Dove Cameron Talks Thomas Doherty Breakup

Following the release of her single “LazyBaby” in April 2021, Dove Cameron started to open up about her split from longtime love Thomas Doherty. The former Descendants costars went their separate ways in October 2020 but waited nearly two months to publicly share the news of their split.

“Hi all, we know there have been some rumors and confusion lately about the status of our relationship and we wanted to set the record straight,” Dove shared via Instagram Stories in December 2020. “In October, Thomas and I decided to part ways. The decision was incredibly difficult, but we still have love for each other and will remain friends. Thank you for allowing us our privacy in this time.”

The Disney Channel alums first sparked romance rumors after meeting on the Descendants 2 set in 2016. They confirmed their relationship in February 2017 with Dove telling People at the time that they were “dating” but planned to keep the relationship to themselves so that it could be more “romantic and real.” Eventually, the former flames started sharing PDA-filled pictures on social media and gushing over each other in interviews. At one point, Thomas even told Entertainment Tonight that Dove was “the one” for him.

“She is just the most incredible person I’ve ever met,” he gushed in October 2019. “I think people see her as so talented — because obviously that’s her job, to perform and all the rest of it — but she’s the most compassionate and the most patient and the most genuine, loving person I’ve ever met. And so kind and so generous. She’s amazing. She really is. She’s so lovely. She doesn’t have a bad bone in her body.”

Similarly, Dove told ET a month later that “if I’m going to marry anyone, it’s going to be him.”

“I cry, like, every day when I’m with him because … he’s just the most pure, loving, selfless, generous, kind [person],” the blonde beauty said in November 2019. “His life is about the people that he loves, and I feel so lucky to be loved by someone like that.”

Since their split, both Dove and Thomas have appeared to start moving on. In March 2021, the new Gossip Girl actor packed on the PDA while out to dinner in New York City with model Yasmin Wijnaldum, according to photos obtained by E! News. Dove, for her part, shared a smooch with fellow musician Alexander 23 at the end of her “LazyBaby” music video. Neither actor has spoken about their current relationship status just yet. In fact, Dove told Access in April 2021 that she’s made the decision to keep her relationships under wraps going forward.

“My first two relationships were so public and so long-lasting, and everybody felt really involved in them for that reason,” she explained. So, what went wrong between Dove and Thomas? Scroll through our gallery for everything Dove said about her split from Thomas.

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The Breakup ‘F–ked’ Her Up

“I went through a very public breakup last year, and I was in a really bad place, like a really, really bad place,” Dove told Entertainment Tonight in June 2021. “The breakup f–ked me up … It was really hard, and I needed something that was going to get me from where I was, in the mourning process, into the other side.”

Despite their split, Dove explained that everything between herself and Thomas is “very amicable.”

“I personally believe we have many soulmates in this life, but I don’t think that somebody stops being a soulmate when you break up. I will love him differently now,” she told ET. “I think if you loved somebody that deeply, you’re always going to love them that deeply. He’s one of my favorite people in the world … I don’t think we could ever be not in a good place.”

Hard to Cope

“I went through a really bad breakup that was completely out of nowhere, so hard for my brain to even reconcile,” Dove told NYLON in April 2021. “I was not handling it well, and I dropped off the face of the planet. If I’m doing well, everybody hears about it. But if I’m doing badly, I’m gone.”

No Bad Blood

Dove told the publication that before dropping “LazyBaby” — which is not a diss track — she played it for her ex.

“I was like, ‘Hey, it’s important to me that you know I’m releasing this.’ So I played it for him, and he loves it,” Dove explained. “We’re good friends. We love each other forever. There’s a lot in the song that is not actually directly about him.”

Reflecting on the Split

“I went through a pretty intense breakup at the end of 2020, and I wanted to be able to turn that page and start fresh,” she told Access in April 2021 about creating “LazyBaby” after the split. “I didn’t want to wallow, and I didn’t want to make myself feel sadder. I wanted to celebrate the end of something and put a nice little bow on it for myself.”

She continued, “It’s not a breakup song, it’s a breakthrough song!”