Selena Gomez married a man who loves a grand romantic gesture, but this week it was Benny Blanco’s visibly dirty feet and a deliberately loud fart that had her fans begging her to rethink everything.
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Benny Blanco’s bare, visibly dirty feet and a staged fart on his new “Friends Keep Secrets” podcast drew heated criticism from Selena Gomez supporters, who flooded X with jokes, disgust, and even calls for divorce.
Feet, Farts, and a New Podcast
The music producer, 37, chose chaos for the premiere of his podcast “Friends Keep Secrets” with longtime friend Lil Dicky and Lil Dicky’s wife, producer Kristin Batalucco. Draped across a couch in an orange and white T-shirt and tan pants, Blanco casually propped up his bare feet for the cameras.
Viewers zeroed in. What appeared to be dark grime covered his soles and toes, turning an intimate, lived-in moment into freeze-frame material. Then Blanco upped the shock factor, announcing, “Wait, see if you guys could pick this up,” before audibly passing gas for the room and the microphones to hear.
The bit fit his goofy, anything-for-a-laugh persona. It did not fit the version of a partner that many Gomez fans imagine for her.
When Online Jokes Turn Personal
Clips from the episode migrated quickly to X, where some of Gomez’s most protective followers turned an offbeat hygiene gag into a referendum on her marriage. Beneath one viral post, a user wrote, “I can’t believe she lets him touch her.”
Others leaned into melodrama, treating the podcast as a red flag rather than a comedy sketch. One comment read, “LITERALLY WHY would she marry him out of all the men in the world,” while another X user added, “That is disgusting idk how selena dealing with this.”
The word “divorce” began popping up in replies, less as legal advice and more as a punchline aimed at Blanco. “Selena needs to divorce him and find someone better,” one person wrote, while another admitted, “I have never been more disappointed in Selena than I am right now.”
Gomez has not responded publicly, and there is no indication of trouble at home. Yet the comment storm underlined how personally her fandom takes the image of the man standing next to her on the red carpet.
Love, Image, and Real Life
This is not the first time Blanco’s hygiene habits have become conversation fodder. In a past interview, he shared that he does not shower every day, explaining, “Some people I know shower two to three times a day, but I feel like the oils on your skin don’t have time to rejuvenate and get juicy.”
He went even further when describing his signature scent. “I like to use a hodgepodge. I want to smell like tobacco, but also like cotton candy,” he said. “I want there to be an aroma as I’m walking by. I want it to smell a little bit like man, a little bit feminine. I definitely lean a little more feminine in every sense.”
For some fans, those details clash with Gomez’s polished, carefully protected image. She built a billion-dollar beauty brand and a reputation for vulnerability and self-care. Blanco leans into mess, chaos, and bodily humor, comfortable being the imperfect punchline.
Yet in her own words, that may be exactly what she fell for. Gomez, 33, quietly married Blanco in November 2025 after a whirlwind courtship. In a gushy Instagram Story, she praised the man behind the antics: “Not only do you love me unconditionally… You always get me my Taco Bell Mexican pizza.”
It was a small, greasy detail that sounded a lot like real life. This week, that same everyday intimacy, complete with dirty soles and bathroom humor, spilled into the public square. The internet may recoil, but inside their marriage, the only opinion that counts belongs to the woman who keeps choosing him on and off camera.
Join the Discussion
Do Benny Blanco’s unfiltered antics make him seem refreshingly real beside Selena Gomez’s polished image, or do you think her fans are right to be turned off by this kind of humor?
