Insiders say the pop princess has been \u2018crying\u2019 over the shock bombshell as her team go into crisis mode\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2202759666-1.jpg” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”The BRIT Awards 2025 – Show” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”19px||16px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
The singer is known for her raunchy stage shows<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
As music\u2019s golden girl, Sabrina Carpenter continues to storm the charts with her catchy lyrics, unique sense of style and\u00a0all\u00a0the pop princess vibes the music industry has been hankering after since the likes of Britney Spears.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In an industry that is renowned for its competitiveness and is notoriously hard to break into, Sabrina, 26, also hasn\u2019t been afraid to push boundaries and her recipe of combining her 1950s-style bombshell blonde looks with her kick-ass feminist tunes has seen her gather a fan base of over 50 million on social media alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her recent gigs at London\u2019s O2 Arena were attended by the likes of Harry Styles, Hugh Grant, Janet Jackson, James Corden and Spice Girl Emma Bunton \u2013 to name just a few of her ever-growing celebrity fanbase.<\/p>\n
However, while her new single, \u2018Manchild\u2019, hit number 1 on the Billboard charts last week, the seemingly untouchable starlet was, at the same time, being bombarded with criticism from fans after revealing her new album cover, which has been labelled \u2018insanely misogynistic\u2019 and \u2018degrading\u2019, with one follower labelling it \u2018the worst album cover I have ever seen\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Domestic abuse charities have also waded into the furore, describing the cover as \u2018regressive\u2019 and accusing Sabrina of \u2018reducing women to pets\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The cover, teased on social media by Sabrina, shows her leaning on all fours while an unseen man grabs a handful of her hair, while another image \u2013 which fans have presumed to be the back cover \u2013 shows a dog wearing a gold tag that reads \u2018Man\u2019s Best Friend\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now an insider tells\u00a0Closer\u00a0that, at a time when her career is flying high, Sabrina is now plagued by \u2018stress\u2019 as she fears that the backlash could derail her status as pop\u2019s \u2018It Girl\u2019 of the moment.\u00a0
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\u00a0An insider says, \u2018People close to her say she\u2019s been crying over this and second-guessing herself constantly. The fact that this blew up the way it did is hitting her hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Sabrina is a global powerhouse right now but that doesn\u2019t mean she can afford to be tarnished with a scandal. She\u2019s talking a tough game and acting like this backlash doesn\u2019t bother her but behind the scenes she\u2019s very worried and so is her team.\u2019<\/p>\n
They further warn, \u2018When something catches on the whole house of cards can fall. Cancel culture is still very real, and very unpredictable.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-17-at-17.16.07.png” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”Screenshot 2025-06-17 at 17.16.07″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
The album cover in question<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
While fans have long been familiar with Sabrina\u2019s sultry style – with the \u2018Looking at Me\u2019 singer having already collaborated with Kim Kardashian\u2019s SKIMS underwear line, posed in a silk corset for\u00a0Vogue\u00a0and been photographed nude, covered by just her long blonde hair, for\u00a0Rolling Stone\u00a0magazine \u2013 her new cover appeared to defy the odds and open the floodgates to criticism.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Furious fans hit back, questioning the star\u2019s choice to \u2018fetishize abuse\u2019 to her younger following, with fans describing the cover as \u2018tone deaf\u2019 and \u2018disgusting\u2019, while others have said it could be \u2018triggering\u2019 and \u2018upsetting\u2019 for \u2018a lot of women\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sabrina herself hit back at criticism, responding to one troll who questioned, \u2018Does she have a personality outside of sex?\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She replied, \u2018Yes girl and it is goooooood\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now the insider says her team, who have so far made the decision to stand by the cover with no signs of its removal on social media, are said to be working alongside the two-time Grammy winner in an effort to stop the backlash from \u2018snowballing\u2019 into something catastrophic for her meticulously curated brand.<\/p>\n
The source tells us, \u2018The public can be brutal and the blowback on this cover has been extremely widespread with a lot of talk about how it encourages violence against women and is anti-feminist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018At this point it\u2019s all being monitored very closely. There\u2019s so much money that\u2019s been invested in her and so much riding on her success, the pressure is insane,\u00a0so of course this has her and her entire team in a panic.\u2019<\/p>\n
They continue, \u2018Sabrina can have all the bravado she wants but make no mistake there\u2019s serious worry within her team that it could\u00a0snowball. The fear of it taking over and sending her back into obscurity is keeping her up at night.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sabrina herself has praised Dolly Parton \u2013 who she recently collaborated with – as one of her idols and has spoken out about her preference for old \u2018Hollywood style\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And while Katy Perry was similarly lambasted for her \u2018mixed messaging\u2019 for single \u2018Women\u2019s World\u2019 last summer, the source says Sabrina has been \u2018shocked\u2019 by the onslaught of criticism.\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2213775301.jpg” alt=”Perdro Pascal” title_text=”The 2025 Met Gala Celebrating %22Superfine: Tailoring Black Style%22 – Arrivals” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Sabrina likes being ‘provocative’<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
\u2018Sabrina was definitely aiming to be a little provocative, but she never expected this kind of reaction,\u2019 the insider tells us.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s very hard for her to wrap her head around how riled up people are over this when plenty of other pop stars push the envelope. Just look at Madonna, this isn\u2019t nearly as hard core as the things she\u2019s done and she\u2019s seen as this feminist icon, so it\u2019s just very shocking to Sabrina to be getting so much backlash.\u2019<\/p>\n
They continue, \u2018The fact the domestic violence groups are coming for her definitely ups the stakes, it\u2019s not just random people on-line. What\u2019s making this even harder is that Sabrina feels like she\u2019s being singled out in a way that\u2019s not happening to her peers.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, while Sabrina appears to be focusing on the success of her new single, the future looks uncertain for the star who has built her pop empire on, what fans have called, her \u2018satirical image\u2019of an overly sexualised Hollywood starlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the source reveals that fans aren\u2019t likely to receive a response from Sabrina as her team go into \u2018crisis mode\u2019 ahead of their next move.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They tell us, \u2018Sabrina is frustrated because she wanted to make a bold artistic statement and instead it\u2019s spiralling into this PR nightmare.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018She wants to defend herself, but there\u2019s a real fear that anything she says could just make things worse. It\u2019s a very delicate situation, and everyone around her is walking on eggshells trying to contain the damage while figuring out how to spin this into something that doesn\u2019t permanently hurt her brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Right now, there is no doubt this backlash has taken off a lot of the shine of this success.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Aboreto|||on|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]
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