Selena Gomez’s boyfriend Benny Blanco has the approval of her Wizards of Waverly Place costar, David Henrie.
The actor, 35, praised his costar’s boyfriend, 36, describing the producer as a “tremendous cool dude” in an interview with E! Information revealed on Thursday, August 22.
Within the interview, Henrie revealed he and Blanco had their “first sit-down hangout” and the Wizards star was left impressed.
Henrie says Blanco is nice at understanding the place to search out “scrumptious” takeout, with the actor telling the outlet, “He orders nice Italian meals.”
“He ordered a ton of stuff,” Henrie added, sharing that the singer launched him to polenta bolognese. “He referred to as it grownup child meals ‘trigger that was the feel.”
Gomez, 32, and Blanco first began off as pals after working collectively in 2015 on her songs “Identical Previous Love” and “Kill Em With Kindness” for her Revival album.
Rumors started circulating in July 2023 that the twosome had been courting after Gomez, Blanco and Paris Hilton posed for a photograph collectively.
Gomez confirmed she and Blanco had been an merchandise in December 2023 by commenting “Details” on an Instagram submit that featured the headline, “Selena Gomez Seemingly Confirms Relationship With Benny Blanco.”
Throughout an look on the The Howard Stern Present in Could, Blanco shared particulars of their first date.
“She was like, ‘Hey, you wish to hang around?’ and I used to be like, ‘Yeah,’” he stated. “I bear in mind sitting there and he or she’s like, ‘Effectively, I might have worn one thing completely different for this date,’ and I used to be like, ‘What, we’re on a date?’”
In Could, an insider solely instructed Us Weekly that Gomez is “actually pleased” within the relationship as their partnership continues to evolve.
“She and Benny are very severe and have talked about marriage,” the supply instructed Us, including that the romance is “undoubtedly endgame” for the singer. “Selena is de facto pleased and is doing very well. She feels her life is peaceable proper now.”
In the meantime, Henrie met Gomez whereas starring as her brother on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, which ran from 2007 to 2012.
Gomez and Henrie are each producers of the upcoming sequel, Wizards Past Waverly Place, and can reprise their roles as Alex and Justin Russo respectively.
Chatting with Us Weekly in June, Henrie gushed over how nice it was to be reunited with Gomez throughout filming.
“It was superior. We didn’t need it to finish. It was nice,” Henrie stated. “She’s so good. She has such a fast wit that’s solely gotten stronger.”
Henrie teased what’s to come back within the revival, telling Us, “We’ve a pair scenes that I believe will choke up the unique fan of the unique present, they usually’re actually touching, they usually went very well. So, I’m excited so that you can see it.”