Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have been officially dating since July 2019, and things seem to be going very well for these two. Mendes told Entertainment Tonight's Katie Krause in a
video interview that he and his girlfriend of a year and a half have discussed getting engaged.
"Is she your forever person? Do you talk about an engagement one day?," Krause asked Mendes at about 1 minute and 45 seconds in the video below.
"Yeah, absolutely, I think for me it's always been if I'm not willing to talk about that stuff then I kind of check out a little bit, and I don't know, I really think when you know, you know," he said. "She's been one of my best friends since I was, like, 15 years old. I don't know, at the same time, I know we're really young so I don't want to jump, like, insanely fast, but I think when you find your person, you feel and you know that you have found your person."
Mendes added that he and Cabello, who he says is the subject of all of his songs, are affectionate people: "I think we are both super sensitive which creates a lot of sensitivity in our relationship, but we are songwriters so we are constantly searching for the best topics in life and I don't know, I am pretty mushy. I don't know what she would answer or how she would answer that. I feel like she would probably say I am much more mushy."
In an interview with Access Hollywood this week, Mendes added that he has loved Cabello for a long time—before they even got together.
"It takes a lot of courage to tell the woman that you love that you love her. I had five years of fear of getting rejected by her that just stopped me from doing it every time—or just confidence."
No matter who's "more mushy" these two still manage to be pretty adorable on a frequent basis. During the early days of lockdown, they did a livestream concert that was sponsored by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization.
When fans picked on Mendes for his long hair, Cabello defended him, saying she's a fan of his look.
"I like it a lot," she said. She even suggested a kind way fans could have said commented on his hair: "What's going on with your hair, Shawn? Oh my god I like it," she said in a positive tone. When a Shawn Mendes fan account commented that Mendes's hair lookede great, Cabello said, "I am 'Shawn Mendes Updates'—secretly."