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New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Sabrina Carpenter will ‘absolutely' consider banning phones at her concerts: It will ‘piss off my fans'
Please, please, please don't prove she's right. Sabrina Carpenter has claimed that she would 'absolutely' consider banning phones at future concerts after she had to lock up her own device during a recent show she attended. 'This will honestly piss off my fans, but absolutely,' the 26-year-old 'Espresso' singer told Rolling Stone about the possibility in an interview published Wednesday. Advertisement 7 Sabrina Carpenter has claimed that she would 'absolutely' consider banning phones at her future concerts. WireImage 7 Carpenter discussed the possibility of banning phones at her concerts during an interview with Rolling Stone on Wednesday. Stefano Giovannini Carpenter started thinking about having fans lock their phones away in pouches after seeing the Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak duo, Silk Sonic, do just that during a performance in Las Vegas. Advertisement 'They locked my phone,' she said. 'I've never had a better experience at a concert. I genuinely felt like I was back in the Seventies — wasn't alive. Genuinely felt like I was there.' 'Everyone's singing, dancing, looking at each other, and laughing,' she added. 'It really, really just felt so beautiful.' 7 'This will honestly piss off my fans, but absolutely,' the 'Espresso' singer said regarding the possibility. Andy Kropa/Invision/AP 'I've grown up in the age of people having iPhones at shows,' the 'Please Please Please' superstar acknowledged. 'It unfortunately feels super normal to me. I can't blame people for wanting to have memories.' Advertisement But Carpenter's fanbase might not need to worry just yet. The 'Manchild' singer suggested that she would not start enforcing the no-phone rule for quite some time. 'Depending on how long I want to be touring, and what age I am, girl, take those phones away,' she said. 'You cannot zoom in on my face.' 7 Carpenter started thinking about having fans lock their phones away in pouches after seeing Silk Sonic do just that during a performance in Las Vegas.'Right now, my skin is soft and supple. It's fine,' she added. 'Do not zoom in on me when I'm 80 years old up there.' Advertisement The 'Nonsense' songstress received mixed reactions for her phone remarks. 'Bad idea for people who have responsibilities, like what if something urgent happened?' one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter. 'Oh, sorry, my phone was locked. I was in a concert.' 7 The 'Please Please Please' singer's fans were left divided over the idea of having to lock their phones away during Carpenter's concerts. / MEGA 'I think people should be able to do that whatever they want. Their life, their experience,' another person commented. 'They pay money to go to concerts. They should be able to film it if they want.' 'Charge less for tickets, fees and parking, then you can have a small hill to stand on in terms of taking away the memories people take with vids and phones,' added a third. However, others welcomed the idea and agreed that a no-phone rule could heighten the audience's concert experience. 7 'I think people should be able to do that whatever they want,' one fan responded. 'Their life, their experience,' Getty Images 'All phones should be banned at concerts,' one fan tweeted. 'Everyone should live in the moment and trust their memory.' Advertisement 'She gets it!' added another. 'It's about living in the moment and enjoying the experience fully.' 'I love this idea [because] I went to one of her concerts and could barely see her because of everyone's phones,' a third critic wrote on X. 'No one was even dancing or enjoying [because] they were just filming and screaming.' 7 The Disney Channel alum faced backlash for the album cover of her upcoming record, 'Man's Best Friend.' Sabrina Carpenter Elsewhere during the interview, the 'Short n' Sweet' artist discussed the scrutiny she and other female artists face. Advertisement Carpenter's remarks came shortly after she announced her upcoming album, 'Man's Best Friend,' and the controversial cover art that shows the Disney Channel alum in a black dress and down on her hands and knees while a person off-camera pulls her hair. 'I don't want to be pessimistic, but I truly feel like I've never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more, and scrutinized in every capacity,' the 'Bed Chem' singer told the outlet. 'I'm not just talking about me. I'm talking about every female artist that is making art right now.' 'We're in such a weird time where you would think it's girl power, and women supporting women, but in reality, the second you see a picture of someone wearing a dress on a carpet, you have to say everything mean about it in the first 30 seconds that you see it,' Carpenter added.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sabrina Carpenter Shuts Down Claims That Her 2024 'W Magazine' Photo Shoot Had a Racy Callback to 'Lolita'
A TikTok user recently accused Sabrina Carpenter of recreating a scene from Lolita in a 2024 photo shoot Shortly after the accusation, the pop star denied seeing the movie or ever having the film on her moodboard for inspiration Carpenter previously revealed in 2024 that she has "full creative control" over her careerSabrina Carpenter is defending herself online once again. This time, it's against a TikToker who alleged that she drew inspiration from 1997's Lolita for inspiration in a racy 2024 photo shoot with W Magazine. TikTok user @arcafan999 took a screenshot of @thepopfaction's post, which included an image of the pop star's photo shoot. Carpenter posed for the camera in a yellow dress while sitting barefoot in the grass. The sprinklers in the photo were on and doused Carpenter with water, causing her hair to go limp and her pale yellow Chloé dress to turn borderline see-through. The photo mirrors a scene in Lolita, where character Dolores "Lolita" Haze is soaked by water sprinklers while reading in the grass — oblivious to the fact that her dress has gone sheer, exposing her undergarments — after being drenched in water. Lolita has received backlash due to its main character, Humbert Humbert, developing a sexual obsession with Haze, who is 12 years old at the start of the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. It was adapted into movies in 1962 and 1997. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. @thepopfaction placed the photo of Carpenter and the screen grab from Lolita side by side, which was then spliced into @arcafan999's video with the caption "me after seeing sabrina's lolita photoshoot." "What the...I'm sorry for my language, but what the F is this?" the TikToker asked in the video. The "Espresso" singer popped into the comments section of the post and defended herself. "I've never seen this movie. It's never been on my mood board and never would be," she wrote. "'Fully grown but I look like a niña' yh sure," the creator replied, referring to the pop star's "Nonsense" outro at the Mexico stop at The Eras Tour in 2023, in which she sang, "I'm full grown but I look like a niña (child)/ Come put something big in my casita (little house)." While Carpenter denies having Lolita on her mood board, she told Variety in 2024 that she had "full creative control" of her Short n' Sweet album. 'It's my second 'big girl' album; it's a companion but it's not the same," she told the outlet at the time. "When it comes to having full creative control and being a full-fledged adult, I would consider this a sophomore album.' Carpenter's photoshoot controversy comes after her posing nude for Rolling Stone and receiving backlash for the cover of her new album, Man's Best Friend, which sees her on her hands and knees while getting her hair pulled by a man. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Carpenter responded to an X user who reposted the Man's Best Friend album cover and wondered 'Does she have a personality outside of sex?' The Grammy-winning singer reshared the post on the social media website and responded, 'girl yes and it is goooooood.' In her Rolling Stone June cover story, Carpenter reflected on the backlash that she gets for openly singing about her sexuality in songs, and recreating sex positions when she sings, 'Wanna try out some freaky positions? Have you ever tried this one?' while performing her song "Juno" in concerts. 'It's always so funny to me when people complain,' she told the magazine. 'They're like, 'All she does is sing about this,'' she explained. 'But those are the songs that you've made popular. Clearly you love sex. You're obsessed with it. It's in my show.' Carpenter added, 'There's so many more moments than the 'Juno' positions, but those are the ones you post every night and comment on. I can't control that. If you come to the show, you'll [also] hear the ballads, you'll hear the more introspective numbers.' Man's Best Friend will be released on Aug. 29. Read the original article on People
Buzz Feed
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Sabrina Carpenter Hits Back At Sexual Prowess Criticism
Sabrina Carpenter has addressed the constant scrutiny that she faces for her sexual prowess in a brand new interview with Rolling Stone, and it's safe to say that it couldn't have dropped at a more convenient time. In case you've been living under a rock for the past couple of years, Sabrina has faced repeated backlash for how she embraces her sexuality since finding mainstream success. It all started when she began to ad-lib incredibly NSFW outros to her 2022 song 'Nonsense' during live performances, but things took even more of a turn following the release of her sixth album, Short n' Sweet, in August. Listeners were shocked by some of the raunchy lyrics on the record, namely in the track 'Bed Chem,' where Sabrina sings: 'I bet we'd have really good bed chem / How you pick me up, pull 'em down, turn me 'round, oh, it just makes sense / How you talk so sweet when you're doing bad things, that's bed chem.'As well as the now-infamous line: 'Come right on me, I mean camaraderie.'And when she kicked off the album's accompanying tour, Sabrina leaned into 'Bed Chem's' sexual undertones by performing it on top of a heart-shaped bed, and a male dancer hinting that they are going to film a sex tape once the song ends. But it was another part of the Short n' Sweet tour that went seriously viral on social media, and that is the 'Juno' sex position. If you're unaware, this is when Sabrina demonstrates a different sex position on stage after singing her lyric: 'Wanna try out some freaky positions? / Have you ever tried this one?' And after one of her Paris shows back in March, Sabrina was at the center of some exhausting social media discourse when she made a cheeky reference to the city that she was performing in by enlisting two male dancers to demonstrate the so-called "Eiffel Tower" sex position, which involves one person on all fours in the middle of two men.A clip of her giggling as she assumed her position between the men soon went viral online, and before long, the star was being criticized — with one viral tweet arguing that the "Eiffel Tower" position is 'inherently degrading' toward women. Needless to say, this triggered a whole new wave of discourse, with many pointing out how harmful it is to perpetuate a narrative that any consensual sexual encounter is 'degrading' for women. And on Wednesday, Sabrina was facing even more online backlash, this time for the artwork for her upcoming album, Man's Best Friend, which is due for release in August. In the image, Sabrina is kneeling on the floor in front of an anonymous person dressed in a suit, who is holding onto her hair. The star is looking seductively at the camera in the photo, and has one hand reaching up toward the person. And while Sabrina's new Rolling Stone interview was conducted before she'd unveiled her album artwork, thus before this latest round of discourse had kicked off, she still addressed the scrutiny she faces around her sexuality while in conversation with the publication. 'It's always so funny to me when people complain,' Sabrina began. 'They're like: 'All she does is sing about this.' But those are the songs that you've made popular. Clearly you love sex. You're obsessed with it.' 'It's in my show. There's so many more moments than the 'Juno' positions, but those are the ones you post every night and comment on. I can't control that,' she explained. 'If you come to the show, you'll [also] hear the ballads, you'll hear the more introspective numbers. I find irony and humor in all of that, because it seems to be a recurring theme. I'm not upset about it, other than I feel mad pressure to be funny sometimes.' Sabrina also admitted to the publication: 'I don't want to be pessimistic, but I truly feel like I've never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more, and scrutinized in every capacity. I'm not just talking about me. I'm talking about every female artist that is making art right now.' And as unfortunate as the current conversation around Sabrina's work is, it's safe to say that she probably anticipated it. Let me know your thoughts on everything in the comments below!
Hindustan Times
10-06-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Afsar Bitiya actor Mitaali Nag on husband's sudden heart scare: I was in shock
It's been a taxing and emotionally draining week,' shares actor Mitaali Nag opening up about her husband, interior designer Sankalp Pardeshi's recent health scare. Recalling the ordeal, the actor popular for featuring in shows such as Afsar Bitiya, Draupadi among several other daily soaps, says, 'Last Tuesday, Sankalp complained of uneasiness. At first, I assumed it was acidity or a gastric issue.' But when he began experiencing a persistent pain in his left hand, alarm bells went off. 'That's when I knew it was serious and we needed immediate medical help,' she adds. The couple rushed to their family doctor, who, after an initial examination, urged them to head straight to a larger hospital. For now, Mitaali finds comfort in being by her husband's side during this critical phase. She's thankful her professional commitments allowed her the space to be home when it mattered most. Both her upcoming OTT projects Nonsense and another series with director Priyadarshan have already wrapped and are slated for release this year. 'I haven't taken up any daily soaps at the moment, and I'm grateful I didn't. Being home for Sankalp was all that mattered
Buzz Feed
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Met Gala: Usher Apologizes To Sabrina Carpenter's Dad
In case you missed it, this year's Met Gala took place on Monday, and Usher was this year's surprise performance for the A-list guests that evening. The 46-year-old singer is currently on tour, and has become renowned for a so-called 'cherry segment' during his live is where Usher picks a female audience member from the crowd and sensually feeds her cherries during his song 'There Goes My Baby.' And Usher had his pick of celebrity women to choose from for the bit at the gala, with everybody from Zendaya to Kylie Jenner in attendance. However, it was singer Sabrina Carpenter who landed the iconic moment, which makes sense considering her reputation for proudly embracing her overt sexuality. This arguably began when Sabrina started a tradition of ad-libbing a brand new — and normally incredibly NSFW — outro to her song 'Nonsense' every night during her Emails I Can't Send tour, which kicked off in 2022. Fun fact: The lyrics she penned for her BBC Live Lounge performance in 2023 ended up being so x-rated that the BBC opted to edit them out of her final the slang definition of 'BBC,' which is commonly used with racial connotations in pornography, Sabrina had sung: 'I'm American, I am not British / So BBC it stands for something different / This live lounge is just so lit because I'm in it.'She then poked fun at the BBC's decision to edit out her outro when she returned to the UK for their Radio 1 Big Weekend festival. This time, she cheekily sang: 'BBC said I should keep it PG / BBC I wish I had it in me / There's a double meaning if you dig deep.' Sabrina continued to lean into her sexuality on her latest album, Short n' Sweet, which was released in August and is full of innuendos. The vibe continued on her accompanying tour, where she is dressed in custom Victoria's Secret lingerie and vintage-style babydoll nightgowns. Also on her tour, Sabrina started a new tradition of teasing different sex positions on stage during her song 'Juno.' This led to the star being the subject of some serious online discourse earlier this year when she demonstrated the so-called Eiffel Tower sex position on stage, which involves one person getting on all fours in the middle of two others. At the time, some social media users criticized the star, calling the position 'inherently degrading" toward women. All of this to say, Sabrina's friends, fans, and, indeed, family members are more than used to seeing the star in sexual situations, and Sabrina previously told Time that it really isn't a big deal to her relatives when they watch her shows. Speaking about the fact that her grandparents were at her sold-out Madison Square Garden show last year, Sabrina said: 'My fans online are like: 'I can't believe she's bending over in front of her grandparents!' I'm like: 'Girl, they are not paying attention to that!' They're just like: 'I can't believe all these people are here.'' Despite this, when a sensual photo of Usher feeding Sabrina cherries at the Met emerged online on Tuesday, there was one family member who admitted to being a little uneasy with the whole thing: Sabrina's dad. Taking to her Instagram account on Wednesday, Sabrina posted a carousel of behind-the-scenes photos from the night, which ended with a screenshot of a text message that she received from her father, David Carpenter. David had simply sent his daughter an X link to the photo of her and Usher, writing underneath it: '? Weird.' Sabrina cropped the screenshot so that followers couldn't see her reply, however, Usher left his response in the comment section of her Instagram post, where he simply wrote: 'Apologies Mr Carpenter 😅🍒' Posting this text from her dad comes shortly after Sabrina opened up about how she navigated releasing a seriously brutal diss track about him cheating on her mom on the title track of her 2022 album, Emails I Can't Send. For reference, Sabrina's parents stayed together despite David's indiscretion, and he has always remained a very big part of Sabrina and her sisters' lives. However, she did not hold back in the song, which includes the lyrics: 'You wanna discuss, ugh, you disgust me,' and 'Don't make me cuss you out / Why'd you let me down? / Don't say sorry now.'She also tells her dad that because of him, she 'can't love right' and finds herself villainizing 'nice guys' because she fears they will cheat on her.'I blame you for / Every worst that I assume,' Sabrina goes on, and in case there was any doubt over who the song is about, she sings: 'When I'm forty-five, someone calls me their wife / And he fucks our lives in one selfish night / Don't think I'll find forgiveness as fast as mom did / And, God, I love you, but you're such a dipshit.''You were all I looked up to / Now I can't even look at you,' Sabrina concludes, before laughing in a sassy outro: 'I mean, as they say in Chicago, 'He had it coming.'' And Vogue asked Sabrina about how her dad reacted to her airing the family's dirty laundry to the entire world in an interview earlier this year. Discussing how the song sees her analyze her own relationships as a direct result of her father, Sabrina told the publication: 'Why do we end up loving the people we love later in life? That song just really made a lot of things make sense for me.'Asked about how her dad learned of the song's existence, she quipped: 'Sure as hell did not play it for him in person.''I sent it to my mother first,' Sabrina explained, before admitting: 'There were definitely feelings involved.' She also remained defiant as she pointed out: 'But you birthed me, so you kind of have to deal with the repercussions.' As always, let me know your thoughts on all of this in the comments below!
