Camila Cabello Gets Real About Her Romance With Shawn Mendes: 'I Want To Protect It'

By right now, we're all well aware of the rumors that longtime pals Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes are, well, more than just companions. Between their steamy efficiency at this year's MTV Video Music Awards and the hot and heavy paparazzi photographs that have been making rounds on The world wide web in recent months, Shawnmila shippers have been eager for any group kind of verbal confirmation that the pop stars are actually dating. And in a new interview with Elle, Cabello opened up about why her relationship with Mendes is something they've chosen to stay quiet about.


"Love is the most sacred, precious thing to me," Cabello instructed them magazine. "I desire to habitually feel like my love is between me and that person, and never belonging to anyone else." And despite having a close connection with her fans, the "Shameless" singer's choice to stay quiet about her love life is only to preserve a sense of normalcy. "As much as I love my fans, and as much as I love people, I like to live my life as normally as possible," she mentioned. "In a relationship, it makes me feel uncomfortable to invite each person in on that."


Of course, not addressing speculation often only adds fuel to the rumors. Luckily, Cabello isn't very concerned about what folks are saying. As a substitute, she's using her energy on something far more satisfying: falling in love. "People can mention whichever they hope to mention she mentioned. "They can speculate, yet at the same time, we we'll live our own lives, like it, and fall for each other like nobody is watching."


Cabello also understands that while she welcomes the public into the most personalized parts of her life, she's starting up the floor for even more criticism about her and her relationship. "I never aspire to open the door for people to feel like they are involved," she instructed them mag. "Like I mentioned, I want it to be mine and [his]. That's why I'm so tight-lipped about it: because I want to protect it."


In addition to protecting the relationship, it's also one of the initial times (if not the first) that she's ever totally been in love. "Honestly, this past year as well as 1/2 was the initial time I really experienced falling in love with another person," she mentioned. And right now that she understands what love truly feels like, she's looking forward to releasing music that reflects her experience. "I think there really is so much more depth to love any time whenever you know you are in it with another person. You have so much more to mention — I think that's what makes me emotional."


And without saying also much, Cabello did leave us with a sweet comment about her longtime bond with Mendes. As soon as asked what it seemed like getting to work with the "If I Can't Have You" crooner on their hit group effort, "Señorita," Cabello mentioned, "I mean, I love him. We have habitually connected; we have the perfect time with each other Swoon.