Selena Gomez Kissed Benny Blanco's Dirty Feet and the Internet Cannot Decide How to Feel

Selena Gomez posted a video kissing fiancé Benny Blanco's feet and the internet's reaction is the most divided celebrity social media event of the week. Here is why.

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's relationship has been, since its confirmation in November 2023, one of the more divisive celebrity pairings in the modern gossip ecosystem — partly because Blanco's specific aesthetic and public persona contrasts so dramatically with what Gomez's fanbase had imagined for her romantic future, and partly because the couple has been remarkably unfiltered about demonstrating their affection in ways that celebrity couples rarely are.

The video that is circulating this week shows Gomez kissing Blanco's feet — a display of affection that AceShowbiz characterised as receiving the specific combination of 'this is disgusting' and 'this is actually really wholesome' responses that polarising celebrity relationship content generates. The specific phrase 'Shocked Fans' in the outlet's headline captures the particular quality of celebrity fandom's relationship with Gomez: she has a devoted fanbase whose emotional investment in her wellbeing produces a specific protective response to any content that reads as undignified.

For the engagement context: Gomez and Blanco got engaged, with Blanco's proposal described as 'intimate' and Gomez characterising his as the relationship where 'there's a certain feeling that I was able to experience when I knew that this is my person.' The feet video is consistent with the specific transparency about physical affection that their relationship's public documentation has always included.

For the Hailey Bieber dimension that never entirely disappears from Selena Gomez coverage: the ongoing tracking of any interactions or non-interactions between Gomez and Hailey Bieber — whose history involves the specific complexity of Justin Bieber's serial romantic relationships and the specific fan community dynamics those relationships produced — is the backdrop against which any Gomez personal life content is received.

For Benny Blanco's 38th birthday: Gomez's tribute was described by AceShowbiz as 'touching' alongside the feet video — the specific combination of sweet and bizarre that characterises a relationship whose public documentation has never attempted to perform conventionality.