United Kingdom, Aug. 7 -- Selena Gomez always found Benny Blanco to be "funny" - but she never imagined they would get engaged.

The 33-year-old star first met her future fiance while she was still a teenager, and although she always found the record producer to be a lot of fun, Selena never thought they would have a romantic future together.

During an appearance on the Therapuss with Jake Shane podcast, Selena shared: "We met when I was 16 because we were going to possibly work together but I didn't start releasing music until 17/18 officially and so we saw each other around.

"It was nice and then I don't know ... I feel like he was an acquaintance, if that makes sense?

"To be honest, I wasn't besties. I just thought he was nice and t...