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Ice Cube isn’t exactly shocked to learn that Selena Gomez once called him her childhood celebrity crush—in fact, he says he’s known about it for a while. During a recent episode of the BIG3 Podcast, host Chris Haynes brought up Gomez’s viral revelation, and the rap legend had a classic Ice Cube reaction. “N—a, why you surprised, though? S—t. A lot of ’em like me, homie. I heard this years ago,” Cube said, as the room burst into laughter.
The former N.W.A. star then shared his own childhood celebrity crushes, admitting that he was especially smitten with Vanity, lead singer of Prince’s protégé group Vanity 6. “Look, I had my crushes growing up, too. Vanity, bring her in here and see what happens,” he joked. Selena first revealed her longtime admiration for Ice Cube during an episode of GOAT Talk with Karol G in June, where she looked back on her very first celebrity crush.
“Can I tell you my first one? I had a crush on Ice Cube,” she told Karol G. “I had the biggest crush on him when I was, like, 5. It’s so weird, but I just thought he would protect me. I’m only saying it simply based on my childhood.” Seems like the feeling wasn’t mutual back then, because, well, she was 5, but Ice Cube is clearly amused and still got it.
