Britney Spears has some questions for Sabrina Carpenter after her other-worldly efficiency on the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
Spears, 42, took to her Instagram on Thursday, September 12, to share her ideas on Carpenter’s medley of her hits “Espresso,” “Please Please Please” and “Style,” noting that whereas she didn’t watch the awards ceremony on Wednesday, September 11, she noticed clips on YouTube.
“Why is she kissing an alien onstage?” Spears stated within the video. “I like her. I like her to demise [but] I didn’t perceive that half. Why didn’t she kiss a woman? That was bizarre.”
The pop star went on to gush over Carpenter, 25, giving her a shout-out on the purple carpet.
“This Sabrina woman, she stated my title on the purple carpet and I assumed that was sort of cool,” Spears stated. “As a result of I neglect I’m well-known generally … however that was sort of cool. This Sabrina woman, Carpenter, she stated one thing about me and I used to be like, ‘Thanks! That’s cool!’ She made me cool.”
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Throughout Carpenter’s efficiency, the singer appeared to pay homage to Spears by taking part in a snippet from her music “Oops!…I Did It Once more” through the transition from “Please Please Please” to “Style.” Whereas performing “Style,” Carpenter additionally adopted an area theme much like Spears’ music video for “Oops!”
The celebrities turned out for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards as a number of of the trade’s largest names gained huge. Forward of the Wednesday, September 11, ceremony at UBS Area in New York, Taylor Swift led with 12 whole nominations, adopted by Submit Malone with 9. Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter and Eminem racked up six […]
Carpenter additionally paid tribute to Madonna by sporting the classic white Bob Mackie-designed robe that Madonna wore on the 1991 Oscars.
The pop star’s efficiency on the VMAs additionally reignited hypothesis about her historical past with fellow performer Shawn Mendes, who took the stage moments earlier than she did.
Followers have speculated that Carpenter’s latest album, Brief n’ Candy, was impressed by a short romance with Mendes, 26. The pair have been first noticed collectively in February 2023, sparking courting rumors. After they attended the Vainness Truthful Oscars Get together individually the next month, Leisure Tonight reported that they have been an merchandise, however Mendes denied that he was courting Carpenter.
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Mendes subsequently rekindled his relationship with Camila Cabello — whom he initially dated from 2019 to 2021 — after they have been seen kissing at Coachella in April 2023. Mendes and Cabello, 27, in the end break up for good in June 2023, with a supply completely telling Us Weekly on the time that Cabello was the one who “determined to finish issues” and Mendes was “very upset” that they may not make it work.
Carpenter’s followers observed obvious nods to the state of affairs on Brief n’ Candy. For one, the title of the album refers to “a few of these relationships and the way a few of them have been the shortest I’ve ever had they usually affected me probably the most,” she informed Apple Music’s Zane Lowe.
