Camila Cabello Recalls ‘Impulsive’ Decision to Briefly Get Back Together With Shawn Mendes

Camila Cabello sipped wine and spilled tea during her Wednesday (March 6) interview on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast — especially where Shawn Mendes was concerned.

Sitting down with a glass of red in hand, the 27-year-old singer was asked point-blank about her relationship with her “Señorita” duet partner, whom she dated for about two years before breaking up for the first time in November 2021. Flash forward to spring of 2023, when the couple seemingly rekindled their romance. But after packing on the PDA at Coachella and attending one of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows together, the pair called it quits once again.

“It’s crazy because I’m kind of impulsive in that way,” Cabello told Cooper, reflecting on why she got back together with Mendes in the first place. “If I feel it, I say it. I would rather say it and see what happens and then wake up the next day and find out that it’s been heavily documented. I opted for that route. It is what it is. It was a fun time; it was a fun moment.”

“I will always care about him and love him. He’s such a good person,” she continued. “I’m lucky ’cause some people have exes who are awful, and he is not. He’s a really kind, good person.”

The “Havana” singer went on to share why she and Mendes broke up a second time. “It wasn’t even like a decision. I think you’re just kind of like, ‘Yeah this doesn’t really … it’s not a fit — it doesn’t feel right,’” she said. “Luckily, I was in a place in my life where … it took us both less time to be like, ‘This doesn’t feel right and we don’t really need to try so hard to make it work. It’s all good, let’s move on.’”

“The worst thing you can life with is a ‘What if?’” Cabello added.

The X-Factor alum, who recently teased her upcoming single on social media, also confirmed that she’s currently single. “I love it,” she told Cooper. “But also, I’ve been in relationships a lot since I started dating. It feels fun to just get to know people and talk and see what happens.”

But that doesn’t mean the heartbreaks she’s experienced in the past don’t still sting. “It feels very out of your control,” Cabello said, speaking generally about her past breakups. “Sometimes it’s like, ‘I wanted it to be this person so bad.’ But it’s not, and that feels really hard to let go. To be like, I really wanted this, but the fact that I can’t make this person who I wanted them to be … it’s really tough.”

Listen to Cabello’s Call Her Daddy interview below.