Selena Gomez's Boyfriend Benny Blanco Reveals How to 'Get Started'
Selena Gomez's boyfriend, Benny Blancorevealed a surprising secret about how to get some love this Valentine's Day.
In a TikTok video posted on Wednesday, February 14, the Songwriters Hall of Fame member showed that romance starts in the kitchen by whipping up a batch of homemade fried pickles.
“Guys, it's Valentine's Day and these are my girlfriend's favorite pickles,” Blanco said in the clip, captioned, “Fry [sic] pickles are laid. He explained that the only problem is that you can only have them shipped from Texas (Gomez's home state).
Blanco demonstrated his culinary skills as he made a homemade version, explaining, “Make your batter. I put Sprite in mine, if you don't like it, go make it yourself.”
Selena Gomez and producer Benny Blanco officially announced their relationship via Instagram in December 2023. “He is my absolute everything in my heart,” the “Wolves” singer wrote in an Instagram comment at the time. “He's the best thing that ever happened to me.” Hints about the couple's relationship were dropped on the Selena […]
He demonstrated how he put the pickles in the batter, took them out and threw them into a bowl of Panko bread crumbs. Then Blanco dropped them into some bubbling oil in a frying pan.
Once the process was complete, he marveled at his fried pickle, “Oh my god.”
“Alright guys, take one and dip it in it [in] ranch, eat it, get laid,” he continued, enjoying his snack before saying, “Happy Valentine's Day.”
While Blanco was giving his advice, Gomez proclaimed her love for him on her Instagram Story on Valentine's Day.
@itsbennyblanco fry pickles and get started
In a photo she shared, the couple is seen sitting next to each other and sticking their tongues out at the camera while flashing the peace sign. “I love you,she wrote with a white heart above the photo.
Blanco responded by sharing a photo of the Only murders in the building star bundled up in a fur coat and scarf with the caption: “My Valentine,“Along with a purple heart emoji.
This was their first Valentine's Day as a couple after confirming their relationship in December 2023. Gomez revealed that they had been secretly dating for six months.
Selena Gomez can't get enough of her new love interest, Benny Blanco. “He is absolutely my everything in my heart,” Gomez wrote in an Instagram comment in December 2023, in response to a post about dating speculation. “He [has] the best thing that ever happened to me. The end. … He's still better than […]
“He is absolutely my everything in my heart,” she wrote in an Instagram comment at the time. “He [has] the best thing that ever happened to me. The end. … He's still better than anyone I've been with. Facts.”
After Gomez went public with her relationship with Blanco, she no longer had plans to keep their romance under the radar.
“They kept it quiet [at first]but Benny has passed every test with flying colors,” a source said exclusively We weekly in January. “The New Year seemed like a perfect time to basically scream [their love] from the rooftops, so that's what Selena does.”
Selena Gomez's high-profile relationships have made headlines over the years, from her one-time romance with Justin Bieber to her brief relationship with The Weeknd. “I'm the kind of girl who really likes big. I've just always been that girl,” Gomez told Miami's Power 96.5 FM in May 2017. “I will give my heart and […]
That same month, Blanco and Gomez made their first public appearance as an item when they attended a Los Angeles Laker game together in January. They were photographed getting cozy and were caught giggling and laughing on the arena's Jumbotron. Later that month, Gomez took Blanco as her date to the Golden Globes.
Gomez and Blanco's romance comes nearly a decade after they first worked together in 2015, when he co-wrote and co-produced her triple-platinum hit, Same Old Love, from her second album, Revival.