Shawn Mendes has cracked open the diary of 2023’s messiest moments and seems to be hinting at that rumored love triangle with Camila Cabello and Sabrina Carpenter. You know, the one that had everyone clutching their pearls and analyzing lyrics like it was the SATs.
ICYMI (where have you been?), the 26-year-old “Stitches” crooner sparked whispers of romance with Sabrina, the “Taste” pop star who apparently also has a taste for drama. This all happened right before Shawn decided to revisit the Camila chapter of his love story—for a brief, chaotic encore no one asked for.
Fans, being the internet sleuths they are, were convinced Sabrina dropped cryptic bars about this mess on her album Short n Sweet. Spoiler: Nothing about this triangle was short or sweet. But since none of the three musketeers confirmed anything, the theories remained in “we’re just asking questions” territory.
Now, Shawn has finally spilled a drop of the tea in a clip from his upcoming chat with John Mayer on SiriusXM’s How’s Life?—a title that’s already feeling like a setup for emotional oversharing.
Shawn’s Confession: A Timeline of “Oops”
In the clip, Shawn admits he was “with someone” (read: Sabrina?) while still untangling his feelings for an ex (read: Camila, obviously). And because life isn’t complicated enough, he thought, “Hey, what if I make this even messier?”
“Two days before going to hang with my ex, I told the person I was seeing, ‘BTW, I’m about to hang with my ex because I’ve got some unresolved feelings.’” Shawn explained, probably overthinking the timeline as much as we are. “Maybe instead of two days, it could’ve been two weeks.”
Yes, Shawn, maybe.
Life Lessons, the Mendes Edition
So, what did Shawn learn from this emotional rollercoaster of his own making? Apparently, he’s had a major epiphany about the human experience: “No one gets out of this life without getting hurt. And no one gets out of this life without hurting someone,” he mused.
Translation: Love triangles are like stepping on Legos—nobody wins, everyone cries.
Shawn Mendes might not have written a ballad about this (yet), but his reflection on heartbreak and honesty is giving very “sad boy on a couch at 3 a.m.” vibes. We’re just over here wondering if Sabrina and Camila have a group chat to roast him.