Sabrina Carpenter has sent her fans into a spin after releasing a new music video in which she appears to ‘kill’ her ex-boyfriend Barry Keoghan.
The singer released a new version of her hit song Please, Please, Please, this time featuring a duet with country star Dolly Parton.
The original version of the song featured a music video in which her, at-the-time, boyfriend Keoghan appeared in.
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The actor, who is in his own right a near-household name at this point after his star turn in Saltburn, led to a great deal of media attention around the video.
Fans in particular were ecstatic, with one commenting on the original video: “Such a power move to have your real-life boyfriend star in a song about not messing up, but their chemistry is everything!”
Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to last, with reports stating the pair broke up last year.
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Though rumours claimed that Keoghan had cheated, these were not substantiated, but it still hasn’t stopped Carpenter from hitting back at him.
In the newest video, as Carpenter and Parton drive off into the distance, the camera pans around to show a body tied up in the back of their pickup truck.
The body in question has a bag over its head, but is unmistakably wearing the same outfit Keoghan was wearing in the first video.
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This, predictably, led to an online meltdown by fans.
One posted on Twitter saying: “IS THAT WHO I THINK IT IS IN YOUR TRUCK BED-“
Another posted a comment on the YouTube video saying: “A song revolving around your ex dropping on Valentine’s Day with DOLLY PARTON is devious work.”
A third fan commented saying: “My jaw actually dropped when she showed Barry in the back. I love it so much. She’s making things right.”
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A fourth fan posted on Twitter: “Her getting DOLLY PARTON on the this song, dropping it on Valentine's Day, and shading Barry in this music video is such a slay I love this so much.
“I had no clue until I got it recommended rn on YouTube.”
Following the pair’s breakup Keoghan issued a statement on the ‘disgusting’ behaviour of fans online.
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Posting to X in December of last year he said: “I can only sit and take so much.
“My name has been dragged across the internet in ways I usually don’t respond to.
“I have to respond now because it’s getting to a place where there are too many lines being crossed. I deactivated my account because I can no longer let this stuff distract from my family and my work.”
Keoghan went on to state that he had received abuse via messages, saying: “The messages I have received no person should ever have to read them.
“Absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary about my appearance, character, how I am as a parent and every other inhumane thing you can imagine.
“Dragging my character and everything I worked extremely hard for and stand for.”
He went on to state that people had insulted his dead mother, knocked on his grandmother’s door and waited outside his son’s house.
He finished by saying: “I need you to remember he has to read ALL of this about his father when he is older. Please be respectful to all. Thank u x.”
Michael Slavin