Sabrina Carpenter is facing intense backlash following her latest album cover, with a domestic leading domestic violence charity accusing her of ‘reducing women to pets’
The backlash of Sabrina Carpenter’s latest raunchy look for her album cover has continued with the singer being slammed by a leading domestic violence charity. She has been accused of “reducing women to pets” in the latest outburst, but continues to defend her actions.
As the former Disney star, 26, announced her 12-song record called Man’s Best Friend earlier this week, she accompanied it with an image of a faceless man. In the upload he is seen pulling the star’s hair as she posed on all fours.
The picture has caused outrage online, with Glasgow Women’s Aid the latest to vent their frustration. In a statement, the organisation said: “Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover isn’t edgy, it’s regressive.
“Picturing herself on all fours, with a man pulling her hair and calling it “Man’s Best Friend” isn’t subversion. It’s a throwback to tired tropes that reduce women to pets, props, and possessions and promote an element of violence and control. We’ve fought too hard for this.”
It went on: “We get Sabrina’s brand is packaged up retro glam but we really don’t need to go back to the tired stereotypes of women. Sabrina is pandering to the male gaze and promoting misogynistic stereotypes, which is ironic given the majority of her fans are young women!”
It ended by urging: “Come on Sabrina! You can do better!” And they were far from the only ones pleaded with the star. Many fans took to TikTok to vent about the “uncomfortable” nature, with one user receiving over 51,000 likes after saying: “I just don’t think this is a good image that we should be preaching.”
In agreement, another user said: “FINALLY people are talking about this. Her rebrand hyper-sexualising herself for the male gaze is setting us so far back.” However, others failed to see the issue.
And Sabrina backed up offering and denied any wrongdoing in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. The cover star of the latest magazine said: “It’s always so funny to me when people complain. They’re like, ‘All she does is sing about this’.
“But those are the songs that you’ve made popular. Clearly you love sex. You’re obsessed with it.”
The latest furore comes as the star is widely known to have a sarcastic sense of humour and sexual innuendos. Recently, during her X-rated 2025 BRIT Awards performance, the star’s actions also divided viewers.
Over 800 people complained to Ofcom following the show as the pop star kicked off the annual music award ceremony with a rendition of her hits Espresso and Bed Chem.
She wore red lacy outfit as her and her dancers performed to the innuendo laden song that was broadcast on ITV well before the 9pm watershed.
For confidential support, call the 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Freephone Helpline on 0808 2000 247 or visit womensaid.co.uk
Source: Mirror
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