Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Don’t Plan to Convert Religions, Want Kids to Have ‘Both’ Values

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Don’t Plan to Convert Religions, Want Kids to Have ‘Both’ Values

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco can’t wait for their future together as a married couple and are already planning to blend both their lives and religions.

In a Friday, February 14, profile for Interview magazine, they were asked whether they plan to convert upon their nuptials.

I’m very, very spiritual,” she previously told Vogue in March 2021. “I believe in God, but I’m not religious. I’ve been a Christian for a while now. I don’t talk about it too much — I want to, but it’s gotten a bad rep.”

he added at the time, “I just want to make it clear that I love being able to have my faith, and believe in what I believe in, and that truly is what gets me through.”

Gomez further pointed to her faith for helping her navigate multiple health scares, including battles with lupus and bipolar disorder.

“You don’t necessarily even need to believe to know that there’s something above you that’s bigger than you,” Gomez explained to Vogue. “You’re throwing your hands up, going, ‘I actually have no idea what is next.’”

Blanco, 36, is Jewish, while Gomez identifies as Christian. After the Interview reporter noted that the Golden Globe nominee is “the most famous shiksa in the world” — a shiksa is a Yiddish term for a non-Jewish woman — Blanco revealed that he was aware of that title.

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“I know,” he said, also denying plans to convert. “We want our kids to have both of our values, both of our morals and hopefully when we mix them up in a pot they’ll [turn out good].”

According to Blanco, “of course” he and Gomez, who got engaged in 2024, plan to incorporate the best of both religions, such as doing the hora dance at their wedding and celebrating the holiday of Hanukkah.

Gomez, meanwhile, does not practice organized religion.