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Sabrina Carpenter Just Shared A Pretty Brutal TikTok, And Fans Think She Was Low-Key Shading Her Ex Barry Keoghan

Back in December, the news broke that Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan had split after around a year of dating, with the two first linked in December 2023.

For some extra context, they first went public at a Grammys afterparty in February 2024, and in June, Sabrina made pretty iconic use out of being in a relationship with an Oscar-nominated actor by casting him as her boyfriend in her “Please Please Please” music video.

While they kept their relationship pretty low-key for the most part, Sabrina was keen to put Barry’s acting prowess to good use by having him take on the role of her bad boy love interest, telling CBS News at the time: “I, genuinely — like, a not-even-biased opinion — I was like, 'Who's the greatest actor that I can find for this music video?' He was next to me in a chair and he was so excited about it.”

Needless to say, fans were obsessed with the way that Sabrina platformed their romance with a song that included sassy lyrics like: “I beg you don’t embarrass me, motherfucker,” and “If you wanna go and be stupid, don't do it in front of me / If you don't wanna cry to my music, don't make me hate you prolifically” — lyrics that didn’t age particularly well when the couple called time on their romance just six months later.

While neither star has commented publicly on their breakup, it was widely speculated at the time that Barry had cheated on Sabrina — a claim that a source vehemently denied to People magazine. An insider said: "He was always very faithful to her from the start. There was no third party involved in their break or at any other point in their relationship. Reports indicating otherwise are entirely fabricated."