Selena Gomez reveals why Benny ‘would NOT have liked me’ 5 years ago when she was recovering from Justin Bieber split

Selena Gomez has shared why her fiancé Benny Blanco would not have liked her five years ago.

Speaking about her personal evolution, Selena explained to Allure magazine: ‘I don’t think I would have been remotely mature enough.’

And the Fetish singer was in another mental space after breaking up with Justin Bieber in March 2018; he went on to shock fans when he wed Hailey Bieber only months later.

Five years ago Gomez was still single and regrouping from the Bieber betrayal.

‘It’s weird to think that only five years ago I wouldn’t have been in the right place, but I’ve learned so many lessons [since then] that led me to being the best partner I could be for Benny,’ said the Rare Beauty founder. 

The Texas native added, ‘And I believe the same with him.’

Gomez then shared: ‘He’ll say, “Gosh, why did we waste so much time?” And I always say, “You wouldn’t have liked me back then.” I was all over the place.’

Selena Gomez has shared why her fiancé Benny Blanco would not have liked her five years ago as she told Allure magazine: ‘I don’t think I would have been remotely mature enough’

Gomez planting a kiss on Blanco on a recent lake vacation in an image shared to Instagram; they are reportedly set to wed later this month

She also said Blanco makes her feel ‘very normal.’

The 33-year-old star is one of the most famous, and most photographed, women in the world, but her fiance helps the artist to remain grounded.

The brunette beauty told Allure: ‘I appreciate his heart, his kindness, his quirks … He’s one of the most grounding people in my life, and he makes me feel very normal.’

The loved-up duo began dating in 2023 and they announced their engagement in December 2024. 

Now they are set to wed this month in Montecito, according to several reports.

Selena has been busily preparing for her wedding in recent months, and the actress confirmed that her longtime makeup artist, Hung Vanngo, will be part of the big day.

She shared: ‘If I find [a makeup look] I like on Pinterest, I lean into that, and then I’ll get a suggestion from Hung and combine it all. It’s a process.’

She was in another space after breaking up with Justin Bieber in 2018

‘It’s weird to think that only five years ago I wouldn’t have been in the right place, but I’ve learned so many lessons [since then] that led me to being the best partner I could be for Benny,’ said the Rare Beauty founder; seen in 2020

Meanwhile, Selena previously revealed that she never imagined dating Benny when they first met.

The singer – who worked with the record producer on a number of songs – said on the Jake Shane podcast: ‘It’s all about timing to meet that person even if I did think, “Oh I need to take this a step forward then it wouldn’t have worked.”

‘Simply you just have to be there mentally in order to move forward with something healthy.

‘Then we reunited for Single Soon … it wasn’t our favorite … just because I can say this cause I’m marrying him. 

‘Just really wasn’t what I thought I wanted so he came in and he agrees on a lot of levels but he just came in and I was like oh “Hi Benny” and we spoke for two hours and I asked him to hook me up with anybody that he knew that was cute and he was like, ‘Oh we do these things, these dinner nights. You should come’ … and next thing you know we’re dating.’