Yahoo Lifestyle Shawn Mendes Details the “Brutal” Reality of Breaking Up With Camila Cabello in the Public Eye
Real ones know about *that* fated Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello Coachella reunion back in April 2023. That! Said!!! The celebs have kept relatively mum about the exact status of their ‘ship ever since officially calling it quits in June of that year.
Enter: the hot mess that is 2024, amid Sabrina Carpenter and Shawn dating and eventually breaking up; the “diabolical” lineup of Camila, Shawn, and Sabrina all being performers at this year’s VMAs; and the potential shade the “Havana” musician may have recently thrown the “Taste” songstress during her performance of “Señorita.”
Obviously, all of this ^^ means it’s time for a much-needed update on the Shawn and Camila of it all, right? Right! Well, apparently, the “In My Blood” singer legit just appeared on the latest episode of On Purpose with Jay Shetty and opened up about how “brutal” the experience of dating in the public eye was for the now-exes.
“Honestly, I think Camila and I have just done the best job at preserving our private little fire of love for each other,” he revealed before adding, “because no matter how strong mentally you are when there are millions of people commenting on [your relationship], it’s so hard not to be affected by it and to be swayed by it and to be inspired by it, and to desire it because people desire it, or to hate it because people hate it, and it’s just human.”
Later on during the interview, Jay asked specifically how Shawn and Camila protected their relationship “apart from distancing yourself from the noise.” “For me and for us, I think immense honesty, just like over-communication,” he answered. “You know, like, ‘I felt this way when I was doing this interview, and I said this thing, and I felt weird, and I’m sorry if it came off like that. You know, I love you’ and...it just immediately cuts through any type of assumption that I could make or she could make from anything.”
“And, you know, we’re both amazing at that,” he noted. “I’ll be the first to text her. She’ll be the first to text me. And we just, as long as we’re good, we’re good. All the noise is just noise, and that’s been a huge part of it.”
Ultimately, however, the experience still led to the celeb pivoting his approach to social media due to the romance being scrutinized. “But if I’m being completely honest, I don’t really go on social media anymore,” the celeb confessed before continuing, “so I don’t really see or care what people say about my love life or my relationships because it’s just, it’s honestly too detrimental to the actual relationship itself that I’ve become pretty strict on, on that part of it, you know, but it is, it’s crazy, man. This is not a movie.”
*Le sigh* If this update is kinda-sorta making you emo and you’re the type to fill the void by spiraling even further (same), head right over...
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