Camila Cabello Has Revealed The Reason Why She & Shawn Broke Up In 1st Interview About Their Split

Camila Cabello has given her first interview since breaking up with Shawn Mendes and she’s revealed why the couple split.

In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1’s New Music Daily, she blamed the breakup on a change in priorities.

“My priorities have fluctuated and my focus has changed throughout my life,” she started. “Those years that we were dating, I don’t even feel like, even while I was writing this album, and even still now, I guess, my focus is really on, how can I be a well-rounded person? And apart from my career, my focus wasn’t even on my career. This album literally was a tool of me becoming a more well-rounded person and acquiring intimacy with my collaborators. That was my number one intention, was not even, how do I make the best album and the best music? My number one intention was, how can I just make music with people that I want to f*cking have dinner with afterwards? How can me talking about these things help me build trust with people? How can I talk about the icky things that I haven’t talked about with anybody and then get it to a place where these people, because they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, I totally relate,’ can validate my own experience?”

“And same thing with those years that we were together,” she continued, addressing her relationship with Mendes. “My focus was just, how can I live a happy life and be in a healthy, happy relationship? I was doing therapy a lot. My focus really has shifted. And even now while I’m in promo mode, honestly, if I’m not having fun, what’s the fucking point? I think as I get older, yeah, the priorities shift. And I feel like that was that way for both of us. Because we both started so young too, we’re really learning how to be healthy adults. And that sometimes means not having your number one focus be your career. And that’s okay.”

Cabello also addressed how she looks at heartbreak now in the interview. “Something that my mom has always said to me, I remember my first two heartbreaks, me just being devastated. And my mom being like, ‘You’re devastated now, and you’re going to be devastated the next time that this happens to you,’” she said. “And you’re always like, ‘Oh my God, how am I going to… I’m never going to experience something like this again.’ And life proves you wrong every time. You just never know what’s around the corner. And my mom has literally always, multiple times, I’m like ‘This happened and then this happened.’ She’s like, ‘Asi es la vida,’ like, ‘That’s just the way life is.’”

Meanwhile an insider recently revealed that much like a lot of couples, apparently the most recent COVID lockdown took its toll on the pair.

“They had this intense relationship last year and spent months together during the lockdown in Miami,” an insider told People.

“They both seemed very happy and looked like they enjoyed having a break from working. Things are different now, though. It’s more back to normal life. They have careers that are taking them in different directions. They went from spending every day together to now not really spending any time together.”

Last week, E! reported that Shawn was the one who “initiated” the breakup. Apparently a bit over a week ago, Shawn “initiated the conversation” with Cabello, according to an insider. Although she was “very upset over the split,” she “agreed” it was for the best, that source added.

“The relationship was getting stale and complacent and they decided they are better off being friends,” E!’s source said.

Meanwhile another insider spilled to Entertainment Tonight that the breakup wasn’t one-sided.

“Shawn and Camila’s breakup was mutual,” the source said. “They realised they are in totally different places in their lives at this point, and it was time to end things. They’re both sad about the split, but doing their best to take care of themselves, stay busy, and surround themselves by loved ones.”

Earlier this week, Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello announced their split in a joint statement on Instagram that was shared to both of their IG Stories:

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. We so appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward.

Camila and Shawn.

End of a cringey era.

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