Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello End Five Years of Friendship

Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello ended their relationship after two years together.

The pair, who started dating in July 2019 after five years of friendship, said they have ‘more love for one another than ever’ as they broke the news by sharing joint statements on Instagram.

The pair wrote: ‘Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever.

‘We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends, so we appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward.’

Camilla and Shawn first met when Camilla and her bandmates (Fifth Harmony) opened for Austin Mahoney tour.

 

 

However, they didn’t get so close straight away, with Camilla later admitting in an interview: ‘I wanted to hang out with you, but you were always on the tour bus, just learning

In August 2015, they had their first photoshoot, while their song Senorita saw much more success; Shawn and Camilla first worked together on their song ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’.

While romance rumours swirled, the pair were just friends at this point. In 2017, a cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Kiss Me” did nothing to eliminate the rumour. May 2018 Shawn says Camilla is his favourite person, before their romance, Shawn made no secret of his admiration for Camilla.

In an interview, he said; ‘Oh my God, she is my favourite person in the whole world.

 

 

 

‘I don’t think you’ll ever meet somebody who can feel emotion like her, in all aspects. Her love for what she believed in was so powerful that it just kind of pushed me to like make an entire album out of the inspiration of the one night.’

Shortly before they finally confirmed they were together, Shawn and Camilla released their song Senorita, complete with a steamy video.

Around the same time, it was reported that Camilla had split from her boyfriend Matthew Hussey.

However, in July 2019 they started dating the pair spending July the Fourth together. They were also pictured holding hands during an outing in West Hollywood

In August 2019 MTV VMAs, reports that they had finally made things official, Shawn and Camilla performed their song Senorita. They teased everyone with an almost kiss, but it’s safe to say there was no doubt about their relationship status after that.

 

The couple confirmed their romance in a very memorable way, joking about fans judging their kisses.

‘So we saw like on Twitter and stuff, you guys saying about the way we were kissing and how it looks weird. Like we kiss like fish,’ Shawn said.

‘We just want to show you how we really kiss,’ Shawn added, planting a sloppy kiss on his girlfriend.

By October, the pair was very open about their romance, with Camilla saying in an interview, ‘We’re pretty happy — I really, really love him a lot.

 

 

 

‘This song was really fun because we got to just hang out again as we did on the song we did before, I Know What You Did Last Summer, which is when we got really close.’

November 2019, Camilla and Shawn had a tattoo together; they were clearly inseparable by November, getting tattoos together.

Shawn got a letter behind his ear for his 16-year-old sister, Aaliyah, while Camilla got ‘it’s a mystery on her finger, a reference to the film Shakespeare in Love.

2021 during the lockdown, Shawn and Camilla spent much of last year at home but they ended up having a blast during the lockdown.

 

Shawn said: ‘Camilla and I were so lucky because we were able to just kind of be in a still moment, and it was the first time in the past six years that we’ve been just able to relax and not work at all.’ The singer also shared that the pair ‘were going on bike rides around Miami’ admitting ‘it just felt really beautiful.’

Shawn added that lockdown brought up a lot of ‘nostalgia,’ adding: ‘It really brought us together.’

 

Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello End Five Years of Friendship 

 

In July 2021 they celebrated their 2 years anniversary; both Shawn and Camilla shared sweet posts for their two-year anniversary.

Camilla wrote, ‘Happy anniversary Kuko ❤️ here’s to more joy, more friendship, and more love ❤️’.

Shawn added: ‘Happy 2 years my baby ♥️’

 

In September 2021, a Cindarella photo of the pair kissing was shared with the caption, ‘Congratulations my love, I’m so proud of you.

‘I’ve never seen anybody work as hard as you did to show up every day and be truly professional, kind and authentic. I admire you so much. Such a beautiful movie with a beautiful message 🤍 te amo mi vida

Sadly, in November 2021 they break up, Shawn and Camilla have now announced that they’ve ended their romantic relationship.

They didn’t share a reason for their split but are still clearly great friends.