John Mayer and Shawn Mendes are sticking to dating famous singers.
The two have numerous famous exes, including Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Camila Cabello and Sabrina Carpenter – all of whom have written songs that many believe are about their ex-boyfriends. Now, men are opening up about what it’s like to have their ex write a song about them.
In the latest episode of the singer “Daughter” What’s life like with John Mayer program on SiriusXM, Mendes and Mayer got real about the “psychological toll” it took on them.
“No one will understand,” Mayer said, according to Billboard. “You and I are both speaking as people who have heard songs – at least other people are talking – that concern us.”
Mendes agrees with Mayer’s point of view.
“It feels like… It’s funny how it feels like you’re being written about and maybe the whole picture isn’t being shown,” he shared.
Mayer said that as a celebrity, he cannot talk to a therapist about these issues because they cannot be related to celebrity life.
“You talk to a therapist and ask, ‘Have you ever seen your ex-girlfriend on a billboard?'” he said before revealing how awkward the experience was.
But despite the potential problems, Mendes is open to dating another artist in the industry.
“The pain of hearing a song about you in a way you don’t want to be talked about doesn’t even come close to the beauty of falling in love with someone for the first time,” he told Mayer.
Neither named any female artists, but Mayer famously dated Perry from 2012 and 2015 and Swift dated the singer from December 2009 to February 2010. The song “Dear John ” is widely believed to be about him, but that has not been confirmed. .
Mendes is rumored to be at the center of a love triangle between Cabello and Carpenter. He recently opened up about the situation.
“I’m going out with someone. Two days before going out with my ex, I expressed that I was going out with my ex because I had unresolved feelings. Maybe two days instead maybe two weeks,” Mendes told Mayer in the same interview.
“The biggest lesson I’ve ever heard is that no one walks out of this life without being hurt, and no one walks out of this life without hurting someone,” he added.
Mendes and Carpenter haven’t acknowledged each other since their split, but Cabello and Mendes remain close.
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