Sabrina Carpenter Appears to Subtly Shade Ex Barry Keoghan with New Year's Post
- - Sabrina Carpenter Appears to Subtly Shade Ex Barry Keoghan with New Year's Post
Toria SheffieldJanuary 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Sabrina Carpenter appeared to throw subtle shade at her ex, Barry Keoghan
The singer recently reposted two videos from a popular TikTok trend involving users being relieved they “didn’t get back with” their exes in 2025
Carpenter, 26, and Keoghan, 33, parted ways in December 2024 after a year of dating
Sabrina Carpenter appeared to throw some subtle shade at her ex, actor Barry Keoghan, in several recent social media posts.
Carpenter, 26, reposted two videos from a popular TikTok trend in which users write, “It’s been a tough year, but at least I didn’t get back with my ex.” The videos are set to her song “Manchild.”
Representatives for Carpenter and Keoghan did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The "Espresso" singer and Saltburn actor first sparked romance rumors in December 2023 when they were spotted grabbing dinner together in Los Angeles.
They were seen out and about together in the ensuing months — including sharing some PDA — and Keoghan regularly left sweet comments on Carpenter's Instagram posts. However, Carpenter remained tight-lipped about the status of their relationship in a June 2025 interview with Rolling Stone.
"How do I skirt around this question?" she said when asked if she called the Irish-born Keoghan her boyfriend.
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Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter at the 2024 Met Gala in N.Y.C. on May 6
In August 2025, an inside source told PEOPLE that the pair were “on and off.”
Carpenter cast Keoghan in the music video for her song “Please Please Please” in June, later praising his talents while chatting with CBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith in October.
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"I was like, 'Who's the greatest actor that I can find for this music video?' And he was next to me in a chair,” Carpenter said. “And he was so excited about it.”
After announcing their split in December 2025, Keoghan publicly announced that he had deactivated his Instagram account in the wake of online harassment.
"I can only sit and take so much," he began in a message on X, noting that his name had been "dragged across the internet."
"I have to respond now because it's gettin to a place where too many lines are being crossed. I deactivated my [Instagram] account because I can no longer let this stuff distract from my family and my work," he wrote.
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The Dunkirk actor noted that "no person should ever have to read" the messages he has received, citing, "Absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary about my appearance, character, how I am as a parent and every other inhumane thing you can imagine.”
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