Dove Cameron opens up about ‘public’ romance with Damiano David

Dove Cameron, an American singer and actress, sat down for an interview with People where she opened up about her relationship with Maneskin member, Damiano David.

After intense speculations and rumours of dating, she ended up confirming their relationship in February 2024.

"We had a conversation early on, because it's a weird thing that you have to talk about," she explained, "He was like, 'If someone in high school, or who's a lawyer, nurse or working at a coffee shop can post a picture of their partner and share the normal, beautiful parts of their lives, why should it be different for us?'”

She admitted that she had previously felt "so much anxiety" about going public with her relationships, "I've been public in the past and I've had some not-so-public relationships that I was a little bit less inclined to share. Not because of the people I was seeing, but because it just felt like a scary thing to be really open about. It's like I got scared."

Cameron, who took a break from her career in 2023, continued, "I had done so much growing on my own, just in terms of being okay with who I was at this point in my life and feeling more like I could come back in the public eye. It was something I had to do a lot of work on, long before I met my partner."

"So it was like, 'Why not be a little more normal about this? It's a beautiful thing,'" she remarked, "It's so beautiful to be in love."

Did Damiano David write a song about Dove Cameron?

David wrote the song Born With A Broken Heart when he first began to date Cameron, but wasn’t sure if he was quite ready to be in a new relationship.

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