Sabrina Carpenter declares she’s ‘in love for the first time’ in rare comment about romance with Barry Keoghan and reveals the relationship advice ‘idol’ Taylor Swift gave her
Sabrina Carpenter has declared she is ‘in love for the first time’ during her romance with Irish actor Barry Keoghan.
The Espresso singer, 25, and Oscar nominee, 31, made their first official red carpet debut as a couple at the Met Gala in May, after first crossed paths at PFW last September before being spotted on a date a few months later.
Speak with Vanity fair Sabrina discussed her songwriting process, explaining how “idol” Taylor Swift taught her how to let an audience interpret the meaning of her songs: “I try not to tell people what a song is explicitly about.”
“People don’t always know what’s going on in someone’s mind, let alone a young girl navigating love and a lot of things for the first time.”
Sabrina coyly confirmed that her new single was inspired by Barry in the comments on his June 6 Instagram post announcing the video in which she quoted her own text: ‘I heard you’re an actor!’.
Sabrina Carpenter, 25, has declared she is ‘in love for the first time’ during her romance with Irish actor Barry Keoghan, 31
The couple made their first official red carpet debut as a couple at the Met Gala in May , after first crossing paths at PFW last September, before being spotted on a date a few months later (pictured together in her music video Please Please Please)
Speaking about her songwriting process, she said: βI don’t try to tell people what a song is explicitly about. People don’t always know what’s going on in someone’s mind, let alone a young girl who is looking for love and many things for the first time’
The lyrics read: ‘I heard you’re an actor, so act like a stand-up man / Whatever devil’s inside you, don’t let him out tonight / I tell them it’s just your culture and everyone rolls his eyes.’
While the pair also play a couple in the very steamy music video.
Elsewhere in the interview, Sabrina said how Taylor, 34, taught her there was no “how-to book” for dating in the public eye.
And went on to chat about the superstar after they became friends when Sabrina opened for her on the Australian, Singapore and South American legs of the Era tour earlier this year.
Telling the publication: ‘It’s amazing to grow up idolizing someone, and then to meet them, and it’s all the things you hoped they would be.’
βOn a personal level, she has really been there for me, and I am so grateful. That’s something she taught me very well; she has remained very human throughout.β
Sabrina’s declaration of love comes after she was coy about describing Barry as her boyfriend, even after casting him as her leading man in the Please Please Please music video.
To ask Rolling stone: ‘How do I avoid this question?’
The pair played a couple in the video for Sabrina’s latest release Please Please Please (pictured)
Sabrina coyly confirmed that her new single was inspired by Barry in the comments of his June 6 Instagram post announcing the video in which she quoted her own lyrics: “I heard you’re an actor!”
Sabrina’s declaration of love comes after she was coy about describing Barry as her boyfriend
Barry fathered 22-month-old son Brando during his two-year relationship with dental nurse Alyson Kierans, which ended in mid-2023
‘The [dating] pool is the pool, and when you meet people who feel authentic and are so brilliant and amazing in every way, that’s what you do’.
‘Obviously I write songs about exactly how I feel, so I can’t be too surprised that people are interested in who and what those songs are about. That’s something that comes with the territory.’
Barry fathered 22-month-old son Brando during his two-year relationship with dental nurse Alyson Kierans, which ended in mid-2023.
On April 1, the former Disney Channel star modeled the Stretch Lace campaign for Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand SKIMS, which infuriated Swifties due to their ongoing feud that started way back in 2016.
βAs much as people want to believe that you’re tuned in to every little thing, I don’t because I’m constantly working. In that scenario, I’ve been very, very communicative with [Taylor] about that situation, and I just love her so much and support her until the end,” Sabrina explained.
Elsewhere in the interview, Sabrina said how Taylor, 34, taught her there was no ‘how-to book’ for navigating a relationship in the glare of the public eye (pictured together on stage in Sydney)
Gushing over superstar Sabrina: ‘It’s beautiful to grow up idolizing someone, and then meeting them, and it’s all the things you hoped they would be’
Taylor is no stranger to living her life in the public eye (pictured with boyfriend Travis Kelce)
“So it wasn’t weird to me, but I know people will just say things because that’s all they have time for.”
It comes after Sabrina’s bodyguard accidentally hit a fan in the face with an umbrella while pushing photographers out of the way as she arrived at London’s BBC Radio 1 Studios on Tuesday.
She was led into the building by a muscular security guard, who pushed photographers and bystanders into the surrounding crowd.
But as the star entered the building, an umbrella used by a bodyguard appeared to hit a member of the audience in the face, who was standing to the side of the crown and holding a white stick.
The security member wore a black jacket and held a blue umbrella in an attempt to block the blonde artist’s gaze.
The member of the public shouted ‘woah my eye like’ as another staff member quickly checked if the man was okay.
As the commotion grew, Sabrina lowered her head and grabbed her guards.
Upon her arrival at the broadcast studio, she wore a cute, baby pink, form-fitting outfit.
MailOnline has contacted Sabrina’s representatives for comment.