Shawn Mendes alluded to love triangle rumors involving him, Sabrina Carpenter and his ex Camila Cabello in a new interview.
The Stitches hitmaker, 26, appeared in a preview clip from an episode of John Mayer’s upcoming SiriusXM show. How is life?which will be released on Thursday.
In the clip, the Canadian singer, who recently admitted he was still “discovering” his sexuality, referenced a past love triangle and expressed regret over how he handled it.
“Two days before I go out with my ex, (I) express that I’m going out with my ex because I have unresolved feelings,” she told Mayer.
“Maybe instead of two days it could have been two weeks,” added Shawn, who previously also spoke of feeling pressure to be seen with women to prove that he “wasn’t gay.”
He also mentioned the “biggest lesson” he’s learned, telling Mayer: “no one gets out of this life without getting hurt, and no one gets out of this life without hurting someone.”
Shawn Mendes, 26, alluded to love triangle rumors involving him, Sabrina Carpenter, 25, and his ex Camila Cabello, 27, in a new interview.
He expressed regret over how he handled a past love triangle in a preview clip from an episode of John Mayer’s SiriusXM show, How’s Life; (L) Camila seen on December 6, (R) Sabrina seen on October 9
Fans were quick to connect the dots with the rumored love triangle and interpreted her comments as being about her pop star exes.
In early 2023, he was rumored to be dating 25-year-old Espresso creator Sabrina, although he denied that the pair were in a relationship.
During this time he was seen rekindling his romance with his ex Camila, 27.
Neither of them have addressed the love triangle, although many fans believe Sabrina hinted at it in her song ‘Taste’.
In the song, which she also performed in front of Camila and Shawn at the 2024 MTV VMAs, she sings: “I heard you guys are back together and if that’s true / You’ll have to taste me when he’s kissing you / If you want forever, I bet yes. Just know that you will test me too.’
‘Every time you close your eyes/And feel his lips, you’re feeling mine/And every time you breathe his air/I just know he was already there.’
In September 2024, Cabello sparked speculation that she was investigating Carpenter during her and her ex Mendes’ performance of her song Señorita at the iHeartRadio Music Festival.
‘You say we’re just friends/But friends don’t know how you…’ he sang, then paused the song before the lyrics ‘taste’ and instead put a finger to his lips with a knowing look. .
“Two days before I go out with my ex, (I) express that I’m going out with my ex because I have unresolved feelings,” she told Mayer.
“Maybe instead of two days it could have been two weeks,” Shawn added.
He also mentioned the “biggest lesson” he’s learned, telling Mayer: “no one gets out of this life without getting hurt, and no one gets out of this life without hurting someone.”
In early 2023, he was rumored to be dating Espresso hitmaker Sabrina. During this time he was seen rekindling his romance with his ex Camila; seen with Camila in 2021
Many fans believe Sabrina hinted at the triangle in her song ‘Taste’, where she sings: ‘I heard you guys are back together and if that’s true / You’ll have to taste me when I’m kissing you.’
Camila did not name Shawn or Sabrina on her album C, XOXO, but she did write several songs about him, and Sabrina is also referenced in the song June Gloom.
In the song, Camila, who wrote all the songs on the album, sings about their on-off relationship: ‘Will this ever end? / I guess I’ll go around and find out.’
She alludes to Sabrina with the lyrics, “She’s great, I hear/ I won’t be surprised if I saw the pictures,” before asking a very sexually explicit question about her.
Camila released her album C, XOXO on June 28, 2024.
Shortly after, Sabrina released a sassy song about Camila and Shawn called Taste, released on her new album Short n’ Sweet on August 23, 2024.
Cabello and Mendes initially dated from 2019 until their breakup in 2021. They then rekindled their romance in April 2023 after reuniting at Coachella, until they broke up again in June 2023.
Shawn was linked to Sabrina from January 2023 to April 2023.
Following their second split, Cabello shared on the Call Her Daddy podcast in March, “You just think it doesn’t fit, it doesn’t feel right.”
And I think, fortunately, I was at a point in my life where it took me less time to realize that. It took us both less time to say, “This doesn’t feel right and we don’t need to try as hard to make it work. It’s all good.”
Cabello and Mendes initially dated from 2019 until their breakup in 2021. They then rekindled their romance in April 2023 after reuniting at Coachella, until they broke up again in June 2023; seen in 2019
Meanwhile, Sabrina recently split from Irish actor Barry Keoghan, amid rumors that he cheated on her with OnlyFans star Breckie Hill; the couple seen in May at the Met Gala in New York
He added: “I will always care about him and love him.” He’s a good person and I’m lucky because some people have exes that are horrible and he doesn’t. “He is a very kind and good person.”
Shawn, Camila and Sabrina are apparently single at the moment.
Sabrina recently split from Irish actor Barry Keoghan, amid rumors that he cheated on her with OnlyFans star Breckie Hill.
Meanwhile, Camila and businessman Austin Kevitch separated in early 2024, after about eight months of dating.
Shawn is also single and recently got candid about his sexuality during his Colorado concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater in October.
“There’s something about my sexuality, and people have been talking about it for a long time,” he shared, saying it was “a little silly, because I think sexuality is a very complex thing and it’s very hard to pigeonhole.” .’
“The real truth about my life and my sexuality is, man, I’m just figuring it out like everyone else.”
“It always felt like an intrusion into something very personal to me. Something I was discovering in myself, something I had yet to discover and have yet to discover.’
‘And it’s very scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about it. And I’m trying to be really brave and allow myself to be a human being and feel things. And that’s all I really want to say about it for now.’
Shawn is currently single and recently admitted that he was still “discovering” his sexuality; he appears in the photo in 2023
He previously spoke about speculation about his sexuality on a 2018 show. rolling stone interview.
“I thought, ‘You fucking guys are so lucky that I’m not actually gay and I’m terrified of coming out,'” he said at the time.
‘That’s something that kills people. That’s how sensitive he is. Do you like the songs? Do you like me? Who cares if I’m gay?
He also spoke of feeling pressure to be seen with women to prove that he “wasn’t gay.”
‘Deep down in my heart, I feel like I need to be seen with someone, as a girl, in public, to show people that I’m not gay. Although in my heart I know it’s not a bad thing. There’s still a part of me that thinks that. And I hate that side of me.
He also previously sparked romance rumors with his chiropractor, Dr. Jocelyne Miranda, 52, last year.
Shawn was also linked to Big Brother UK’s Charlie Travers in 2023.