Selena Gomez has appeared as the latest guest on the Therapuss podcast, speaking to host Jake Shane about myriad topics, ranging from her acting career, to mental health and her relationship with Benny Blanco.
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Launching her discussion with Shane by focusing on a recap of the recent happenings in her life, Gomez turned her focus towards Rare Beauty, the cosmetics company she founded in 2020 which supports mental health organizations with a portion of its sales.
As Gomez explained, the mental health aspect was one that was important to her given the experiences she has had with the topic over the years.
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“I tried to share my story in hopes that it would be something to help others, and I think I did that when I admitted that I had struggled through my bipolar diagnosis,” she explained. “So that was more of a release for me.
“And then I realized anything that I touch or anything I’m a part of, it has to give back and some sort of element. And that just always has been my key demographic – it’s people who don’t feel seen or heard or, even know what’s going on and in their own mind.”
“I just believe in therapy,” she added on the topic of mental health. “I’m on medication and I feel really lucky that I’m in the position that I’m in now and I believe in all of that.”
Another large focus of Gomez’s appearance on Therapuss was the topic of her engagement to producer Benny Blanco. The pair confirmed their relationship in 2023 before becoming engaged in late 2024, and later collaborating together on March’s I Said I Love You First album.
“I couldn’t be more excited,” Gomez said of her forthcoming wedding. “There’s so much happening at the moment with [Blanco] working on some projects that he has to wrap up and we just have things we want to finish and our own personal endeavors before we get into all the nitty gritty.
“I just have really never felt so sure about something and I also don’t want to jinx it by saying that.”
Shane also used the opportunity to ask Gomez about how she and Blanco first met, with the musician explaining that they had both met early on in their respective musical careers, though their initial relationship was little more than a casual friendship.
“I feel like he was an acquaintance, if that makes sense,” she explains. “To be honest [we weren’t] besties, I just thought he was nice and then we did a few songs together.”
After reuniting to work on 2023’s “Single Soon,” their casual friendship eventually took a deeper turn. “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,’” she recalls. “And next thing you know we’re dating.
“But he was terrified in the beginning cause he was like, ‘It’s work and it’s complicated and people are going to get mad,’ and I’m like, ‘I don’t give a s–t; kiss me.’”
Watch Selena Gomez’s appearance on Therapuss below.
