Camila Cabello Named The Celebrity She Lost Her Virginity To At 20 And Said It Was “Late” To Have Her First Relationship
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Camila Cabello got candid about her first-ever relationship and how it “expanded” her world.
As I’m sure you’ll remember, Camila shot to fame as a member of the girl-group Fifth Harmony, which was formed on The X Factor in 2012. By 2016, she’d officially left the group, and now, at 27 years old, she’s in the throes of a successful career as a solo artist.
Over her years in the spotlight, Camila's most high-profile relationship has been with fellow musician Shawn Mendes, whom she dated from 2019 to 2021.
However, before she dated Shawn, Camila had a brief but seemingly very transformative romance with relationship coach and writer Matthew Hussey.
Speaking on Monday’s episode of the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepard, Camila looked back on her relationship with Matthew, whom she met on the set of The Today Show in early 2018 when she was 20 and he was about 30.
“I was outside where they have the TV with the scripts,” she recalled. “I had actually listened to his podcast before… I listened to his podcast before as a fan because he had, like, a dating podcast.”
Camila said she introduced herself to Matthew, and the pair hit it off from there.
Prior to their fateful meeting, Camila said she’d “never had a boyfriend” and felt incredibly “lonely,” despite being already pretty famous at the time.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God. I've never had a boyfriend,’” she told Dax. “There was, like, literally eight songs that were, like, basically, lonely. I am so lonely.”
With this being her first real relationship, Camila also revealed that she had sex for the first time with Matthew — describing it as a “beautiful” experience.
“That was my first relationship. It was late for my first,” she said, clarifying: “That was my first time having sex. First lovemaking was at 20, 21. … It was literally lovemaking. It was beautiful.”
Though their relationship ended in 2019, Camila only had positive things to say about her ex, who she described as “a great partner.”
“He was a really great person. It was, like, the perfect first relationship,” she said of Matthew. “Really expanded my world because he wasn't in my industry, too… He just really expanded my references.”
It was only a few months after her split from Matthew that Camila was first linked to Shawn. Meanwhile, Matthew went on to date Audrey Le Strat, who he married in October 2023.
You can listen to Camila’s full appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast here.
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