Remember when the entire internet was convinced Shawn Mendes was dating his chiropractor? Yeah, not so much, lol. Shawn is actually dating fellow musician Sabrina Carpenter, and if you're in the mood to read into secret clues in his necklace choices (we'll get to them in a min), it looks like they may have been together as early as January 2023. Here's a full timeline of everything we know about Shawn and Sabrina's relationship so far, including footage of them being what can only be described as v thirsty at an Oscars after-party.
February 19, 2023
Relationship rumors kick off when a tipster writes into DeuxMoi saying, “Spotted Shawn Mendes and Sabrina Carpenter on clearly a date at Horses anon pls. Thursday night.” DeuxMoi asks for more details and the tipster adds, “Sabrina was in a little brown miniskirt and clearly was Shawn newly shaved head wearing white sweater. They were verrrry comfortable.”
Innnnnnteresting.
February 27, 2023
Us Weekly posts pictures of Shawn and Sabrina walking around L.A.! It definitely adds fuel to the rumor fire, but honestly they could've just be friends at this point.
March 10, 2023
Shawn and Sabrina are spotted leaving Miley Cyrus's album release party together. They attempt to do the whole ~one of them walks out first and rushes to the car~ thing, but please. We're not new here.
March 12, 2023
Shawn and Sabrina both attend Vanity Fair's Oscars after-party, and while they don't pose together on the red carpet... they are spotted chatting in the background of this video leaning into each other and chatting:
Plus Sabrina is seen looking in Shawn's direction not once, but twice while doing a red carpet interview:
Safe to say she. is. smitten.
March 13, 2023
A source finallllly confirms that Shawn and Sabrina are, in fact, dating, telling Entertainment Tonight, "Shawn and Sabrina are seeing each other. They have been hanging out a lot and trying to keep things low-key. They were at a birthday party together a couple weeks ago and were cute together. Shawn is happy."
The source also confirms that Shawn was not dating his chiropractor Dr. Jocelyn Miranda, explaining, "It has never been romantic between them." Noted!
March 14, 2023
Fans realize that Shawn has potentially been wearing a necklace with Sabrina's birthstone since as far back as January!
And he wore it under his sheer turtleneck to the Vanity Fair party:
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March 17, 2023
Shawn breaks his silence on Sabrina rumors, telling RTL Boulevard “We are not dating.”
I mean, kay, but for what it's worth Shawn also denied dating Camila Cabello when they most definitely were together, so....
Annnd that brings us up to date! We'll let you know the next time something major and/or birthstone-related happens.
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