United Kingdom, Feb. 5 -- Dove Cameron was "celibate" before meeting her fiance.

The 30-year-old star first met Damiano David at the MTV VMAs back in 2022 - but it took another year before they started dating.

Dove said on the Call Her Daddy podcast: "I was like, 'This guy f****** hates me.' I was gonna go on with my night. I met a bunch of people. Everybody's like, 'Congrats.' I didn't think about it.

"Later I learned he was just, like, in a really bad place. It had nothing to do with me. But I took it personally, and I was like, 'F****** weird. Alright, bye.'"

Despite this, Dove and Damiano eventually started dating after meeting again at the 2023 VMAs.

She said: "We had a reason to talk. He was single, and I was single, and he was...