Benny Blanco Explains the Funny Reason His Nickname for Fiancée Selena Gomez Is ‘Salami’

Benny Blanco has a cute nickname for Selena Gomez on his phone.

On Wednesday, April 30, Gomez and Blanco appeared on an episode of the Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware podcast — and they revealed their nicknames for each other.

“I think you’ve maybe called me Sel a few times,” Gomez, 32, said, before Blanco, 37, chimed in: “I called you Sel today.”

“In my phone — because I didn’t want anyone to be over my shoulder looking — I made her salami,” he said, before adding that it’s still her contact name “to this day.”

Meanwhile, the “Calm Down” singer said she simply calls Blanco “babe or love or honey.”

Elsewhere in the episode, the couple — who announced their engagement in December 2024 — opened up about their first kiss.

“We were hanging on our second date, towards the end of the date, we were sitting in the living room, on the couch and we were playing ‘We’re not really strangers,’” Blanco said.

He added, “And there was a thing where it said, ‘Take a selfie with the person next to you,’ and we were already kind of lounging and she got right on my chest and took a selfie and then right after I just looked at her and I said, ‘I got to kiss this girl.’”

Then, he “kissed he right away,” he said, before the “Lose You to Love Me” singer said it was “a very good kiss.”

After that kiss, Gomez realized she “hadn’t liked anyone in a very long time.”

“I had been alone for about five years with the exception of a few s—ty dates here and there, but never felt that way,” she continued. “And I was a little embarrassed, but he was like, ‘Are you okay?’ And I was like, ‘No, no, I’m fine.’ I didn’t want to be like, ‘I like you, I really like you.’ ”

The couple — who confirmed their relationship in December 2023 — also revealed that they were considering not having a bride and groom dance at their reception.

“I don’t think we’re looking at having one of those ‘cause they’re a little — I feel embarrassed,” Gomez responded before Blanco chimed in, adding, “She’s shy.”

However, Gomez still plans to have a “special dance” with her grandfather on her mother’s side and the couple will be participate in the hora, or “chair dance,” in honor of Blanco’s Jewish heritage.