Barry Keoghan Addresses Rumors He Cheated on Sabrina Carpenter

Barry Keoghan is speaking up about his now-ended relationship with Sabrina Carpenter.

In a Tuesday (April 28) episode of Benny Blanco’s Friends Keep Secrets podcast, the Irish actor addressed rumors that he cheated on Carpenter. The conversation began with a discussion of cyberbullying and how people online poke fun at Keoghan’s physical appearance. He shared that he deleted social media accounts to get away from it all.

This is not the first time Keoghan mentioned that the online rhetoric led him to pull away from the public eye. In a SiriusXM interview in March, he expressed the same sentiment, sharing that the constant attacks began to get to him. Keoghan’s appearance on Friends Keep Secrets, however, is the first time he’s addressed some of the other negative public backlash he has received, specifically about his breakup with Carpenter.

“There was a narrative out there that was never really sort of even spoken on,” Keoghan shared. “A narrative that’s not true and I never confirmed or said anything about it. You know, I just disappeared.”

Keoghan continued to talk about how the narrative began and that he didn’t want to bring anyone else into the situation. He said that having a relationship in the public eye means that certain rumors or stories get put out there and then amplified beyond one’s control.

“A girl made a video. And then a girl actually made the same video and went, ‘Sorry for making that up,’” Keoghan stated. “But no one seemed to latch onto that video.”

The actor says he recognized that the girl who made the video saw the reaction she got and that he never spoke on the situation because he did not want to potentially put her in a dangerous or uncomfortable situation.

“I’m aware of all of that. I don’t want to bring anyone else into it,” he said. He added that he doesn’t need or expect people to start being his fan or loving him. “I’m asking for people to stop assuming and to stop jumping on this narrative.”

Sabrina Carpenter recently headlined both weekends of Coachella 2026, bringing out Madonna on the second weekend (April 17) to tease their just-announced duet single, “Bring Your Love,” which arrives on Thursday (April 30).