Sabrina Carpenter’s Biggest Performance Controversies

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In case you’ve been living in a cave or something, you know that Sabrina Carpenter is having more than a moment…she’s having an entire millennium! This musical superstar is selling out one performance after another even as she completely dominates our TikToks. Best of all, she’s got the goods, musically speaking, and her hit songs will be rattling around in your noggin long after the performance ends.

Based on her crazy levels of fame and popularity, you might think that everyone loves Sabrina Carpenter. However, she’s generated a few major controversies over the years, and not only for her dating decisions (girl, why’d you have to go and date Barry Keoghan!). It’s actually her performances that have made her infamous in certain quarters, and her unabashed naughtiness has often won her some serious enemies.

Don’t believe it? Keep reading to discover Sabrina Carpenter’s biggest performance controversies!

Fangs out in defense of her sexy lingerie

Our first major Sabrina Carpenter performance controversy didn’t concern a particular song or dance. Instead, it concerned the sexy lingerie outfits that have become her trademark style. Make no mistake: if there’s anyone who still thinks of Carpenter as a childish Disney star, the sight of her flaunting her beautiful body in breathtaking lingerie will quickly dispel that particular notion. That lingerie helped make Carpenter into an online sensation, but it also offended critics who wished that she’d dress more conservatively.

As she dished to Time, “you’ll still get the occasional mother that has a strong opinion on how you should be dressing. And to that I just say, don’t come to the show and that’s OK.” It’s a simple and straightforward response, and Carpenter added to it by explaining that her wardrobe is a way of expressing herself and her sexuality. “Femininity is something that I’ve always embraced. And if right now that means corsets and garter belts and fuzzy robes or whatever the f***, then that’s what that means.”

To that, all we can say is YASS, KWEEN!

Alien makeout session

Sabrina Carpenter is one of those young musicians who has grown up fully immersed in the world of social media, including YouTube and TikTok. She knows that you have to go big or go home when it comes to making her performances stand out. Accordingly, she added something truly unexpected to her 2024 MTV VMAs performance: a makeout session with an alien!

During her VMA appearance, Carpenter performed a medley of several hit songs, including “Espresso,” the tune for which she won Song of the Year. Onstage, she performed with both an astronaut and an alien, and everyone was shocked to see her cast aside the astronaut so she could go all “extra-sexual” with this E.T. Many even complained about the alien makeout session, but what’s not to love about Carpenter making first contact with alien life in the sexiest possible way?