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Benny Blanco reveals the checklist he made before falling for Selena Gomez

From Gulf Today · () English

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  • Benny Blanco said on The Mel Robbins Podcast that he made a checklist with his therapist to identify the qualities he wanted in a long-term partner.
  • He said “age-appropriate” came first on the list before he began his relationship with Selena Gomez.
  • Blanco and Gomez went public with their romance in December 2023 and announced their engagement the following year, according to the report.

Before falling for Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco said he made a checklist with his therapist to define the kind of partner he wanted.

The music producer and songwriter discussed the list on The Mel Robbins Podcast. He said he had been trying to find someone with whom he could spend the rest of his life and believed he needed a clearer sense of what he wanted.

I said, ‘I really wanna find the right partner, and I’m doing something wrong. I can’t find the person that I’m gonna spend the rest of my life with, and I want to do that’. And we came up with some guidelines and a list

· Benny BlancoHe described the conversation with his therapist that led to his partner checklist.

“I said, ‘I really wanna find the right partner, and I’m doing something wrong. I can’t find the person that I’m gonna spend the rest of my life with, and I want to do that’. And we came up with some guidelines and a list,” Blanco said.

He said his therapist told him to write down the qualities he genuinely wanted in a potential partner. “The first thing on my list was age-appropriate,” Blanco said. The report identifies him as 38 and says he married Gomez in California in September 2025, after they made their romance public in December 2023 and announced their engagement a year later.

The first thing on my list was age-appropriate

· Benny BlancoHe identified the first quality he wrote down for an ideal partner.
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