Camila Cabello Breaks Her Silence on Shawn Mendes Split: ‘My Focus Really Has Shifted’

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Mutual growth. Camila Cabello opened up about the reason for her split from Shawn Mendes and revealed where the former couple stands now.“As I get older, the priorities shift,” the “Havana” songstress, 25, said during a Thursday, March 3, interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “And I feel like that was that way for both of us.

Because we both started so young too, it’s like we’re really learning how to be healthy adults.”The former Fifth Harmony member and the “In My Blood” crooner, 23, called it quits in November 2021 after two years together. “Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever,” the pair wrote in a joint Instagram statement at the time. “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.”The Cinderella actress reiterated that statement on Thursday, noting that both she and Mendes had other things they wanted to focus on as they got older.“My priorities have fluctuated and my focus has changed throughout my life,” the “Don’t Go Yet” singer explained. “Those years that we were dating … 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?'”The Cuba native debuted her latest single, “Bam Bam,” on Friday, March 4, and fans immediately began speculating about how Cabello’s lyrics might relate to her and Mendes’ split.

The first verse, for example, includes the lines: “We were kids at the start, I guess we’re grown-ups now / Couldn’t never imagine even havin’ doubts, but not everything works out.”The Latin Grammy winner explained that the verse is about how “things change