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Sabrina Carpenter Reveals How Barry Keoghan Split Influenced Her New Album
Sabrina Carpenter has revealed how her public break-up inspired her latest album Man’s Best Friend.
In early 2024, it was revealed that the Grammy winner was dating the actor Barry Keoghan, until it was reported towards the end of last year that they had parted ways.
During a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, Sabrina spoke cryptically about the “intention” behind her latest release, while alluding to her recent split.
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“I think I came out of a sad situation, a lot less bitter than I intended or expected to,” the Espresso singer began. “With a little bit more of the like, ‘you know what? There’s two people involved and this is part of growing up’.”
She continued: “I don’t want to be enemies with people that I loved. I loved them. I think obviously it depends on what happens and what goes down and how much you feel like you can truly trust that person.
“But I feel like it is one of those situations where even the album starting with ‘Oh, boy’ was sort of an eye roll to yourself being like, ‘here we go again’. And I think that that’s something that feels very reflective of this time in my life where you don’t really have a lot of time to sort of mope and weep.
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“You kind of just got to get back out there – not even in a dating way, not even in a romantic way – just get back out there in terms of, if you’re staying inside and you’re thinking about how everything’s going wrong, everything’s going to go wrong and you’re going to be inside. But a lot of life is truly happening out there.
“So it’s that switching on that mindset of being like, ‘you know what? Just because you deal with something that’s difficult and maybe really hurts you, doesn’t mean that you’re damaged, doesn’t mean you can’t do it again, doesn’t mean you can’t open yourself up’. And I think this one was a newer heartbreak experience for me.”
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Sabrina’s fans immediately thought of the Saltburn star earlier this year when it was announced that the lead single from Man’s Best Friend would be titled Manchild (which went on to become her fourth UK number one single).
During an interview which aired on CBS Mornings last week, anchor Gayle King brought up the online “backlash” that Barry had been subjected to because of Sabrina’s “very loyal” fans, to which she responded: “Correct.”
“You know what’s funny? I feel pretty transparent going into any of my relationships, that I write songs. And I think they’re just as down for it,” she insisted, when asked if she felt bad for the online abuse levelled at her ex.
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“I think also most of the time, [my exes have been] pretty flattered when they get a song written about them, good or bad.”
Sabrina then insisted: “I think they’re just excited to get a shout-out. I’m not scared of men in that sense. I am scared of men sometimes, but I’m not scared in that sense.
“I think I will attract exactly who I’m supposed to attract.”
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During their relationship, Sabrina and Barry made several public appearances together, including when he co-starred in her Please Please Please music video.
In the days after their split was made public, the Oscar-nominated actor announced he was taking a step back from social media due to hateful comments that were being posted on his accounts, specifically about his appearance, upbringing and skills as a father.
Rylan Clark’s Immigration Comments On This Morning Spark Wave Of Ofcom Complaints
TV watchdog Ofcom has announced it has received hundreds of complaints over controversial comments made by Rylan Clark on This Morning last week.
While guest presenting the ITV daytime show towards the end of August, Rylan chaired a debate during which he wrongly claimed that asylum seekers entering the UK are given free phones and iPads and put up at luxury hotels.
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He said: “This country is built on immigration – legal immigration. You know, a lot of the nurses and the doctors that have saved my mum’s life have come over here from other countries, are living a great life, they’re paying into this tax system and they’re helping this country thrive.”
The former X Factor contestant then continued: “I find it absolutely insane that all these people are risking their lives coming across the Channel like they are, and when they get here, it does seem – and I think this is why a lot of Labour voters as well are now sitting there going, ‘there’s something wrong here’ – it seems, ‘welcome, come on in’.”
He went on to claim that the “narrative we’re being fed” is “here’s the hotel, here’s the phone, here’s the iPad, here’s the NHS in reception of your hotel, here’s three meals a day, here’s a games room in the hotel, have a lovely time, welcome”.
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“And then, there’s people that have lived here all their lives, that are struggling,” he added. “Our homeless, let’s not even discuss our homeless, there are people living on the streets, veterans, all of this.
“Now, this isn’t me getting on my soapbox because, let me be honest, everyone’s going to have an opinion about this and you’re going to upset someone some which way, but I believe that something major needs to be done about this.
“The money that it’s costing us, the amount of people that are in this country that we have no idea who they are, what they’ve done, what they’re capable of, and clearly, we see a lot of it in the press at the moment, some of what some are doing – not all – to people in this country… how can, if I turn up at Heathrow airport, if I turn up as a British citizen and I’ve left my passport in Spain, I’ve got to stand at that airport and won’t be let in… but if I arrive on a boat [from] Calais, I get taken to a four-star hotel?”
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As Rylan’s comments became more widely shared online, he was criticised by many from critics accusing him of parroting rhetoric popularised by Nigel arage and his Reform party, sharing mistruths about those seeking asylum in the UK and not being fully educated on the sensitive subject he was discussing.
On Wednesday, Ofcom disclosed that it had received 576 complaints over Rylan’s remarks, which will be assessed before the media regulator decides to take the matter any further, as is standard procedure.
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Posting on X hours after his comments aired, Rylan wrote: “You can be pro immigration and against illegal routes. You can support trans people and have the utmost respect for women. You can be heterosexual and still support gay rights. The list continues.
“Stop with this putting everyone in a box exercise and maybe have conversations instead of shouting on Twitter.”
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HuffPost UK contacted ITV for comment last week but did not receive a response.
Rylan continued to present This Morning for the rest of last week, with no further mention of the controversy.
