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Ice Cube Responds to Selena Gomez's Childhood Crush

7/10/2025

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Ice Cube playfully reacted to Selena Gomez's confession that he was her childhood crush, shared during a June episode of Complex's GOAT Talk. Gomez, now 32, fondly remembered her admiration for Cube at just five years old. In return, Cube, 56, revealed his own childhood crush on Vanity from Vanity 6, humorously noting, "A lot of 'em like me, homie."

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Ice Cube playfully reacted to Selena Gomez's confession that he was her childhood crush, shared during a June episode of Complex's GOAT Talk. Gomez, now 32, fondly remembered her admiration for Cube at just five years old. In return, Cube, 56, revealed his own childhood crush on Vanity from Vanity 6, humorously noting, "A lot of 'em like me, homie."