Congratulations may be in order for Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco on their engagement but The Late Show host Stephen Colbert wants everyone to know he wants the credit for it.
During his monologue on Thursday’s show, the late-night host reflected on Gomez recently appearing on his show, where he asked the Emilia Pérez star where she saw her relationship with Blanco going. When Gomez responded, “I’m not sure but I’m having a great time,” Colbert decided to jokingly take matters into his own hands by sharing a message to Blanco.
“Benny, you must think you’re pretty special if you think you can do better than this, OK?” the host said at the time. “And as America’s dad, I want to know what your intentions are with America’s daughter, right over here.”
Gomez laughed and thanked him for the kind words.
And after Gomez announced her engagement to Blanco on Wednesday, the late-night host reminded everyone of his original comments by replaying the clip from her appearance.
“Now, I don’t want to take any credit for this engagement,” he said. “No, I want to take all the credit for this engagement. I mean, that seems fair. That seems fair!”
He added, “I’m not saying he didn’t ask her or she didn’t say yes; they had something to do with it. But I’m the one who loosened the lid on the pickle jar of commitment. You’re welcome!”
When announcing their engagement, Gomez shared pictures of her engagement ring on Instagram captioning the post, “forever begins now….”
Gomez first revealed she was dating the record producer in December 2023, although they had been romantically linked since June of last year. The pair had previously worked together on Gomez’s singles “Single Soon” from 2023 and the 2019 song “I Can’t Get Enough.”
When discussing her relationship with Blanco in her November cover story for The Hollywood Reporter, Gomez revealed, “This is the safest I’ve ever felt in [a relationship], and I see a future with this person.”
Source: Hollywoodreporter
