Camila Cabello, who became a pop star with girl group Fifth Harmony and had a hit solo career, has often been in the news as much for her personal life as for her music.
Over the years, her partnerships have made headlines but she just shared one intimate detail about her love life that has impressed followers.
Now 27, the singer who was reportedly dating fellow pop sensation Shawn Mendes and opened up about her early dating experiences.
On her ”Call Her Daddy” and Dax Shepard’s ”Armchair Expert” podcasts, she shared her honest confessions about her personal journey through love, relationships and her first serious romance.
Cabello thought about her “perfect first relationship” during these chats.
Some believed her high-profile relationship with Mendes was the most important, but Cabello shocked listeners by revealing that she previously dated someone outside the music industry.
In 2018 she met this individual when she was promoting her song on the ”Today Show” set.
Cabello was actually a fan of Cabello before they met: He had even listened to his dating advice podcast.
For Cabello, this connection was life changing, she complimented her former lover with offering her new perspective.
This connection changed the way she looked at life, she said, because ‘he wasn’t in my industry, so he introduced me to things I’d never seen before, like Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Parts Unknown’ or Studio Ghibli films.’
But the partnership ended in June 2019, despite cherished memories.
After, Cabello moved on and started dating Mendes, while her ex husband wed in October 2023.
But she didn’t spill her relationship with Mendes when she told us her most private stories.
In an emotional statement, Cabello said she lost her v!rginity at age 20 when she dated ex-boyfriend Matthew Hussey, a relationship expert and frequent guest on ”This Morning.”
“That was my first time having s3x…” It was literally lovemaking. It was beautiful, and she explained what it meant to her.
But their romance ended, and Cabello considers it her first real relationship and a period of personal growth.
Cabello’s career is going strong with new song releases and celebrity status, but this chapter of her love life gives a rare insight into the star’s real life.
Framed throughout their music and personal development, Cabello’s recent revealing details how pivotal those early events were — even in the private aspects of her life.