Shawn Mendes Seems to Address Rumored Sabrina Carpenter and Camila Cabello Love Triangle

Mar. 15, 2025

Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes, and Sabrina Carpenter were in a rumored love triangle in early 2023.Photo:Noam Galai/Getty; Noam Galai/Getty; Gotham/WireImage

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Shawn Mendesis opening up about a complicated time in his love life.

In a preview clip for his upcoming Thursday, Dec. 12 interview withJohn Mayeron the “New Light” singer’s SiriusXM showHow’s Life, Mendes, 26, referenced a pastlove triangle.

“I’m with someone. Two days before going to hang with my ex, [I] express I’m going to hang with my ex because I have unresolved feelings,” Mendes told Mayer. “Maybe instead of two days it could have been two weeks.”

Mendes added, “The biggest lesson I’ve heard is no one gets out of this life without getting hurt, and no one gets out of this life without hurting someone.”

This narrative would align with the rumors that surrounded Mendes in early 2023. At the time, he was rumored to be datingSabrina Carpenter, though hedeniedthey were in a relationship. Around the same time, he was spotted rekindling his romance with exCamila Cabello.

John Mayer interviews Shawn Mendes on his ‘How’s Life’ SiriusXM show.How’s Life with John Mayer/Sirius XM

How’s Life with John Mayer/Sirius XM

Though none of the parties involved have directly commented on the situation, many fans think Carpenter let her music do the talking with her hit song “Taste.”

The lyrics of the revenge track read: “I heard you’re back together and if that’s true / You’ll just have to taste me when he’s kissin' you / If you want forever, I bet you do / Just know you’ll taste me too.”

Then in September, fans speculated that Cabello, 27, was making a dig at Carpenter, 25, during herperformance at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festivalwhile singing her and ex Mendes’ song “Señorita.”

“You say we’re just friends/But friends don’t know the way you…” Cabello sang, purposefully stopping before singing the next word “taste,” and instead putting a finger to her lips with a knowing look before continuing the song.

Cabello and Mendes first split in 2021 before briefly rekindling their romance in 2023.

“You’re just kind of like, it’s not a fit, it doesn’t feel right,” Cabellosaid on theCall Her Daddypodcastin March of their second split. “And I think, luckily, I was in a place in my life where it took me less time to realize that. It took us both less time to be like, ‘This doesn’t feel right and we don’t need to try so hard to make it work. It’s all good.’”

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

Echoing the sentiment, Mendes praised Cabello during aSeptember appearance on Jay Shetty’sOn Purposepodcast.

“She’s an amazing human being and she’s incredibly understanding and thoughtful and caring,” he said of the Fifth Harmony alum at the time. “So communicating with her is not difficult and that’s probably a huge part of it.”

As for Carpenter, the singer moved on to her romance withSaltburn’s Barry Keoghan, though asource confirmed to PEOPLEearlier this month that the former pair had split.

“They are both young and career-focused, so they’ve decided to take a break,” the insider said of Keoghan, 32, and Carpenter.

source: people.com