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Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello may not be together as a couple anymore, but they’ll always be in each other’s lives.
In a new interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe published Thursday (Nov. 14), the Canadian singer-songwriter opened up about his lifelong friendship with the “Havana” musician, whom he dated 2019 to 2021 before they rekindled — and quickly ended — their romance in 2023. “I just think that we really know each other,” he said.
“I think we haven’t been the closest over the last couple of years, but I think we really know each other,” he continued. “We’ve spent a lot of time together. We really know each other’s hearts. So even when all of the sound and all the noise is happening, we can see through each other’s both pretty easily, and it’s just nice to have that.”
Both Mendes and Cabello have been increasingly open about their former relationship this past year, with the latter confirming on Call Her Daddy in March that they’d briefly tried to reconnect romantically before breaking up a second time. “I will always care about him and love him. He’s such a good person,” she said at the time. “I’m lucky ’cause some people have exes who are awful, and he is not. He’s a really kind, good person.”
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In September, Mendes added to the conversation by saying on the Jay Shetty Podcast that he and Cabello were “preserving [their] private little fire of love for each other.” When a fan tweeted after the episode, “they don’t play about each other” — in reference to the former flames — the “Mercy” singer replied on X, “no we don’t.”
Then, when fans asked him to clarify what he mean, Mendes added, “i guess to be honest it came from a place of being a little annoyed with all the projection over the last few months about us. I’m usually pretty good at just watching all the “noise” go by but lately it’s been kinda bugging me 🤷🏻♂️ feeling human i guess.”
Mendes’ interview with Lowe comes one day ahead of his fifth studio album, Shawn. The LP was originally supposed to arrive Oct. 18 but was pushed back to Nov. 15 nine days before it was initially intended to come out. The project will follow 2020’s Wonder, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Watch Mendes discuss his friendship with Cabello below.
Since Taylor Swift became a major part of Kansas City Chiefs games, a couple of announcers have tripped up when referring to her during game day broadcasts — but Joe Buck doesn’t plan to fall into that trap.
After co-announcer Troy Aikman mistakenly referred to the pop star as Travis Kelce’s “Mrs.” during the Chiefs vs. New Orleans Saints match on Monday, Buck revealed that such missteps wouldn’t fly in his house. “My daughters have warned me multiple times today: ‘Dad, I know you think you’re funny, don’t make any jokes,’” Buck told the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback on air.
Moments before that, cameras had panned to Swift’s reaction to one of Kelce’s second-quarter plays. As the “Anti-Hero” singer cheered and applauded her boyfriend, Aikman said: “The Mrs. likes it.”
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“You know they’re not married?” Buck corrected him at the time, to which Aikman replied, “I’m sure I’m in trouble for saying that.”
“I mean, it happens,” added Buck.
Aikman’s slip-up comes about 10 months after Tony Romo made headlines for a similar reason. During a Chiefs game in the 2023-24 season — which later saw Kansas City win the Super Bowl — Romo accidentally said during his broadcast, “As you see Kelce’s wife, Taylor Swift, in the audience … I’m sorry, girlfriend.”
Currently on a break from her global Eras Tour, Swift has attended several Chiefs games so far this season to cheer Kelce on. At her most recent outing to Arrowhead Stadium, the 14-time Grammy winner sported a plaid dress, platform boots and eye-catching glitter freckles on her cheeks.
After the game ended with a Chiefs victory 26-13, the tight end joined Swift in her box suite and leaned in for a PDA-filled moment, as captured on camera by a fan. The team remains undefeated with a 5-0 record, and will next face off against their 2024 Super Bowl opponents, the San Francisco 49ers, on Oct. 20.
Shawn Mendes is leveling with his audience about where he stands with Camila Cabello, as well as his thoughts on the recent uptick in gossip regarding their former romance and breakup.
The conversation first started in late September, when the “Stitches” singer-songwriter opened up on the Jay Shetty Podcast about how he and the C,XOXO artist have been “preserving [their] private little fire of love for each other” despite breaking up in 2023, two years after they first ended their romance in 2021. A couple days later, a fan commented, “they don’t play about each other” on a tweet quoting his podcast interview — and Mendes retweeted the comment and agreed, “no we don’t” on Wednesday (Oct. 2).
A couple hours after that, he came back online to clarify why he engaged with the comment in the first place. “i guess to be honest it came from a place of being a little annoyed with all the projection over the last few months about us,” Mendes wrote, referring to Cabello. “I’m usually pretty good at just watching all the ‘noise’ go by but lately it’s been kinda bugging me 🤷🏻♂️ feeling human i guess.”
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In a follow-up tweet, Mendes added, “yeah part of me knows quoting a tweet and saying that is gunna start a little spin up and i guess to be honest part of me just wanted to address it and actually have a real honest relationship with you guys about how it feels from my side.”
The “Mercy” artist didn’t specify in his posts, but much “noise” has indeed been made about his and Cabello’s relationship this year — particularly as it relates to Sabrina Carpenter. Following his first breakup from Cabello, Mendes was rumored to be dating the “Espresso” singer in early 2023, shortly after which he got back together with the “Havana” vocalist. Their rekindled romance only appeared to last a few months after that, and Cabello later confirmed that they’d split once again on Call Her Daddy.
Many fans have since speculated that Carpenter sings about the situation on her Billboard 200-topping new album Short n’ Sweet, particularly the track “Coincidence.” “What a surprise, your phone just died/ Your car drove itself from L.A. to her thighs/ Palm Springs looks nice, but who’s by your side?/ Damn it, she looks kinda like the girl you outgrew,” reads the song’s lyrics. “What a coincidence/ Oh wow, you just broke up again.”
No matter what, though, Mendes says that he and Cabello put in the work to stay on good terms. “I’ll be the first to text her, she’ll be the first to text me,” he added on Jay Shetty’s show Sept. 30, noting that the exes maintain “immense honesty” and “over-communication” to this day. “As long as we’re good, all the noise is just noise.”
See Mendes’ tweets below.
here we go i can do that ♥️i guess to be honest it came from a place of being a little annoyed with all the projection over the last few months about us. I’m usually pretty good at just watching all the “noise” go by but lately it’s been kinda bugging me 🤷🏻♂️ feeling human i… https://t.co/Kl7vcey8gl— Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes) October 2, 2024
and yeah part of me knows quoting a tweet and saying that is gunna start a little spin up and i guess to be honest part of me just wanted to address it and actually have a real honest relationship with you guys about how it feels from my side. I also would love to know how it…— Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes) October 2, 2024
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The pop star & the actor were first spotted together in late 2023.
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In addition to being engaged, Demi Lovato and Jutes are also dog parents.
Via Instagram on Sunday, the 31-year-old singer and her fiancé showed off their adorable puppy. In one photo, Lovato beams at Jutes — who is visible in a mirror reflection holding the camera — while cradling the tiny canine, dripping wet after a bath, in a towel in their arms. On the singer’s Story, she shared two more photos of the occasion, revealing that it was the pet’s first-ever bath.
The Camp Rock star also included a number of other snaps showing off the dog posing with a pickle toy, looking at its reflection in the mirror and asleep with its tongue sticking out. In their caption, Lovato shared the little guy’s name: “PICKLE.”
“My family,” Jutes commented with three heart-eye emojis.
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The post comes about seven months after the vocalist and rock musician — who helped write multiple songs on Lovato’s most recent album, Holy Fvck — got engaged over a year and a half after they started dating in 2022. “I’m still speechless,” Lovato wrote in a December Instagram post, sharing a photo of their engagement ring. “Last night was the best night of my life and I can’t believe I get to marry the love of my life @jutesmusic.”
“My love, I’m beyond excited to marry you..,” she continued at the time. “Every day I’ve spent with you has been a dream come true and I can’t wait to love and cherish you forever. Here’s to the rest of our lives. I love you baby.”
The pair also recently took a trip to Sedona, Arizona, to search for signs of extraterrestrial life on Earth, guided by two UFO specialists. “We saw incredible stuff – some captured on camera, some too quick to capture but all things we couldn’t explain,” Lovato, who previously investigated alien activity on their 2021 show Unidentified, wrote earlier this month, sharing photos with Jutes and grainy videos from the outing. “Do YOU believe?”
See Lovato’s post showing off Pickle below.