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Benny Blanco reports on Valentine's Day movie date with Selena Gomez

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Benny Blanco is ready to cook for Selena Gomez – no matter where!

Blanco, 36, made the comments during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday, May 14, about how much he prepares for dates with his 31-year-old girlfriend.

Ahead of their one-year dating anniversary, which the music producer says falls around Gomez's birthday on July 22, Blanco revealed details of his Valentine's Day plan, which included renting out a movie theater so they could be alone.

“I want to do something that she loves,” Blanco told the 70-year-old star, recalling the romantic day. “She loves films, so I rented a cinema. And she loves a comfortable couch, so I took out the seats and we set it up in the front like a giant couch.”

“I asked myself, 'What are their favorite foods?' ” he continued. “I talked to her grandma, I talked to her mom, her best friend, and this is what I came up with.”

Selena Gomez in 2023; Benny Blanco in 2023.

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Blanco then recalled how he prepared tons of snacks for their Valentine's Day movie date, including homemade fried pickles that he made on the spot (“I brought a deep fryer”), Taco Bell items, Hot Cheetos, and “Cinema Nachos.”

“I brought a nacho machine and then we watched – you know, her favorite movie as a kid Almost famous, so we watched Almost famous, “We ate the damn nachos and that’s what she loves,” he said. “It’s the easiest, so to speak.”

“You’re awesome,” Stern responded to the story. “I see love here. I predict marriage.”

“You and me both,” the music producer replied.

Elsewhere in the radio interview, Blanco revealed that he and Gomez had been dating for months before going public with their relationship in December 2023.

He added that he has “some really good stuff” planned for them Just murders in the building Star for the upcoming anniversary.

“People always told me, 'If you know you're meeting your best friend, she's really my best friend,'” Blanco said, joking that he had to pull himself together when Stern asked if he would propose to his girlfriend soon become .

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“Do you have a ring?” Stern asked, to which Blanco jokingly replied, “I don’t have anything. What do you think? I don’t have any shoes on.”

“I have to pull myself together,” he concluded.