Benny Blanco Shares How Girlfriend Selena Gomez "Does it All" | The Drew Barrymore Show

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Music producer and author of "Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends" Benny Blanco joins Drew in her kitchen to show her how to make his SZA inspired banana pudding.
I mean, you've worked with, God,
let's just say a few CVs here.
Rihanna, SZA, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry,
you know, record sold.
It is one of the greats of all time, ladies and gentlemen.
And now we add cookbook author to the roster, Benny Blunt.
I love this book so much.
First of all, like, open, wide,
and the cuteness of the cover, like, just so inviting.
And I think about things like colors and graphics
and like, you know, what the feeling is that gets drawn in.
And when I see this, I just want to be at this party.
Me too.
I've never even read a book in my life.
I just see the colors and I'm like, oh yeah, I want it.
I'm like, I need a picture book.
I need like a coloring book.
I'm a visual learner.
Yeah, me too.
Visuals are my way in,
except for you're like the great audio person.
So you have double heightened senses.
What's more important, visual or audio?
I don't know how to do anything.
I'm still so, I don't know.
I'm so excited that things just happened for me.
I'm still waiting for the day where they just like
pull me away and I'm just never allowed to do anything again.
I still literally, I woke up this morning.
I was in my bed.
I woke up and I was like,
I used to watch Charlie's Angels like every day as a kid.
Like, I was like, and then I was like, E.T.?
Are you kidding me?
It's insane.
Insane.
Honestly, I was, I never get like nervous
or starstruck to meet anyone.
But like when you walked over there
and they were like, Drew will be right over.
And I could see you, you were here.
And you just walked over.
I was like, what am I gonna say?
I didn't even know what to say.
That's so funny.
You know what's going on in my mind?
Totoro!
Yeah, and I was like, what do I say?
I'm so excited to like meet you.
And by the way, I think of your girlfriend,
Selena Gomez, as like the ultimate Charlie's Angel.
She is like the pillar of empowerment
and cool and sexy and capable and talented.
And she keeps it real about what it's like
to be a human being on this planet.
How does she do it all?
She's just like the best, most genuine person.
Everything is so completely real.
Like every day when I wake up and I like,
I'll like walk by the mirror as I'm like,
walk to her and I'm like,
and I like look at myself and I'm like,
how did I get here?
Like, how is this, how is this my,
no, she's one of the sweetest,
one of the most charming,
one of the most humble people I've ever met.
Every, her day she wakes up thinking about like,
how can I make all my friends
and loved ones around me feel better?
Like that's her genuine like,
and I'm like, she's so good.
Also, she is such a foodie.
Wait, is this inspired by SZA?
Is this SZA's banana pudding?
This is true, it's inspired by her.
Can I show you a picture of me and her?
Cause I'm so in love with her
and I want to prove I know her.
Oh my God.
Yeah.
You know she loves you too.
I mean, she made that song.
Was that cool?
Was that cool for you?
The coolest.
I got to do the video with her too.
I was like, can I, can I be in it?
I'll just be in for like one second.
So why is this inspired by her?
What's the story of SZA and the banana pudding?
Okay, so first day she comes to my house to work, okay?
Oh my God.
She's like, oh, can I get a glass of water?
She goes into the fridge.
She pulls out a glass of water
and then she's like, hey, what's that?
And I was like, oh, it's just like a Tupperware
of like some banana pudding.
And she was like, oh, okay.
Can I have a little bit?
So she had a teeny bit.
And then like throughout the day,
I just noticed like, she was just like going back
and forth to it till the entire tray was gone by the day.
And then, then she-
I knew I loved her.
Then she comes in the next day
and I guess for some reason I had like some lasagna
and she was, that I was just eating the day before.
And she was like, oh, can I have a slice?
By the time we were done working on the album,
I wasn't even a record producer.
I was just like a full restaurant.
Like every day she came and she would demand it.
She'd be like, I need a banana pudding.
I need a lasagna.
I need a steak.
I need some pasta.
And I was just, I would stay up all night cooking before
but it makes me happy.
Did you say open wide, SZA?
I did say open wide.
Yeah, I did.
Guess what?
I did.
I said, guess what?
Now you can cook this for yourself instead of me.
So how would we make this at home?
