Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello release joint statement confirming break-up

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have announced their shock split — but they’ve told fans their “love is stronger than ever” in a joint statement.

The summer of love is over.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello announced their break-up Wednesday evening US time on Instagram in a joint statement they posted to their respective Stories, the New York Post reports.

“Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for another as humans is stronger than ever,” the statement began.

“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. Camila and Shawn.”

The pair have vowed to remain ‘best friends’. Picture: Instagram.

The former couple flashed some skin at the Met Gala earlier this year. Picture: AFP.

The announcement seemingly comes out of left field: The Señorita collaborators were recently snapped engaging in some good old-fashioned Miami Beach PDA, looking every inch the couple. The locale had been a favourite getaway spot for the pair; they were also seen there in June.

Cabello, 24, was put in the position of shooting down engagement rumours recently after being seen with a ring on her left hand on social media. “I swear to God, I don’t know what hand the engagement ring goes on, so sometimes I’ll just, like, put it on ring finger,” she told Jimmy Fallon in August.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have dodged break-up rumours for years. Picture: Getty Images.

Pinning break-up rumours on the two singers seemed to be a pastime of internet trolls for the duration of their relationship: A little over a year ago, Cabello shut down the chatter by taking to Instagram to praise Mendes, 23, for his artistic vision.

The pair had been first linked in July 2019 and subsequently became so well-known throughout the pandemic for their PDA-laden walks that fans started the break-up rumour mill churning at one point simply because they hadn’t been seen making out in public for a spell.

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