Topics: Benny Blanco, Celebrity, Podcasts, Social Media, Twitter, Reddit
Benny Blanco's new podcast is going viral for all the wrong reasons.
The 37-year-old music producer launched his new venture, Friends Keep Secrets, with his celebrity pals and co-hosts Dave Burd aka Lil Dicky, and the rapper's wife, Kristin Batalucco, with their first episode going live on Tuesday (24 February).
Described as 'a first-of-its-kind show,' the podcast has the unique concept of more than 18 hidden cameras being rigged throughout Dave and Kristin's LA home, bringing viewers inside 'an intimate hang with the hosts' real-life friendships and the guests that pop in'.
The trio also made it clear that it 'isn't a formal interview show,' and aims to blend the elements of a 'podcast, livestream, and sitcom'.
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But as we say, there were a few moments during yesterday's debut episode that it's safe to say viewers were not impressed by.
Within minutes of the pilot, Blanco was lying on a gray sofa with his legs splayed out, showing a glimpse of the bottom of his feet, which appeared to be covered with dirt.
Another moment saw the music producer fart, which fans have called 'diabolical'.
One X user penned: "Benny Blanco debuts his new podcast by farting with his dirty feet on his and Selena Gomez’s couch."
While a second wrote: "There’s a difference between funny and gross," and a third added: "Absolutely heinous".
A fourth social media user brutally quipped, "I’m gonna throw up," and a fifth agreed, "Starting a podcast with a fart? That’s called setting the tone... raw, unfiltered, and slightly hazardous."
"He's got some questionable hygiene practices," wrote someone else, while another viewer chimed in with: "Look at his feet. I’m dead."
Meanwhile, over on Reddit, someone demanded: "Omg his feet are way too dirty to be on the couch," and another questioned: "Dirty feet?! AND on the couch?!?"
And in the YouTube comments, fans brutally quipped: “Good podcast, wash your feet Benny and wash the floors," and "Those dawgs need to be hosed down".
Ahead of the podcast's release, Blanco and his co-hosts sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss their new project.
Blanco, who's married to Selena Gomez, said: "And for all the Andrew Tates and terrible people in this world, I saw an opening because I love hanging out with my friends, and it just so happens that my two best friends are the funniest people that I know and maybe the funniest people in the world.
"I was just like, 'Why isn’t there something like this that you can have on in the background or in the foreground, instead of some dude talking about taking steroids and being a sh*** guy to women?'"
He added, "And we have such an eclectic group of friends, so sometimes the person that we’re talking to is going to be my mother, and sometimes it’s going to be Selena Gomez.
"Or we might be talking to a guy that’s at the forefront of AI and then talking to a man who created the fart machine."
Well, there's no denying that the podcast has certainly got people talking!
Tyla has contacted a representative for Blanco for comment.
