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Dove Cameron Says Depression and Celibacy Delayed Romance With Damiano David

In a new Call Her Daddy interview, she frames their eventual start as a matter of timing.

Overview

  • Cameron recounts first meeting David at the 2022 VMAs, where his distant demeanor led her to assume he disliked her before learning he was in a difficult place.
  • She says she was in a year-long depressive period and intentionally celibate at the time, which left her uninterested in dating.
  • Cameron disputes the claim that she slid into David’s DMs, saying she merely reposted a performance video and tagged Måneskin as a fan.
  • They reconnected at the 2023 VMAs, he invited her to a Måneskin show at Madison Square Garden, and they soon began dating.
  • The couple made their relationship public in February 2024 and announced their engagement in January 2026.