On Saturday, Barry Keoghan gave a subtle response to the rumors that he and girlfriend Sabrina Carpenter were split up. The story had been circulated by gossip Instagram account DeuxMoi, who said the break up was recent. Shortly after, the Irish actor was on Instagram himself, liking one of Carpenter’s most recent posts.
The image Carpenter shared showed her kneeling in blue lingerie for the cover of her new Short n’ Sweet Bonus Track LP. Keoghan’s like is one of over two million on the post. Carpenter also still has a clip from her music video for “Please Please Please” pinned to the top of her account—the video that stars Keoghan as her love interest.
The couple made their first official appearance at the Grammys afterparty hosted by W Magazine, according to E! News, but had reportedly been seeing each other as far back as the fall. They both attended Paris Fashion Week in September 2023 and crossed paths at a Givenchy show. They have since made some bigger appearances, like at the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty and in Carpenter’s iconic video, but they do tend to make infrequent appearances in public together.
Keoghan has been seen at several of Carpenter’s shows, including when she opened for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Singapore and when she performed at Coachella in April. For her birthday this spring, a source said he threw her a party at DUMBO House in Brooklyn.
She recently told Variety Keoghan “loved the song” when he heard “Please Please Please,” adding that “he’s obsessed with the lyrics, and I’m so grateful for that.”
“I don’t want to sound biased, but I think he’s one of the best actors of this generation,” she continued. “So getting to see him on the screen with my song as the soundtrack made the video better and all the more special.”
Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and more. Her first book, The Lonely Hunter, will be released by Dial Press in February 2022.