Butterflies weren’t the only thing Selena Gomez felt when she first locked lips with fiancé Benny Blanco.
While appearing on Wednesday’s episode of the “Table Manners” podcast with singer Jessie Ware and her mother, Lennie Ware, the “Only Murders in the Building” star and music producer revealed how their first kiss resulted in Gomez getting a rash.
During the conversation, Blanco recalled how the couple’s second date was winding down when the card game they were playing instructed the duo to take a selfie together.
Gomez used the moment to cozy up to her future beau, hopping “right on [his] chest” to snap the photo, according to the songwriter.
“Right after, I just looked at her and I said, ‘I gotta kiss this girl,”’ he said.
But the embrace was a bit too exciting for the former Disney Channel star, whose body ended up reacting in the wildest way.
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As Blanco remembered, “I kissed her right away … and right, right away her heart started beating so quickly, and she started getting a rash on her face, and she was so nervous.”
Teasing the musician, Lennie Ware wondered if Gomez was “allergic” to him, prompting him to quip back, “She was, yeah. I was so disgusting and repulsive.”
Gomez then explained that she must have been overwhelmed because she hadn’t “liked anyone in a very long time” before meeting Blanco.
“So some kisses are for fun and then when you feel something behind a kiss, it’s completely different,” she said. “And I’d been alone for about five years, with the exception of a few shitty dates here and there, but never felt that way. And I was a little embarrassed.”
Though the couple had to overcome some serious nerves, Blanco said he knew the “Come & Get It” singer was the one instantly.
“There was just a feeling that I never had before, where I said, ‘I’ve never felt so comfortable yet so on my toes at the same time,’” he explained, later calling Gomez his “soulmate.”
Blanco, who popped the question in December, shared the selfie that started it all in an Instagram story last month.
Along with the black and white photo, he wrote, “I feel like this exact moment will be etched into my memory forever. I can tell you for sure that was the best decision I have ever made in my life. I love you.”
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