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Selena Gomez kisses Benny Blanco's foot in Episode 2 of the podcast, Friends Keep Secrets.

Selena Gomez kisses Benny Blanco’s foot in the March 3 episode of ‘Friends Keep Secrets’.Credit : Friends Keep Secrets

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Selena Gomez kissed Benny Blanco’s foot in the March 3 episode of his Friends Keep Secrets podcast
The singer also called her “healthy” relationship with her husband “one of the greatest things of life” in the episode
The foot kiss came a week after Blanco’s feet became the subject of online scrutiny for being dirty in the first Friends Keep Secrets episode

Never mind kissing the ground Benny Blanco walks on — Selena Gomez is going straight for the foot.

In the latest episode of Friends Keep Secrets, Blanco’s podcast with Lil Dicky and Kristin Batalucco, Gomez, 33, kissed her husband’s foot, a gesture that comes a week after social media backlash to the 37-year-old producer’s dirty feet. During the appearance, she also shared some insight into the music power couple’s “healthy” relationship.

Nearly 50 minutes into the new episode, published Tuesday, March 3, Gomez, who was sitting on the floor, leaned over and planted a smooch on a lounging Blanco’s index toe mid-conversation. The kiss gave the producer, who was speaking, pause. He looked down, slyly smiled, and turned to co-hosts Dave Burd, 37, and Batalucco, who is the rapper’s wife.

“You like that?” Blanco jokingly asked the duo, as Gomez playfully slapped his leg and said, “Oh, don’t make it a moment!”

Blanco then responded, “No. I wasn’t. I liked it. It made me feel good. I love you so much.”

As he expressed the sweet sentiment, the Only Murders in the Building star then doubled-down on the foot affection, this time resting her cheek on her husband’s toes.

After the gesture, Burd told the pair, “I was just thinking about back in Malibu when I first saw you guys display any public display of affection for the first time, and I thought, ‘I think this is going to work out.’ ”

On PDA with his wife, Blanco then added, “In interviews with her — because I know she likes to keep it professional — I try not to show too much, like … ‘cause she’s her own entity. I want her to shine and be her own independent woman. So I try so hard. I use every bone in my body not to be googly-eyed over her and not want to kiss her and jump her bones all the time.”

Elsewhere in the episode, Gomez told Blanco that their relationship “is probably so healthy and one of the greatest things of life.”

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco attend the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 11, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California.

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills in January 2026.Monica Schipper/Getty

The “Who Says” singer’s foot kiss comes after Blanco set social media ablaze with his feet in the first episode of his new podcast, which debuted on Feb. 24.

As the producer and songwriter lounged, barefoot, on a couch in the episode, his feet appeared to be covered in dirt and placed on the couch cushions in Burd and Batalucco’s home, where cameras captured them. The internet didn’t hold back on their opinions in the YouTube comments section, calling Blanco’s feet “filthy” and urging him to wash the appendages.

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Afterward, Gomez seemingly reacted to the foot-inspired uproar by sharing a sweet video of herself giving Blanco a smooch on her Instagram Stories and writing, “I fall more and more in love with you every day my love.”

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Blanco also responded to the backlash over his feet while appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! two days later, on Feb. 26.

Kimmel, 58, raised the subject at the end of the interview, even showing a photo of Blanco’s dirty feet on a screen display. Said the host, “Dave and Benny are here, and I neglected something important because there is something that turned up as people were watching your multimedia experience. People seem to be fascinated with the idea that Benny’s feet are very dirty.”

Blanco’s response? Take off a sock to show off a clean foot.

“I have great feet. Someone zoom in on my foot,” he fired back in the late-night show appearance. “Look at that clean foot. Are you kidding me?

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