Blanco's dirty feet became a headline after appearing during the first episode of his 'Friends Keep Secrets' podcast
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NEED TO KNOW
- Benny Blanco is clearing the air about his hygiene habits after being called out for his dirty feet seen in the inaugural episode of his Friends Keep Secrets podcast on Feb. 24
- In the latest episode of his podcast, which dropped on Tuesday, March 10, Blanco said he knows he smells “good”
- Ed Sheeran vouched for Blanco, saying the producer is the “best-smelling person” he knows during his guest appearance on the podcast
Benny Blanco is shedding some light on his hygiene habits after his dirty feet went viral following the inaugural episode of his Friends Keep Secrets podcast.
Blanco unpacked his shower schedule and more in conversation with Ed Sheeran, Lil Dicky (whose real name is David Andrew Burd) and wife Kristin Batalucco, in the latest episode of the podcast released on Tuesday, March 10.
"Do you shower every day?" Blanco asked his frequent music collaborator Sheeran, 35.
"Yeah sometimes twice a day mostly twice a day actually," Sheeran replied.
"Really?" Blanco answered.
"I feel like I'm like you though I look like I don't smell good," Sheeran quipped. "But actually you're the best-smelling person I know."
"I know, I smell good," Blanco said with a smile. "And I never, like even if I don't shower…" he trailed off, before Batalucco gestured to Blanco and asked to smell his hands. Batalucco sniffed Blanco, and Burd, 37, said Blanco "always smells good."
"People used to say that I have a a particular smell," Burd said of his own scent. "They said it's not good or bad. You have a smell. I found that so unnerving,"
"No sometimes you stink," Blanco replied. Batalucco then encouraged Sheeran to have a whiff of Burd and Blanco's belly buttons to compare the scent.
"That's like a bum hole," Sheeran said of Burd's belly button. "Can I have something that's going to take that smell away?"
Blanco chimed in, "Mine smells just like nothing."
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In the first episode of the podcast, which dropped on Feb. 24, Blanco appeared to sit on Burd's couch with his dirty feet visible to the camera. The internet did not hold back on their opinions of Blanco and his feet in the YouTube comments section.
One user wrote, "Good podcast, wash your feet benny and wash the floors."
Another added, "Those dawgs need to be hosed down."
"BENNY!!!!! THEM DIRTY ASS FEET I FREAKING ADORE YOU," one individual commented.
Another user wrote, "Benny’s filthy feet? I can’t wait to watch the next one! NOT!"
Afterward, Blanco's wife Selena Gomez shared a sweet video on her Instagram Stories where she gives Blanco a kiss.
"I fall more and more in love with you every day my love," she wrote.
On Feb. 26, when Burd and Blanco appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Blanco showed off his clean foot when the host brought up the commentary surrounding the dirty feet incident. "Dave and Benny are here, and I neglected something important because there is something that turned up as people were watching your multimedia experience," Kimmel, 58, said. "People seem to be fascinated with the idea that Benny's feet are very dirty."
A photo of Blanco's dirty feet was then displayed on screen. "I noticed that too, Jimmy," said Burd.
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Blanco defended himself. "First of all, it's the facility's fault," he declared. "It's not mine."
"I have great feet," added the "Eastside" musician, who took off a sock to show off his clean foot. "Someone zoom in on my foot."
"Look at that clean foot," continued Blanco. "Are you kidding me?"
In a 2024 interview with PEOPLE, Blanco spoke about his hygiene habits, admitting he doesn't shower every day.
"I also don't believe in always shampooing your hair or conditioning your hair," he said at the time, adding: "Some people I know shower two to three times a day, but I feel like the oils on your skin don't have time to rejuvenate and get juicy."
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