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Topics: Barry Keoghan, Sabrina Carpenter
William Morgan
The cheating rumors that have swirled around Irish actor Barry Keoghan after his break-up with pop star Sabrina Carpenter have finally been addressed, almost a year and a half after the pair split.
These allegations of infidelity have been incredibly damaging for the Saltburn star, who was forced to remove himself from all social media after the 26-year-old Espresso singer's legion of fans attacked him in the belief that he had been unfaithful.
Her relationship with Keoghan, 33, ended in late 2024 after their one-year romance came to an abrupt end, sparking endless online speculation - culminating in a belief that the actor had slept with a 'semi-famous' TikTok star.
While this was merely according to an anonymous tipoff to the gossip site DeuxMoi, both Keoghan and Carpenter have refused to speak in public about why their relationship fell apart. Until Barry spoke to Benny.
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That is, record producer Benny Blanco's casual podcast 'Friends Keep Secrets', which this week featured the Peaky Blinders actor sitting down for an honest chat. Literally, down, as he bared his heart while sitting on the host's kitchen floor.
After refusing to comment on the allegations for more than a year, Blanco was able to finally draw an answer out of Keoghan about his relationship with one of the world's most famous pop stars.
The actor said: "I came off Instagram, social profiles. I stopped going to events, socialising. It's because there was a narrative out there that's not true. I never confirmed or said anything about it so I just disappeared."
Podcast co-host, the rapper Lil Dicky, then asked the all-important follow up question: "Is it something about cheating?"
Despite withdrawing from social media, it was clear that Keoghan couldn't escape the unfolding rumors about his split with Carpenter. Though, he did point out that one of the sources of these rumors had actually apologized.
Answering Lil Dicky's question, he said: "That I cheated, yeah. I don't want to ever bring anyone else into it but unfortunately, having a relationship in the public eye, it's amplified.
"You see the narrative, a girl made a video and then a girl made the same video and said sorry for making that up but no one seem to latch on to that video."
The TikTok influencer that the rumors claimed he had cheated with has even gone on the record saying that the claims were false.
"I have never encountered this man in my life. The only time I've ever seen him is on my TV screen from watching Saltburn," influencer Breckie Hill said on social media.
Keoghan, however, did not explain why his relationship with Carpenter had ended. Though, the father-of-one is believed to be the inspiration behind Carpenter's track Manchild, so maybe that's all the information we need.