Barry Keoghan Breaks Silence on "Hatred" After Sabrina Carpenter Breakup

Days after his and Sabrina Carpenter's breakup was made public, Barry Keoghan deleted his Instagram and shared a scathing message for his critics.

By Corinne Heller Dec 08, 2024 12:53 AM
| Updated Dec 08, 2024 8:07 PM
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Barry Keoghan has reached his limit of how much trolling he can take.

The Saltburn actor deactivated his Instagram and then shared a scathing message for his critics, days after his and Sabrina Carpenter's breakup was made public.

"I can only sit and take so much. My name has been dragged across the internet in ways I usually don't respond too," the 32-year-old wrote Dec. 7 on X, formerly Twitter. "I have to respond now because it's gettin to a place where there are too many lines being crossed."

Keoghan continued, "I deactivated my account because I can no longer let this stuff distract from my family and my work. The messages I have received no person should ever have to read them. Absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary about my appearance, character, how I am as a parent and every other inhumane thing you can imagine."

The Irish star added that people were "dragging my character and everything I worked extremely hard for and stand for" and also targeted his family.

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"Talking about how I was a heroine baby and how I grew up and dragging my dear mother into it also [sic]," he wrote. "Knocking on my grannies door. Sitting outside my baby boys house intimidating them. Thats crossing a line."

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Keoghan, who shares son Brando, 2, with ex-girlfriend Alyson Kierans, continued, "Each and every day I work harder to push myself on every level to be the healthiest and strongest person for that boy. I want to provide opportunities for him to learn, fail and grow. I want him to be able to look up to his daddy, to have full trust in me and know I will have his back no matter what."

He added, "I need you to remember he has to read ALL of this about his father when he is older. Please be respectful to all. Thank u x."

Keoghan deleted his Instagram soon after he shared several thirst traps on his Story. He posted the pics days after was reported that he and Carpenter had broken up after dating for one year.

E! News had reached out to the pair's reps for comment on the split but has not heard back. 

Look back at their past romance...

February 2024: Romance Confirmed

After sparking romance rumors in December 2023, Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan fueled dating speculation when they were photographed together on a date night in Los Angeles less than two months later.

February 2024: Queen Sabrina

The Saltburn star made his relationship with the "Espresso" singer Instagram official by commenting on a video of her performing a duet with Taylor Swift in Sydney, Australia. Sabrina had opened for the Grammy winner for weeks on her Eras Tour but was unable to perform her regular set that day due to bad weather.

Barry would later go on to meet up with Sabrina during the tour.

March 2024: Post-Oscars Date

The pair attended Vanity Fair's 2024 Oscars after-party together but did not walk the red carpet together.

May 2024: Red Carpet Official

They then made their romance red carpet official at the 2024 Met Gala.

May 2024: Happy Birthday Sabrina

The "Feather" artist celebrated her 25th birthday with The Banshees of Inisherin alum, friends and a Leonardo DiCaprio meme.

June 2024: "Please, Please, Please"

If their relationship wasn't official enough already, Sabrina and Barry hard-launched through the singer's music video for "Please, Please, Please." Later, the Disney Channel alum detailed what the moment meant for her. 

"I don’t want to sound biased, but I think he’s one of the best actors of this generation," she gushed to Variety in August 2024. "So getting to see him on the screen with my song as the soundtrack made the video better and all the more special.”

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