A podcast launch was supposed to be about laughs. Instead, it turned into a hygiene scandal.
While Selena Gomez was vacationing in Mexico with friends, her husband, music producer Benny Blanco, found himself at the center of online outrage.
He kicked off his latest podcast venture, “Friends Keep Secrets,” alongside Lil Dicky and Kristin Batalucco at age 38. Surprisingly, it wasn’t the dialogue in the first episode that drew the most attention.
It was his feet.
Early in the show, Benny casually threw his legs up onto the couch cushions, exposing the soles of his bare feet — visibly covered in dark dirt and dust. The camera didn’t cut away. The internet didn’t hold back.
Comments flooded in almost immediately. Some viewers said the sight nearly gave them a panic attack. Others questioned how Selena could have chosen “the most unkempt man on the planet.” A few went even further, bluntly telling her it wasn’t too late to file for divorce.
And this isn’t the first time Blanco’s hygiene habits have raised eyebrows.
In early 2025, during an interview with People, he openly admitted that he doesn’t shower every day. According to him, frequent washing strips the skin of its natural balance and moisture. That comment resurfaced quickly as critics connected the dots.
It was in December 2023 that Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco publicly confirmed they were dating. One year afterward, they shared the news of their engagement. The two have known each other since 2013, when Blanco first met Selena’s mother, Mandy. He later co-wrote some of her hits, including “Kill Em With Kindness” and “Same Old Love” from the album Revival. The couple married on September 28, 2025.
Before Benny, Selena spent nearly a decade in an on-and-off relationship with Justin Bieber, with their final breakup in 2018.
Now, a single podcast clip has reignited public judgment — not just about Benny’s grooming habits, but about Selena’s choices.
One couch. One camera angle.
And suddenly, the internet thinks it knows everything about their marriage.
