Benny Blanco Shares the First Time He Really Met Selena Gomez

“The first time we were hanging out, where it was leaning towards that way [romantically], we were both talking about our love lives … And then just before we knew it, it just kind of happened,” Benny Blanco, 36, told SiriusXM Hits 1 of his relationship with Selena Gomez, 31.

Speaking with the hosts of the “Morning Mash Up” show, Benny — who just released his own cookbook, “Open Wide” — also shared that Selena’s mom reminded him that the couple actually met in a professional capacity 16 years ago at the beginning of Selena’s post-Disney music career.

“Neither one of us remembered the meeting,” Benny said, “but her mom remembered it and was just like, ‘Yeah, you guys were 18.'”

Benny Blanco’s full interview with the “Morning Mash Up” premieres April 30 on SiriusXM.