We weekly in December. “Selena and Benny are truly in love and even though she kept most of the people she dated a secret, she couldn’t wait to reveal they were together.”
The insider added that Gomez’s family “absolutely approves” of her relationship with Blanco. “They are very happy to see her so happy and in love,” the source said Us.
A second insider said Us later in December that Gomez is “head over heels” for Blanco, who is “in love with her like a princess.”
Gomez and Blanco (real name Benjamin Levin) have known each other since 2015 and worked together on a number of her songs. Their latest collaboration, ‘Single Soon’, was released in August.