Camila Cabello is gracing the cover of the October issue of the ELLE magazine. As part of her coverage, Camila talks about new music, relationship with Shawn Mendes, insecurities and anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and being in love in general.
On the relationship with Shawn Mendes: “I don’t know; people can say whatever they want to say. They can speculate, but at the same time, we are going to live our own lives, enjoy it, and fall for each other like nobody is watching. That is how I want to live. I never want to open the door for people to feel like they are involved. Like I said, I want it to be mine and [his]. That’s why I’m so tight-lipped about it: because I want to protect it.”
On obsessive-compulsive disorder: “The compulsive behavior happened to me as far back as elementary school. But the OCD, the more difficult side of it, came full swing at the end of my time with the group. I was under insane amounts of stress, and it was too much anxiety for me to handle; it turned into OCD. I’ve never taken medicine. I learned a lot of self-soothing and coping mechanisms to rewire my brain along the way. I think learning how to navigate it and be gentle with it—and even love it—makes you a better person in the end.”
Read the entire interview with Camila here.
View the images of Camila taken for the ELLE magazine (courtesy of ELLE).
