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“Used To Be A Family Event”: Moms Cover Kids’ Eyes At Sabrina Carpenter’s Brit Awards Performance
The 2025 BRIT Awards turned up the heat on March 1st when Sabrina Carpenter‘s opening performance left more than just fans buzzing.
The 25-year-old pop star, who kicked off the night with a sultry medley of her hits “Espresso” and “Bed Chem,” delivered a performance that had moms rushing to cover their children’s eyes.
Highlights
- Sabrina Carpenter's BRIT Awards performance sparks outrage among parents.
- Carpenter's act featured dancers dressed as Britain's King's Guard.
- Parents criticized the show timing as kids could still be watching.
- Carpenter won the Global Success Award later in the evening.
“It used to be a family event,” one mother tweeted after the performance, which saw both Carpenter and her backup dancers dressed up in lingerie while performing suggestive dance moves.
Fans, on the other hand, have grown to love the singer’s boundary-pushing shows and praised her act online.
“She’s so freaky and beautiful, I love it,” one wrote.
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Sabrina Carpenter kicked off the 2025 BRIT Awards with a suggestive performance that caused outrage among parents
Image credits: Mike Marsland/Getty
Carpenter’s set took place atop a heart-shaped bed, in which both she and her dancers performed a routine that revolved around them opening their legs and arching their backs.
The dance number capped-off with the introduction of dancers dressed up as Britain’s King’s Guard, who are renowned for their stoic and immovable demeanor.
Image credits: decodejake
The routine sees Carpenter trying to elicit a reaction from the guard, and seeing no other way to make him emote, she proceeds to get on her knees in suggestive fashion, causing the dancer to finally look at the camera and blink.
SABRINA ANNLYNN CARPENTER . pic.twitter.com/JnnUoIgCFy
— ju ౨ৎ (@decodejake) March 1, 2025
The risqué performance drew the ire of parents who questioned how such an act was allowed at a time when children could still be watching. “I had to explain to my 9-year-old why this is inappropriate,” one user wrote.
Carpenter’s act was criticized by parents who felt it shouldn’t have kicked off the show, arguing that children could still be watching
Image credits: Mike Marsland/Getty
Carpenter took home the Global Success Award later in the evening, presented by actress Millie Bobby Brown; the 25-year-old pop star continued to captivate the audience with her charm and humor, making light of her performance and thanking fans for their continued support.
Sabrina Carpenter performing ‘Bed Chem’ at the 2025 #BRITspic.twitter.com/EakXjyBpz8
— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 1, 2025
Song of the Year went towards Charli XCX for her song Guess. The singer also earned the Artist of the Year and Mastercard Album of the Year awards.
Image credits: BRITs
Despite Carpenter’s fans expressing their support both online and at the event, her detractors continued to express their distaste for the singer’s trademark seductive persona and apparel.
“What’s wrong with people nowadays!” one user wrote. “Why have they got to sing in their underwear?”
“Is her voice so bad that she has to strip down to barely anything to get attention?”
“Shocked at the time.” Netizens condemned the timeslot, deeming it inappropriate for family viewing hours
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Barbara Wilcock 9 months ago
Madonna did this 30yrs ago. Nothing new. And what to you think your kids are watching on their tablets and phones
Binky Melnik 9 months ago
Peoples’ reactions are baffling! “I had to explain to my 9-year-old why this is inappropriate”: How would the kid know it’s “inappropriate” unless mom said it was to the kid? She made that bed. Moreover, you certainly DON’T hafta explain anything about it to the kid. There’s nothing wrong with saying, “It’ll make sense when you’re older.” I heard that a thousand times, and my folks were right. When I was nine, it was still four more years before I knew what fеllatio was, so if she felt she had to explain it, that one’s her own damned fault. When I was a kid at the optometrist’s office, in front of about 25 people, I shouted to my mom across the crowded room, “What’s a ‘dowtch’?” because an ad was offering something that was “spring fresh.” She didn’t feel the need to tell me, but rather said we could discuss it in the car. (No, we couldn’t, apparently.) Not everything needs to be explained to kids just because they ask about it!
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Reset Game 9 months ago
🙄 they've been saying this kind of stuff since the '80s. Especially female artists
Ace 9 months ago
They've been saying this sort of thing since a long time before the 1980s.
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Barbara Wilcock 9 months ago
Madonna did this 30yrs ago. Nothing new. And what to you think your kids are watching on their tablets and phones
Binky Melnik 9 months ago
Peoples’ reactions are baffling! “I had to explain to my 9-year-old why this is inappropriate”: How would the kid know it’s “inappropriate” unless mom said it was to the kid? She made that bed. Moreover, you certainly DON’T hafta explain anything about it to the kid. There’s nothing wrong with saying, “It’ll make sense when you’re older.” I heard that a thousand times, and my folks were right. When I was nine, it was still four more years before I knew what fеllatio was, so if she felt she had to explain it, that one’s her own damned fault. When I was a kid at the optometrist’s office, in front of about 25 people, I shouted to my mom across the crowded room, “What’s a ‘dowtch’?” because an ad was offering something that was “spring fresh.” She didn’t feel the need to tell me, but rather said we could discuss it in the car. (No, we couldn’t, apparently.) Not everything needs to be explained to kids just because they ask about it!
Load More Replies... Reset Game 9 months ago
🙄 they've been saying this kind of stuff since the '80s. Especially female artists
Ace 9 months ago
They've been saying this sort of thing since a long time before the 1980s.
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