Sabrina Carpenter takes savage swipe at ex Barry Keoghan as she announces new single
SABRINA Carpenter has made a not-so-thinly veiled jab at her ex Barry Keoghan with the announcement of her new single.
The Taste singer, who is known for her playful and sexual lyrics and stage show, teased her new single yesterday with a cheeky clip of her hitch-hiking in bum-exposing shorts.
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Now she’s revealed the name of the song – and made it known it was about someone in particular.
Taking to Instagram, she captioned the clip: “this one’s about you!! “Manchild” is out this Thursday 6/5 8pm EST♥️ special 7” vinyl available now’.”
A teaser of the vinyl also revealed the words: “Inside of your head when you’ve just won an argument with a man.”
While Sabrina didn’t explicitly say it was about Irish actor Barry Keoghan – who is set to play Ringo Starr in the upcoming four-part Beatles biopic film series – fans wasted no time in believing it was about the pair, considering their split last year.
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Sabrina and Barry were first connected in September 2023, making their first public appearance together at Grammys after-party in February 2024.
They later attended the MET Gala together, with Barry being seen on the side of the stage throughout some of Sabrina’s performances.
The actor, who shot to fame in Saltburn and Banshees of Inisherin, later had a starring role in her music video for Please Please Please, which depicts the story of a woman deciding to ignore warnings for a potential romance, but begging her love interest not to embarrass her.
However, in August, The Sun on Sunday confirmed Barry had been dumped by Sabrina for the first time after she grew tired of his party lifestyle.
A source said at the time: “Barry acts like an idiot when he is drunk and Sabrina was getting increasingly frustrated.
“He has always been a party animal and Sabrina was fed up with his antics. She is soaring in the charts and is putting herself first as she gears up for her tour next month.”
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While they later reconnected, they officially ended for good in December.
It was believed that a combined pressure of her skyrocketing fame and tour schedule, plus his workload and party lifestyle, ultimately made the relationship unviable.
A source told People: “They are both young and career-focused, so they’ve decided to take a break.”
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