Sabrina Carpenter insists women have always 'had to train' men
Manchild hitmaker Sabrina Carpenter "rejoices" for young boys who have a woman to raise them.
Sabrina Carpenter thinks women have always "had to train" men.
The 26-year-old pop star - who dated actor Barry Keoghan from December 2023 until late last year - has reflected on the opposite sex, and described them as a "super entertaining species to watch".
She told Vogue Italia magazine: "When one of my female friends announces that she's having a son, I just rejoice for that young boy, because I know he's going to be raised right.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, I've only been on Earth for 26 years, but I feel like we've always kind of had to train them. Unfortunately, it's a tale as old as time.
"I do think that men have been a super entertaining species to watch. In positive and negative ways. I feel really adored and inspired and loved by some of them… and really confused and attacked and ridiculed by others."
The Manchild singer - who released her seventh album Man's Best Friend last month - insisted she has often felt forced to find "humour" in more difficult moments.
She explained: "Part of life is making light of moments that maybe make us uncomfortable, or at least, that is for me.
"My whole life I felt like humor was just this, and it wasn't even always humor, I think it was usually just sort of a wit that kind of saved me.
"It was always there to make sure that at the end of the day I was protecting myself for the future."
Sabrina's new album featured a picture of her on all fours standing close to a man who is pulling her hair, and she recently admitted she didn't expect so many people to be offended by the raunchy shot.
During an interview on NPR, she explained: "I was surprised. I think mostly because when I thought about making this album cover, I was really inspired by a man sort of delicately playing with my hair.
"Because I think there were a lot of metaphors between this dog and me emotionally. You know, a man's best friend and sort of all the implications that that comes with it, the power in dominance and submission.
"When I saw it, obviously for me, it checked all the boxes in between my friends and family. It just felt like what the music sounds like."
