Rumors swirling online hint at a possible breakup between Espresso singer Sabrina Carpenter and her beau, Barry Keoghan. People Magazine broke the news, claiming that a source said the two are focusing on their careers at the moment. Now, given that Keoghan has deactivated his Instagram account, the speculations are intensifying.
As soon as the internet broke out on X, fans began chiming in with speculations, theories, and even a few pointed remarks at the actor. Here's what one fan had to say, for example.
"what losing a baddie does to you."
Scores more chimed in:
"So his Please Please Please didn’t get him espresso back?" someone jokingly asked.
"Rumours were true, he’s an embarrassment," someone else noted.
"This time last year Saltburn had this guy on top of the world. What a fall from grace," a third person dissed.
"the rumors are confirmed it seems…ur career is over barry," yet another spewed.
The comments didn't end there, as many more began weighing in with a mix of memes and mockery:
"If he isn’t guilty he wouldn’t be deactivating," one user posited.
"UMMM SO THE RUMORS ARE TRUE????" a third person asked.
The internet seemingly blamed the Saltburn actor for allegedly cheating, though the rumors have yet to be confirmed.
All we know about Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan's breakup
Notably, this isn't the first time the actor has deactivated his Instagram following a breakup. Last year, following his split from ex-girlfriend and mother of his son, Alyson Kierans, Barry took some time off of social media. Reportedly, Kierans was unhappy with Barry's partying habits. The Sun reported that they began growing distant, and things ended by August that year.
As for his relationship with the massive-hit pop star Sabrina Carpenter, the pair first came across each other during the Paris Fashion Week held last year. Cosmopolitan has reported that "things didn’t end well" between the two, and the two are "definitely broken up right now."
However, it seems Sabrina is doing just fine, as a source told the outlet:
"Sabrina isn’t sad over the breakup and is staying busy and distracted."
While the reason behind their split remains unclear, the outlet posits it was Sabrina Carpenter who called things off, as a source told ET:
"Barry and Sabrina have been on and off for a while, and right now they are not together. Sabrina is figuring out what she wants, and focused on her career."
Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan reportedly began seeing each other somewhere around August, and at the time, a source told People Magazine that the were "on and off."