Sabrina Carpenter Plays Coy on Barry Keoghan Romance amid Split Whispers as She Calls Him 'Such a Great Actor'

Mar. 15, 2025

Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter at the Met Gala in May.Photo:Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty

Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty

Sabrina Carpenteris playing coy when it comes to the status of her relationship withBarry Keoghan.

The “Espresso” singer, 25,went publicwith the Oscar-nominated actor, 31, in March — but in recent weeks, they’ve been rumored to have hit the brakes on their romance.

In a new interview withThe Guardian, Carpenter praised working with Keoghan — who starred in her“Please Please Please” music video— as “one of the best experiences I’ve ever had.”

“I’m very honored and I got to work with such a great actor,” she told the outlet, with the reporter noting Carpenter then scrunched her face, mocked her own “coy diplomacy” and repeated that he’s “such a great actor” in a mocking voice.

The star — whom asource recently told PEOPLEis “on and off” with Keoghan — continued, explaining that while she’s not a fan of the public knowing intimate details of her personal life, she recognizes it’s par for the course.

“It’s not what I signed up for, but I can’t really help when I was born. I want to be honest — I want to just write about what’s happening in my life as a 25-year-old girl,” she said. “But it comes with the territory and I just have to be like… OK!”

Keoghan starred in the video, released in June, as an inmate Carpenter’s character desperately wanted to sort through his issues and “act like a stand-up guy.”

In a recentinterview withVariety, she was more effusive in her praise of Keoghan’s work on the video, saying he was “obsessed with the lyrics, and I’m so grateful for that.”

“I don’t want to sound biased, but Ithink he’s one of the best actors of this generation,” she said. “So getting to see him on the screen with my song as the soundtrack made the video better and all the more special.”

Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter in March 2024.Dave Benett/VF24/WireImage for Vanity Fair

Dave Benett/VF24/WireImage for Vanity Fair

The pair first sparked dating rumors in December after they were spotted on a dinner date in Los Angeles. In February, they appeared publicly together at a Grammy Awards afterparty and were later seen kissing leaving a hotel in Los Angeles. The following month, they made their red carpet debut as a couple at theVanity FairOscars afterparty.

In June, she alluded to having an undefined relationship in an interview withRolling Stone, asking how she could “skirt around this question” when asked if she calls Keoghan her boyfriend.

“The [dating] pool is the pool, and when you meet people that 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 guess I can’t be so surprised that people are interested in who and what those songs are about. That’s something that comes with the territory.”

Carpenter’s new album,Short n' Sweet, hit shelves on Aug. 23.

source: people.com