The Internet has long known about the love triangle between pop stars Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello and Sabrina Carpenter. However, it was never resolved beyond the confusing lyrics— until now.
A quick recap, Mendes dated Cabello from July 2019 to November 2021 and Carpenter for a few months in 2023. In fact, Carpenter’s hit single “Taste” was rumored to be about Cabello and Mendes. In the song, Carpenter sings: “I heard you got back together and if it’s true / You’ll have to taste me when he kisses you / If you want forever, I bet you will / Just know you’ll taste it. Me too.” To add to the appeal, Carpenter cast Jenna Ortega, who has dark hair similar to Cabello’s natural hair, to play opposite her in the music video.
This comes after footage emerged of Mendes and Cabello kissing at Coachella during his alleged relationship with Carpenter in April 2023.
Mendes is known for keeping his love life private, only now starting to open up about exploring his sexuality and healing the hurt surrounding his identity.
However, when Mendes spoke to John Mayer on his SiriusXM radio show about “hanging out with his ex” while he was “with someone else,” many people put the pieces together to that this is related to Cabello and Carpenter.
In the preview clip for his upcoming interview with Mayer, due out on December 12, Mendes says, “I’m dating someone. Two days before hanging out with my ex , I expressed that I would go out with my ex because I had unresolved feelings. Maybe instead of two days it could be two weeks.”
Mendes added: “The biggest lesson I’ve heard is that no one walks out of this life unscathed, and no one walks out of this life without hurting someone.”
This timeline lines up with rumors that surfaced in early 2023, when Mendes was allegedly dating Carpenter while being spotted rekindling his romance with ex Cabello.
Although he and Carpenter never publicly acknowledged each other, he and Cabello broke up amicably. The female singer “Dade County Dreaming” shared above Call her dad podcast in March, “I will always care for him and love him. He’s a good person, and I’m lucky because some people have terrible exes, and he doesn’t. He’s the real deal.” is a good person, a good person.” Mendes also praised her and noted that she remains his emergency contact.
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