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sabrina carpenter I have made quite a comeback Saturday night Live,
carpenterThe 26-year-old played double duty as host and musical guest during Saturday’s episode, marking her hosting debut. He previously performed on late night sketch comedy show In 2024.
sing to him latest album, man’s best friend, Carpenter performed “Manchild” followed by “Nobody’s Son”.
During his subsequent performance, Carpenter sang “Hey Sure F*** Add Me Up” not once, but twice during the live broadcast. The abuse was muted when the show aired on the West Coast and was uploaded to the show’s YouTube channel.
Fans were stunned by Carpenter’s decision not to censor her lyrics, with one person writing on X: “The fact that she doubled down and kept going… I thought she realized after the first time. I love her so much.”
“The first one, I was like, ‘Did I hear what I think I did? Definitely not.’ Then the second one, I was like oh! I mean, it’s 1am ET, but still, you don’t expect this on #SNL,” someone else wrote while a third simply said: “Oops potty mouth.”
Another viewer was so angry that they threatened to take action, writing to the show on X: “What are you doing about this? If you don’t apologize by Tuesday at 5pm EST I’m going to make an official complaint to the FCC.”
“It’s the network’s responsibility to censor this!” Someone else wrote on X. “They should put the lyrics on a separate screen with their hand on the mute button.”
Others wondered whether snl Fines may be imposed for carpenter’s actions.
Independent has reached snl and a representative of Carpenter for comment.
While promoting their new album, which was released in August, Carpenter cautioned that it’s not for the highly sensitive. But I am saying cbs morning With Gayle King, he said: “The album is not for any pearl-clutchers.”
Carpenter then clarified that “even pearl-clutchers can listen to an album like this in their loneliness and find something that makes them smile and laugh at themselves.”
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When the album and its cover image were first announced in June, It immediately faced criticism. The image shows Carpenter on her hands and knees while an unidentified man in a suit is holding her hair. The second promotional photo released with the cover shows a dog wearing a heart-shaped collar tag that reads “man’s best friend”.
Carpenter addressed that controversy during his snl Opening monologue.
“Some people were a little nervous when they saw the cover,” Carpenter said after showing the photos to the audience. “I’m not sure why. It was me, standing on all fours, with an invisible figure pulling my hair. But people don’t realize they cut it that way. If you zoom out, it’s clearly a photo from Bowen’s 50th anniversary special [Yang] “Help me hold my hair.”
Then, as the image zoomed out again, Carpenter said: “Martin Short kicked me out of the buffet line.”