A year has passed since Fifth Harmony's controversial MTV VMA performance, and for the first time, former member Camila Cabello spoke about the issue.
In an interview with The New York Times, Cabello recounted how hurt she was when she saw the whole thing live with her mother at home. "It definitely hurt my feelings," Cabello said. "I wasn't expecting it, I wasn't prepared for it — especially because at that point I'd moved on from it. I was just like, 'What? Why?'"
During the beginning of Fifth Harmony's performance of "Down," the singers went to the stage with what appeared to be a fifth member, until she was yanked off behind the stage. According to the group, that move wasn't meant to diss their former group member.
"We get asked all the time if we're getting a fifth member and we wanted to show the world in an artistic way that hey the four of us are Fifth Harmony," Brooke told host Lara Spencer on Good Morning America. "And we're stronger and better than we've ever been."
Even though Cabello admitted that she was hurt from what happened, she said that she isn't planning to hold it out against them. "I have to make space for the good stuff to happen in my life," she said. "I don't like holding onto the past, especially when it's stuff that, in my opinion, is just petty."
She also opened up to the publication for the first time how her rift with her former bandmates started. She said it was around the time she released a title with Shawn Mendes-- 2015's "I Know What You Did Last Summer." She was the first one outside the band to release music outside their group, resulting in an obvious animosity between her and her bandmates.
From there, the tension grew until she was given an ultimatum to work solo or stay in the band. She extricated herself from the group after that. "It became clear that it was not possible to do solo stuff and be in the group at the same time," Cabello explained. "If anyone wants to explore their individuality, it's not right for people to tell you no."
Now, with a buzzing career ahead of her and her first self-titled Album, "Camila," the 20-year-old singer wants nothing but positive energy to enter her life. Already, her album has reached the number one spot on 99 iTunes charts around the world, breaking music history.
