Ice Cube Reacts to Selena Gomez Calling Him Her Childhood Crush

Ice Cube has reacted to Selena Gomez naming him as her childhood celebrity crush, and the N.W.A. rap legend claims he’s heard about this before from the Disney alum.

Reporter Chris Haynes brought up the story about Selena calling Cube her childhood crush during a recent episode of the BIG3 podcast, and the rapper-actor was shocked that Haynes and cohosts such as former NBA players Nick Young and Michael Beasley were surprised.

“N—a, why you surprised, though? S—t. A lot of ’em’ like me, homie. I heard this years ago,” Cube said, which drew a laugh from his cohosts.

Ice Cube then revealed that one of his childhood celebrity crushes was Vanity 6 lead singer, Vanity. “Look, I had my crushes growing up, too. Vanity, bring her in here and see what happens,” he said. “I had about four [childhood crushes].”

Formed as the protégées of Prince, Vanity 6 is best known for the girl group’s 1982 hit “Nasty Girl,” which topped the discontinued Dance Club Songs chart.

In June, Selena Gomez joined Complex for an episode of GOAT Talk with Karol G, which saw her admit to Ice Cube being her first celebrity crush when she was about 5 years old.

“Can I tell you my first one, I had a crush on, Ice Cube?” the multi-hyphenate 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.”

Watch Ice Cube’s reaction below. Talk about Selena Gomex begins around the 31-minute mark.