Barry Keoghan has been hit with unsubstantiated claims he cheated on Sabrina Carpenter after it was reported the pair had split after a year of dating.
A source told People that the couple has decided to go their separate ways in an effort to focus on their respective careers.
Now, a blind item on gossip site Deuxmoi has claimed that a rift between a rising pop star and her “foreign actor boyfriend” happened because he cheated on her with a “semi-famous TikTok influencer.”
Although the item didn’t mention Barry or Sabrina, fans were quick to claim the piece was about them.
The item read: “Looks like this A-list singer, who is having her breakout year, and her foreign actor boyfriend are done for good.
‘On the closing night of her biggest tour to date in LA, he was busy getting cozy at San Vicente Bungalows with a blonde, semi-famous, LA-based influencer (who is especially big on TikTok).
Barry Keoghan has been hit with baseless claims he cheated on Sabrina Carpenter after it was reported the pair had split after a year of dating
“I did a little poking around out of curiosity and apparently he and his pop star girlfriend called it quits very suddenly, less than a week before her final shows in LA, after she found out he’d been dating that influencer behind her back for months.” was chatting. -completely innocent…’
The item also claimed that the influencer had ‘even gone looking’ [Barry] while he was filming in Britain, and was keen to keep him company while his girlfriend was on tour in the US.
They added, “He had messed up before and she had forgiven him, but nothing so serious and infidelity is where she draws the line.”
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan for comment.
Following reports of the split, fans of the couple couldn’t contain their feelings, taking to social media to express a mix of sadness and relief over the breakup.
“Damn, the fans are going to do that [go] furious,” someone astutely wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Well, happy new beginnings for both Sabrina and Barry if it’s true.”
“Omg I’m heartbroken,” another fan added, including a broken heart and sobbing emojis.
‘Shame. Oh no. Sad to hear,” one poster wrote.
A source told People that the couple has decided to go their separate ways in an effort to focus on their respective careers
Following reports of the split, fans of the couple couldn’t contain their feelings, taking to social media to express a mix of sadness and relief over the breakup (Sabrina pictured last month)
But another fan, who seemed pleased by the report, wrote: “Good because she can do much better.”
One fan baselessly theorized that the seven-year age difference between the pair led to the end of their relationship.
‘I told you guysssssss that this was never the age difference at all duhhhhh [sic]’, they wrote on X.
Another fan made a lame joke, referencing Sabrina’s hit: “The guy said he wanted some decaf and was tired of espresso.”
Some fans joked that they thought they had a chance with one of the new single stars.
“Good to know he’s single now…” someone wrote about Barry.
Some of Sabrina’s fans reacted to the breakup report through the prism of her music.
‘we’re getting a heartbeat break album omfg [sic]’, someone says enthusiastically.
There were few public signs of trouble in paradise for the all-star couple.
Earlier in November, the Banshees Of Inisherin actor had complimented his love on her work ethic after earning her first ever Grammy Award nominations.
Just a few days earlier, he shared that he was “incredibly blessed” to be with Sabrina while appearing on Louis Theroux’s podcast, but those comments were a departure for the usually lipsticked couple, and it looks like they’re no longer have made. substantial comments about their relationship in recent weeks.
Sabrina and Barry were first linked in early December 2023.
The couple had met a few months earlier, in September. The Espresso singer attended a screening of Barry’s polarizing thriller Saltburn earlier this month, which may have prepared her for their official meeting at the Givenchy fashion show during Paris Fashion Week.
Sabrina and Barry’s relationship became so heated that he even starred with her in the music video for her single Please Please Please.
The lovebirds played a Bonnie and Clyde-esque duo in the video. Sabrina appeared as a woman released from prison just as the heartthrob was jailed.
But she got more than she bargained for after saving him, when she became embroiled in a bloody confrontation with a mob boss and an armed bank robbery led by Barry’s character.
Sabrina claimed at the time that she chose Barry to star in the video with her because she thought he was one of the most talented actors of his generation, and not just because he was her boyfriend.
Although the couple made few public statements about their romance, the movie star appeared to be a committed boyfriend in public after attending Sabrina’s performance at the Coachella Music Festival in April this year.
But there were hints of trouble between Sabrina and Barry when a source claimed to People in August that the couple’s relationship was “on and off.”
Barry previously had long-term relationships with Shona Guerin (from 2017 to 2020) and Alyson Kierans (from 2021 to 2023).
He and Kierans welcomed a son named Brando in 2022.
Sabrina previously had a high-profile romance with Disney Channel actor Joshua Bassett from 2020 to 2021, and early last year she was linked to singer Shawn Mendes.