Benny Blanco Faces Backlash for Taking His Shoes Off on Date Night With Selena Gomez

All this to say, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s relationship is definitely under a microscope—and naysayers have already found something else to critique.

On January 3, the pair went on their first public outing as a couple, appearing very happy and cozy together at a Lakers game in Los Angeles. However, many social media users were distracted from the sweet court-side moment by a photo of Blanco sitting with his bare feet removed from his white Birkenstock clogs.

“Having your dogs out on the sideline is wild behavior,” one user wrote in the comments a GQ Sports Instagram post, while another suggested that “toes out for a dude court side should be a lifetime ban.” One commenter even described the move as “diabolical.”

Still, plenty of Instagram users came to their defense. “Everyone’s hating but they both look genuinely happy and I’m happy for them,” a GQ Sports follower wrote. “Stop looking at his dawgs everyone.”

If it helps, it appears that Blanco’s feet were out of his clogs for just a short moment in time. In every other Getty photo that extends beyond the knees, his shoes remain firmly in place.