Benny Blanco Wanted to 'Slow Down' Before Selena Gomez Romance as He Reflects on Price of Fame: 'It's a Necessary Evil'

Benny Blanco said he was ready to hit the brakes on his fast-rising fame right around the time he started dating his now-wife, Selena Gomez.

In an interview with El País's Icon magazine, Blanco opened up about his fame and being half of one of Hollywood's most-watched relationships.

When asked, "When did it all explode?" Blanco shared it was "between 2018 and 2019." He had just released his first solo song, "Eastside," which quickly grew in popularity.

He went on to say, "I started to get a little bit famous. And from there things got really intense. I remember talking to my manager and telling him I wanted to slow things down a bit. That same month I started dating Selena. Then it was like what I was going through got a rocket boost: I was launched into the air."

"It's not something I love. It affects my life a lot. It's a necessary evil, a price I'm willing to pay in exchange for the things I get because of it," he continued about the reality of his level of fame.

Blanco had told The New York Times eight years ago that he had "beaten the system," having all the luxuries of fame "without actually being famous." Now, however, he does not think he can say the same. He continued, "I’m very lucky, because I accumulated 15 years of experience without being famous, but surrounded by many famous people."

When asked about his wife, he said: "It's something we have to face together."

He added, "She knows this because she's been very famous since she was a child."

"It's a necessary evil for the things I love, including my wife. We kept our relationship private for a long time, about eight or nine months. And she asked me, 'Are you sure you want to do this? I understand if you want us to just be friends.' And then I said, 'You know what? S---- it.' We're lucky because we both have friends and family we've known since before all this, and we're surrounded by a good group of people we love," he continued.

In an effort to keep most of his personal life private, he shared, "I don't like to expose my life. Famous people are under constant scrutiny: if you say one thing, it's wrong, and if you say another, it's also wrong. I'd like to have more privacy...Maybe I'll occasionally post a picture of my wife or some delicious dish I've tried, but I hardly ever post anything on my Instagram that isn't work-related."

"We don't have those kinds of fights. I would never raise my voice to her. If something doesn't sit right with us, she might say, 'I don't like that!' And I'll say, 'Okay.' And then we try something else. Fortunately, we don't clash. We have very similar tastes," Blanco concluded when asked about Gomez.