NO Couple vacation isn’t happening here – at least not yet. Selena Gomez‘s friend, Benny Blancowas asked about the singer’s long-time boyfriend, Taylor SwiftAnd Travis Kelce in a recent interview, among other things, whether the four of them had gotten the chance to go on a double date.
“We don’t have that,” Blanco continued SiriusXM’s The morning mash-up.
However, he met the singer – and presumably her boyfriend – at a sushi hotspot in Los Angeles earlier this month.
“I actually just saw her at Sushi Park,” he revealed. “I met her right before Coachella.”
Swift and Kelce were photographed leaving the Sushi Park on Friday, April 12th, after a shared dinner. They were seen the next evening Enjoy the festivities of Coachella They showed some PDA and enjoyed their friends’ performances Ice seasoning And Jack Antonoff with his band Bleachers.
Gomez and Swift have been around for a long time: the friends were first photographed together on a red carpet in 2008.
As it turns out, Gomez and Blanco also have a longer history than even they realized. The musicians have collaborated on a number of songs dating back to their 2015 hit “Same Old Love,” but Blanco now reveals that they apparently met long before that.
“Your mother just reminded me,” he admitted. “I couldn’t even remember that. We both met almost 16, 17 years ago when she was just starting out in music, before we did a few songs together of course, but before we even did any music, I It was one of her first big meetings when she just left Disney to make her own music. None of us remembered the meeting, but her mother remembered it and just said, “Yeah, you were 18,” and everyone was like, ‘You can’t get a meeting with Benny Blanco,’ and that was at the very beginning of her career. “
He continued: “I guess it was a big meeting back then and we made songs after that. She is the best.”
Beyond their careers in the music industry, Blanco and Gomez seem to bond over their shared love of cooking. Gomez plays the lead role alone Emmy-nominated daytime cooking show, Selena + Chef, while Blanco entertains fans with his deliciously wacky cooking videos on social media. Now Blanco is releasing a cookbook called Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends on April 30th.
Earlier this montha source gushed to ET that Blanco and Gomez’s loved ones are excited about their relationship.
The source shared that the singer’s “friends and family love Benny and his loved ones feel the same about her.”
“Everyone can see that they have a loving relationship and both parties couldn’t be more encouraging,” the source noted of the couple’s close circle.
According to the source, Gomez and Blanco have “become very serious” in recent days.
“Selena trusts him more than any other previous romantic partner in her life,” the source said. “They treat each other very respectfully and their relationship develops positively.”
The duo, the source said, feel like they “bring out the best in each other and strive to be communicative, honest and mutually supportive.”
“They express their opinions, appreciate each other’s art and encourage each other,” the source noted. “They both see a positive future together and have a desire to move forward and allow their relationship to thrive.”
Gomez and Blanco confirmed their romance in December after months of speculation. Then, in February, the “Love On” singer opened up about their “beautiful” relationship.
“Without going into too much detail, I think it’s just really important to meet someone who respects you,” Gomez said an interview with Zane Lowe. “And I think it’s really nice to be able to rely on someone who understands the world in which I live. But overall I have to say it’s the safest thing I feel and it’s been really nice and I’ve only grown from it. “It’s great.”
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