Selena Gomezhad a highly publicized on-again-off-again relationship with fellow singerJustin Bieberfor the better part of eight years.

Like her relationship with Bieber, the pairing of Gomez and Puth simply wasn’t meant to be.

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Selena Gomez smiles at an event

He then went on to add, “And that’s what was happening [with Gomez].

Very short-lived, very small, but very impactful.

And it really messed me up.

Charlie Puth at the Kids' Choice Awards

And I think I knew that going in what I was getting myself into.”

Gomez, for her part, has never commented on the situation directly.