Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are one of the sweetest celeb couples to hit our social feeds. The pair just dropped I Said I Love You First and have been making their rounds on different talk shows to promote the record. They got candid about their connection during a recent joint appearance on the On Purpose With Jay Shetty podcast.
“I can’t believe you got her to say some of this stuff, man,” Benny joked. “She would never say any of this.”
The Rare Beauty founder opened up about how she’s grown and learned from her behavior in past relationships before becoming Benny’s fiancée late last year.
“I’ve been guilty though to start. I think, for me, I necessarily felt like in other situations of mine, I was very reactive. I think that’s why I was alone for five years because I really needed to collect myself,” Selena said during the episode, explaining that she wasn’t sure if she would have been emotionally ready to be with Benny when she was younger.
She continued, “I think in the past, that’s why I said to him all the time 10 years ago, it’s not that I wouldn't have wanted to be with you—I just wouldn’t have been in the right headspace, and I don’t think you deserved what I had gone through before.”
“I’ve learned a lot of lessons and I’ve made mistakes and I just want this to be right. So for me, that was a lesson that I had to learn,” Selena said of her past relationships and personal evolution with conflict resolution.
“I think girls can equally want to be right,” Sel said before giving Benny his flowers for being patient. “For me, it was really difficult in the past and he’s made it unbelievably easy so that if I even get to the point where I’m so frustrated, he’s, like, very quick to understand.”
Their connection is rare, and we’re willing to bet Selena would say it’s not that same old love she’s used to.
Tune in to Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s full On Purpose With Jay Shetty interview here.
