Camila Cabello Opened Up About Pressure to Look a Certain Way

Camila Cabello got real about what it’s like to deal with being in the public eye and the superficial pressures that come with it.

In an interview with New Beauty following her appearance on the runway at the L’Oréal Paris’ Le Défilé Walk Your Worth last week, Cabello, 26, talked about what female empowerment means to her and how being famous at a young age impacted her.

The singer said that she goes through “phases” where she dips “in and out” of the public eye in order to preserve her mental health.

“I’ve had to take my phases where I’ve been more of a recluse, kind of hiding out, and almost pretending that I wasn’t in the public eye,” Cabello said. “There are times in my life where I really, truly forget I’m in the public eye, even though I am. And then months later, I’ll rejoin social media and be like, ‘Oh, they got all these terrible pictures of me.’”

As far as pressure to look a certain way, Cabello said she feels similarly about her body image as she does about being famous and goes through “chapters” where “I just don’t care.”

“I’ve had healthy times where I’ve probably fluctuated a lot with my weight, and I was like ‘whatever—I’m just going live my life like a normal person,’” she continued. “And then there’s other times where I feel more exposed or vulnerable; I see more pictures of myself, I come more in contact with that part of the job. And then I definitely feel the pressure.”

Cabello continued: “But I think for me, there just has to be a line that you draw where you say, ‘I have to take care of myself’ and everything is cool within the frame of my integrity without betraying myself.”