Becky G and Austin Mahone were still up-and-coming pop stars when they started dating, with the two prioritizing their careers over everything else. For that very reason, they decided to pause their relationship since they couldn’t find the time for each other.
“We actually kinda broke up a few days ago, just ’cause we’re so busy traveling and all that,” Mahone told ET, clarifying that the split was amicable and that there’s no bad blood between them. “We thought it was just kinda best if we just chill for a second, but we’re still super close. We’re close friends.”
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Becky G also opened up about the short-lived romance in her interview with Latina, explaining when the two first got together, she thought it was a dream come true. “I thought, ‘OMG, I’m living the teenage dream, a pop star dating a pop star,'” she dished. But since they were focused on their respective careers, they decided that staying friends was more important than trying to maintain a romantic relationship that would most likely fail. “We both really cared about each other, but we had to decide if we were going to stay in this until the wheels fall off and we hate each other, or if we’re going to put our friendship first,” she continued. “We both knew what was coming in our careers, and that we just have to press pause.”
