Selena Gomez, umuririmbyi w’Umunyamerika akaba n’umukinnyi wa filime ukunzwe cyane, yongeye gutungura abantu ubwo yatangazaga bimwe mu byifuzo bye bijyanye n’ubukwe bwe na Benny Blanco, umuhanzi n’umuhanga mu gutunganya umuziki. Ibi yabigarutseho mu kiganiro gito cyashyizwe ahagaragara n’uruganda rwe rukora ibikoresho byo kwisiga, Rare Beauty, ku itariki 25 Nyakanga 2025.

Mu kiganiro cyuje urugwiro no guseka, Selena Gomez w’imyaka 33 yavuze ko atifuza ko mu bukwe bwe hagaragara cake nini nk’uko bisanzwe bigenda mu birori byo kurushinga. Yagize ati ko azi neza ko atifuza cake nini, ahubwo ashaka cake nto ya bombi (we na Benny), maze bakazayifunga (bakayishyira muri frigo) kugira ngo bazayirye undi munsi. Aha, Selena yagaragaje ko yifuza ko umunsi w’ubukwe bwabo uba umunsi wihariye, udasanzwe kandi ugaragaza ubusabane bwabo aho kuba umunsi wo gusa kwishimisha no gusangira n’abantu benshi.
Igitangaje kandi cyatumye abantu benshi batangara ni uko Selena yavuze ko igifunguro cy’ijoro kizaba “dessert” ku bwe atari cake cyangwa ibindi bikunze kugaragara, ahubwo ari biscuits na gravy, ibiryo bimenyerewe muri Amerika cyane cyane mu Majyepfo, aho barya biscuit ishyushye bayisizeho isosi y’inyama. Yavuze ko iyo ari dessert akunze cyane kandi ifite igisobanuro gikomeye kuko ayihuzwa n’ibihe byiza yagiriye hamwe na nyirakuru.

Nubwo Selena yavuze byinshi kuri menu y’ubukwe, we na Benny Blanco ntibaratangira gutegura ibyo birori mu buryo bweruye. Nk’uko Benny Blanco, w’imyaka 37, yabivuze mu kiganiro cya podcast “Therapuss with Jake Shane” ku wa 10 Nyakanga 2025, yavuze ko batari barabona umwanya uhagije wo gutegura ubukwe kubera akazi kenshi bagize mu mezi ashize. Yaravuze ko bamaze kwambikana impeta, ariko bidatinze bahise batangira gukora amashusho y’indirimbo zabo, bagakurikizaho iminsi mikuru n’ubukangurambaga bwa albums, hanyuma Selena ajya gufata amashusho y’uruhererekane rwa “Only Murders in the Building”. Yavuze ko ubu bibategereje kuba bari mu gihe cyo gutuza kugira ngo batangire gutegura uko ubukwe buzagenda, bityo bagakora inama yihariye muri iyi mpeshyi kugira ngo bumvikane kuri byinshi byabugize.
Selena na Benny basanzwe bafitanye umubano wihariye kandi ufite umwihariko ku bijyanye n’ibiribwa. Urukundo rwabo rukunze kugaragarira mu buryo bishimira kurya hamwe no gutegurira undi ibyo akunda. Benny yabwiye ikinyamakuru PEOPLE ko ku munsi wa Saint Valentin, yigeze gutungura Selena amutekera ibyo akunda byose birimo Taco Bell, nachos, amapickles yo muri Texas, ndetse n’ibiribwa bikonje nka Hot Cheetos n’imitobe. Ikirenze ibyo, mu mwaka wakurikiyeho Benny yamutunguriye ikintu kidasanzwe ubwo yamusanze mu bwogero yicaye, maze hagati y’ubwiherero habamo icyobo kirimo ifunguro rya queso (isosi y’inyama ishyushye ikoze mu mata) yuzuye mo amashu, ayo mashu akamenwamo nk’uburyo bwo kumutangaza no kumushimisha.
Ntibitangaje rero ko aba bombi, mu gihe bagikundana, bashimishijwe no gusangira igihe mu rugo aho bareba filime, baryama bagasinzira, ndetse bakanaganira bisanzuye, byose mu buryo bworoshye butagira igitugu cyangwa ishyaka ry’iby’isi. Benny yabigaragaje neza ubwo yavugaga ko atari asanzwe akunda gutindana mu gitanda, ariko kuva yatangira gukundana na Selena, yahinduye imyumvire akajya aryama, areba filime, arya, agasoma, agaseka, akumva ari mu mahoro.
Selena Gomez na Benny Blanco ntibashaka ubukwe buhenze cyangwa bugeze ku rwego rwo hejuru ku buryo bwagaragara nk’ibirori by’imideli. Ahubwo bashaka ibintu byoroshye byabashimisha nk’abantu ku giti cyabo. Benny yigeze kuvuga ko ubukwe bwabo buzaba bworoheje, budakabije, kandi buzubaka icyizere hagati yabo aho guhatirizwa kugendana n’ibyo abandi batekereza. Ni ibisobanuro birangwa n’ubwitonzi n’ukuri.

Mu bihe bitandukanye, Selena na Benny bagaragaje ko bazashyira hamwe imihango y’umuco wa kiyahudi n’ibindi bikorwa bigaragaramo ubwubahane bw’amadini n’umuco. Benny ni Umuyahudi, naho Selena afite inkomoko mu bakirisitu ndetse no mu bayisilamu, ariko bose bahuriye ku cyifuzo cyo kubahana, gukundana no gufatanya mu buzima bwa buri munsi.
Nubwo bari mu kazi kenshi, bari gushaka uburyo bahurira mu gihe gito bagatekereza ku cyerekezo cy’ubukwe bwabo, bagakomeza kuganira no kurushaho kumenyana. Benny yabitangaje ubwo yavuze ko atigeze abona umwanya uhagije wo gutegura ubukwe, ariko ko ari igihe cyiza ngo bicare baganire ku by’ingenzi, bityo bategure neza uwo munsi uzaba urwibutso ku buzima bwabo bwose.
Ubukwe bwa Selena Gomez na Benny Blanco bukomeje gutegerezwa n’abafana babo ku isi hose. Uko bukomeza kugarukwaho, ni ko buha abantu icyizere cy’urukundo rw’ukuri rutagamije imideli cyangwa ibyo amaso abona, ahubwo rushingiye ku bintu byoroshye bishimisha umutima: kuganira, gufashanya, kwizerana no guseka.