Barry Keoghan responds to ‘disgusting’ trolling after Sabrina Carpenter split

Barry Keoghan said he felt compelled to respond to online trolling after he, his grandmother and 2-year-old son were “dragged” by commenters in the wake of his reported split from Sabrina Carpenter. Actor Barry Keoghan “can only sit and take so much” online, he says, after he was “dragged across the internet” in the wake of his reported split from pop star Sabrina Carpenter. I deactivated my account because I can no longer let this stuff distract from my family and my work,” the Irish actor wrote in the statement, which also asked his 335,200 followers on X to “Please be respectful.” Keoghan, 32, said he had received messages that “no person should ever have to read,” including comments that he described as “absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary about my appearance, character and how I am as a parent and every other inhumane thing you can imagine.” He said the comments dragged his character and everything he had “worked extremely hard for and stand for.” The Oscar-nominated actor said some commenters had described him as a “heroine baby” and had dragged his “dear mother” into the discourse. He also attended several of the pop star’s shows and gushed about his “massively talented” girlfriend during a November appearance on “The Louis Theroux Podcast.” Meanwhile, Carpenter’s fans apparently came for Keoghan after celebrity gossip hub Deuxmoi posted an anonymous, unverified tip that claimed the celebrity pair had broken up shortly before the singer’s final Short n’ Sweet shows in Los Angeles and noted Keoghan’s alleged proximity to a “semi-famous, LA based influencer.” Keoghan did not mention those cheating rumors in his statement, but the online discourse ran with the allegation and squarely placed blame on him.