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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 10 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 10 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 10 months ago
🙄 they've been saying this kind of stuff since the '80s. Especially female artists
Ace 10 months ago
They've been saying this sort of thing since a long time before the 1980s.
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Donna Peluda 10 months ago
I would worry more about the violence they watch. What worries me more about this type of show is that it's denigrating to real musicians and artists.. Her voice is so autotuned and processed, she sounds like a smurf who's lost her voice. This is not singing.
Mason Kronol 10 months ago
That is the first time I’ve heard her. You are right. That was definitely not live and she can’t sing. And the dancing is just gratuitous s@x moves. Just get a job at a strip club already. Not a fan but at least Taylor Swift has talent. And Adele has a voice! This blonde is just uggh🤦🏻♀️
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winterwidow87 10 months ago
Someone should teach Laura the difference between being sexùalised and being confident in your own sexùality. She seems confused.
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Gavin Johnson 10 months ago
The horror of it all! A woman looking like a *checks notes* a woman. Was there ever a time that these people were happy? From nudity in Monty Pythons sketches to Benny Hill being chased by scantily clad women through Madonna having a sex book and writhing with a black Jesus and Cher with her battleship onto Katy Perry and a wrecking ball. It’s all been done before and it’ll all be done again.
Barbara Wilcock 10 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 10 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 10 months ago
🙄 they've been saying this kind of stuff since the '80s. Especially female artists
Ace 10 months ago
They've been saying this sort of thing since a long time before the 1980s.
Load More Replies... Donna Peluda 10 months ago
I would worry more about the violence they watch. What worries me more about this type of show is that it's denigrating to real musicians and artists.. Her voice is so autotuned and processed, she sounds like a smurf who's lost her voice. This is not singing.
Mason Kronol 10 months ago
That is the first time I’ve heard her. You are right. That was definitely not live and she can’t sing. And the dancing is just gratuitous s@x moves. Just get a job at a strip club already. Not a fan but at least Taylor Swift has talent. And Adele has a voice! This blonde is just uggh🤦🏻♀️
Load More Replies... winterwidow87 10 months ago
Someone should teach Laura the difference between being sexùalised and being confident in your own sexùality. She seems confused.
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 10 months ago
The horror of it all! A woman looking like a *checks notes* a woman. Was there ever a time that these people were happy? From nudity in Monty Pythons sketches to Benny Hill being chased by scantily clad women through Madonna having a sex book and writhing with a black Jesus and Cher with her battleship onto Katy Perry and a wrecking ball. It’s all been done before and it’ll all be done again.
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