When it comes to relationships, Camila Cabello is most known for her long-term love with Shawn Mendes. The former couple first revealed that they were dating in July 2019 and were together for more than two years until calling it quits in November 2021. Before going from friends to lovers with the “In My Blood” crooner, the former Fifth Harmony member was rumored to date some other famous faces in the past.
Camila knew Shawn for a long time before he became her beau, but it took years for her to think of him as more than a friend. “You know, I thought he was cute but I was like, ‘He’s doing other stuff, so whatever,’” Camila said during Shawn’s 2020 Netflix documentary In Wonder, recalling the first time they met.
“And then, I guess it must have been about four or five years ago, we were backstage at this Taylor Swift show. I went to his dressing room to say hi. And we, like, started writing this song. Then after that, we like, spent a lot of time with each other because we had the song together and we did a whole Jingle Ball tour together. And that’s really when the f–king saga started. I really liked him. I guess he liked me, but I don’t really know.”
During the time they weren’t together Camila was romantically linked to Austin Mahone, Louis Tomlinson, Jacob Whitesides and Michael Clifford, among others in the past. After years of insisting they were nothing more than friends, Camila and Shawn confirmed their relationship in July 2019.
“Honestly, this past year and a half was the first time I really experienced falling in love with another person. I think there is so much more depth to love when you know you are in it with another person,” Camila told Elle magazine in September 2019. “You have so much more to say — I think that’s what makes me emotional.”
While they were together, the pair packed on the PDA and shared their romance with fans. In fact, fans even thought the couple got married in October 2020, but Shawn was quick to set the record straight. “We haven’t [tied the knot], but I did buy her a beautiful ring and I think she might have just wore it on this finger at some moment, just because she’s fun,” he told the Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp radio show.
But things came to an end in November 2021, when the pair announced that they had officially split.
“Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever,” they shared in a joint social media statement. “We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends. We so appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward.”
Scroll through our gallery to see Camila Cabello’s complete dating history.
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Austin Mahone
Camila and Austin started dating back in 2014, while Fifth Harmony was opening up for the “What About Love” crooner on his tour. It’s unclear why they split in the end, but things seem all good between them!
Austin spoke highly of Camila after she released the music video for her song “Havana,” telling Seventeen: “I thought it was really cool. She did a little acting in there, which was dope. She looked really beautiful as well. She’s really doing her thing right now and I’m very, very proud of her.”
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Louis Tomlinson
After Louis and Camila were spotted outside of an L.A. nightclub together in 2015, fans quickly started to speculate that they were dating. People were so convinced that they were an item, that they got #CongratulationsLouisAndCamila to trend on Twitter! It’s still unclear whether or not anything actually happened between them, or if they were just hanging out as friends.
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Michael Clifford
When Michael and Camila were spotted on a dinner date back 2015, rumors started to spread that they were secretly dating. Neither spoke about what went down between them.
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Jacob Whitesides
After Jacob posted a bunch of pics with Camila online, fans quickly started shipping the duo. He even admitted that he was crushing on the brunette beauty to MTV! “I’ve definitely been crushing on Camila. I’m sorry, Fifth Harmony fans. Don’t hate me,” he said. “It’s just a crush. I don’t look at her, don’t worry. I can’t make eye contact.”
But Jacob eventually shut down rumors that they were dating during an Instagram Live. “Me and Camila are friends,” he revealed. “If I want to f–king post a picture with her, I don’t need your approval!”
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Matthew Hussey
Camila was first linked to Matthew in early 2018, when the two were spotted smooching in Mexico. “Any time he’s there, I get super nervous. I stutter or my hands are shaky,” the singer told Marie Claire in November 2018. “It’s annoying, because we’ve been together for kind of like a long time now, but every time, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I have to talk now.’ He’s so similar to me. In person, we’re just weird and silly and stupid together. He makes me the happiest I’ve ever been in my life.”
But in June 2019, just one month before Camila confirmed her relationship with Shawn, news hit the web that she and the author had split after one year together.
She seemingly addressed the split on Instagram, writing, “To my fans, if you really love me, please do not send people I love and care about hateful things,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories, seemingly referring to their split. “You doing that really hurts me, and it’s so unnecessary and heavy and damaging to add more pain to pain. There’s a real person behind your tweets. You spamming them with hateful, insensitive things is really not funny, is causing all of us pain, and doesn’t at all reflect the values I talk about.”
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Shawn Mendes
Shawn and Camila went public with their romantic relationship in July 2019. For more than two years, they gushed over each other in various interviews and showcased their relationship on social media. In November 2021, the duo announced their split in a joint social media statement.
It was reported that they reconciled in 2023 after they were spotted kissing at Coachella in April of that year. However, multiple reports claimed that they had called it off by that summer.
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Austin Kevitch
The songstress sparked romance rumors with Austin in August 2022. However, it seems the two have since parted ways after a February 2023 newsletter sent to Lox Club (Austin’s dating app) subscribers noted that “Austin is single again.”
