Benny Blanco unveils his 'ideal partner' checklist before Selena Gomez

Benny Blanco opened up about his journey with Selena Gomez.

In the latest episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, Benny revealed that he was determined to find an ideal partner before meeting Selena, stating, “I said, ‘I really wanna find the right partner, and I’m doing something wrong. I can’t find the person that I’m gonna spend the rest of my life with, and I want to do that.’”

The songwriter further revealed that his therapist encouraged him to list the qualities he wanted in his “ideal partner.”

While listing the qualities, he said, “The first thing on my list was age-appropriate.”

“You have to be very honest with yourself.”

Adding, “Then the second thing on my list was, someone who’s nice. Nice, caring, compassionate, like someone who’s a nice person.”

At last he “wanted someone who woke up generally happy.”

“And if they were sad, they were doing something about it. Like they were going to therapy, they were taking medicine if they need to, they were doing yoga. They were actively trying to [change things],” Benny added.

Selena’s husband said that he did not include something like, “I want their like left toe longer than their right.”

“These were like broad things, and if it didn’t meet those like first five or six things, [I] couldn’t even pursue,” Benny shared.

Reflecting on how the couple’s relationship grew over the time, the music producer said, “We first met about 15 years ago. We worked together five or six years after that, and then again five or six years after that, and had a casual friendship during the time. Then we started dating a few years after that. Now she’s my wife.”

“We always talk about how it never would’ve worked out if it were at a different time or place in our lives, because neither one of us would’ve likely been ready,” he further noted.