Overview
- Blanco told the story on his Friends Keep Secrets podcast in June 2026, saying his mother urged him during a 2019 video shoot that he should marry Selena Gomez.
- He described leaving extended sessions with Gomez feeling impressed by her, and said an ex later recalled him speaking positively about her years before their marriage.
- Blanco and Gomez have a long professional history that began in 2015, including collaborations in 2019 and 2023 that preceded their public romance.
- Their relationship timeline is public: they went public with dating in 2023, announced an engagement in 2024, and married in September 2025.
- Some outlets name Blanco’s mother as Sandra Levin and report wedding details reported by individual sources, but those specifics vary in sourcing and the new coverage is chiefly human-interest amplification of Blanco’s on-air anecdote.