Rudy Mancuso Majorly Gushed About His Connection With Camila Mendes on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show'

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You: a person who loves nothing more than obsessing over celebrity relationships to the point where your therapist has...noted it!

Camila Mendes and Rudy Mancuso: an under-the-radar couple who are v cute and v worthy of the deep dive we're about to take into their relationship.

But before we get into it, a few top notes: Camila and Rudy connected on the set of their new film Música (which just dropped on Prime Video!!) and have been going strong since. So, like, they met on a rom-com and are now living a rom-com. It's all just very! cute! Also, this timeline is in reverse chronological order with fresh updates at the tippy top, so scroll all the way down for the true beginning.

April 11, 2024

Rudy made an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, where he dished about his mom setting him up with Brazilian girls throughout his life and gushed about his current GF, Camila. "We met on the project and she came on as a co-star and co-producer and there was a familiarity," he explained. "She's also Brazilian American. We're very excited," he continued before Kelly interjected, "Your mom is so happy."

"I'm convinced this whole film was orchestrated by [my mom]," Rudy joked before adding that his connection with Camila was "very organic" as they got to know each other in real life as their characters were meeting for the first time on screen. 🥹 Catch the full clip of cuteness here:

April 2, 2024

Camila and Rudy pulled up to a Q&A and Música screening at the 92nd Street Y in New York. In a v cute move, they coordinated in cute black-and-white outfits.

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March 27, 2024

Camila and Rudy attend the premiere of Música in Miami! The vibe is: doing what you love with who you love.

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March 12, 2024

Rudy fully gushes about Camila in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, where he says their on-screen chemistry in Música crossed over to real life.

"She's Brazilian American, she's beautiful, she's immensely talented, and she really connected and personalized Isabella, her character, which was amazing because as we were shooting, our characters were having conversations that her and I were having conversations about in real life, so the lines would often blur between Rudy and Isabella and Rudy and Camila because of how personalized it was. Rudy and Isabella's connection translated to real life," he said.

February 29, 2024

The trailer for Música drops and I, for one, am seated.

February 14, 2024

Camila posts a Valentine's Day tribute, shouting out Rudy for supporting her (and even editing their film from a hotel room so they could be together).

January 2, 2024

Camila and Rudy are snapped by paparazzi in New York City, a rite of passage for all celeb couples:

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September 9, 2023

These two are seen leaving Venice with Camila's Riverdale costar Lili Reinhart and her boyfriend Jack Martin. Meanwhile the fanciest couple's trip I've gone on involves the local Cheesecake Factory but k.

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September 3, 2023

Another day in Venice, another chic red carpet moment. (This is them at the amfAR Gala, in case you wanted specifics.)

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September 2, 2023

Rudy and Camila attend an Armani event in Venice:

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July 17, 2023

Picture doesn't need a caption, speaks for itself, etc.

July 10, 2023

The couple celebrates their one-year anniversary together (also we now know they got together on July 10, 2022 due to calendar math).

May 23, 2023

Status: Being Real together.

March 12, 2023

These two are straight-up adorable at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party.

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2023 vanity fair oscar party hosted by radhika jones inside
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February 14, 2023

It's Valentine's Day, so obviously this:

And obviously this:

February 13, 2023

Camila and Rudy go public with their relationship at New York Fashion Week. We love a fashion couple!

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January 26, 2023

Camila goes on the Going Mental podcast and confirms she's in a relationship buuuuut stays coy:

“I’d like to keep it that way, for now. I don’t know, I’m constantly changing my perspective on it,” she says. “The things is, I love so hard when I’m in love that I always want to show off my lover. I get so mushy gushy with that…[We've been together] a few months. It’s new, new. As of like June. I am still in the honeymoon [phase], but it’s one of those situations where I feel like, and I’m really trying to temper myself here. I don’t wanna like speak above and beyond, but I feel like I’ve known him my whole life, and that’s something I actually have never felt before.”

January 2, 2023

The pair is spotted chilling at the beach in Miami.

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November 8, 2022

Camila and Rudy go low-key public on Instagram (swipe to the last slide from this "life update").

October 30, 2022

Dating rumors kick off in earnest when Camila and Rudy show up at a Halloween party together:

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June 2022

Filming begins on Música! And naturally they connect/fall for each other on set (though, based on their one-year anniversary, they officially get together on July 10, 2022).

April 27, 2022

Deadline announces that Camila has joined Rudy's film Musica as an executive producer and star!

And that brings us back to the beginning. Scroll all the way back up for the latest!

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