Selena Gomez’s first kiss was filmed for the Disney Channel, but the actress’s first one in her personal life was actually years later. The Emilia Pérez actress spoke to W magazine about that romantic milestone, if she relates to her star sign, and just how much praise her Halloween couples costume with her now-fiancé, Benny Blanco, got offline.
Of her first kiss, Gomez explained, “My first kiss was on TV. I was 11 or 12 years old, and I guest-starred on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, which starred Dylan and Cole Sprouse. It was with Dylan, and it was really funny because both of us were so young. We were figuring out how to kiss. I had never done it, and I was so scared. My real-life one would probably be with a boy named Juan, and I was 14.”
Gomez also touched on her first celebrity crushes, saying that “I probably had too many.” She then called out two stars who caught her eye: “Jesse McCartney—when ‘Beautiful Soul’ came out—that was just life-changing for me. I loved Chad Michael Murray from One Tree Hill. I also just had crushes more in real life than on actors or musicians.”
W also asked Gomez about Halloween, a holiday she loves. “Until this year, I hadn’t dressed up for Halloween since I was a kid,” she said. “We were invited to a party, so I had a reason to dress up. I was Alice from Alice in Wonderland, and my boyfriend [now-fiancé Blanco] was the Mad Hatter. He used prosthetics! I think it’s safe to say we won best costume at the party.”
The outlet ended the interview by asking astrological questions—specifically, whether Gomez feels like a Cancer. She clarified that being born on July 22 makes her “on the cusp of Cancer and Leo. I definitely feel I have qualities of both, but I relate most to being a Cancer.”
The water sign is “very sensitive,” Gomez said. “They tend to love people deeply, whether it’s healthy or not. And I tend to overthink a bit, but I love deeply and I care about people so much.” Learn more about the sign, which spans from June 21 to July 22, from ELLE’s resident astrologers, The AstroTwins, here.