{"id":212060,"date":"2025-10-20T00:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212060\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T00:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:34:11","slug":"sabrina-carpenter-jokes-about-provocative-image-in-snl-monologue-im-sexually-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212060\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Carpenter jokes about provocative image in \u2018SNL\u2019 monologue: \u2018I\u2019m sexually charged\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sabrina Carpenter jokingly doubled down on her provocative image in her \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d opening monologue.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSince you\u2019re here, I want to clear up some misconceptions people have about me,\u201d the \u201cEspresso\u201d songstress told the audience<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone thinks of me as this like, horndog popstar, but there\u2019s really so much more to me. I\u2019m not just horny, I\u2019m also turned on and sexually charged, and I love to read,\u201d she quipped, adding that her \u201cfavorite book is the encyclopedia\u201d because \u201cit\u2019s so big, and it\u2019s hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sabrina<\/p>\n

Sabrina Carpenter poked fun at her provocative image in her \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d opening monologue. NBC<\/p>\n

\"\u201cSince<\/p>\n

\u201cSince you\u2019re here, I want to clear up some misconceptions people have about me,\u201d the Grammy winner told the audience. NBC<\/p>\n

Carpenter, 26, also poked fun at the controversy surrounding her risqu\u00e9 \u201cMan\u2019s Best Friend\u201d album cover, saying, \u201cSome people got a little freaked out by the cover. I\u2019m not sure why.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just me on all fours with an unseen figure pulling my hair,\u201d she explained. \u201cBut what people don\u2019t realize is that\u2019s just how they cropped it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you zoom out, it\u2019s clearly a picture from the 50th anniversary special<\/a> of [\u201cSNL\u201d comedian] Bowen [Yang] helping me up by the hair \u2026 after Martin Short shoved me out of the buffet line,\u201d the pop star added as the photo zoomed out.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cEveryone<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone thinks of me as this like, horndog popstar, but there\u2019s really so much more to me. I\u2019m not just horny, I\u2019m also turned on and sexually charged, and I love to read,\u201d she added. NBC<\/p>\n

\"Carpenter<\/p>\n

Carpenter joked that her \u201cfavorite book is the encyclopedia\u201d because \u201cit\u2019s so big, and it\u2019s hard.\u201d SNL<\/p>\n

Carpenter pointed out that there was \u201cmore\u201d to her than the corsets and wigs she wears during her concerts.<\/p>\n

The \u201cFeather\u201d singer also performed her hits \u201cManchild\u201d and \u201cNobody\u2019s Son\u201d on Saturday\u2019s segment.<\/p>\n

Her last appearance on the comedy show was alongside Pedro Pascal for the series\u2019 50th anniversary episode in February.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cEspresso\u201d songstress also discussed the controversy surrounding her \u201cMan\u2019s Best Friend\u201d album cover. AP<\/p>\n

\"\u201cIf<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you zoom out, it\u2019s clearly a picture from the 50th anniversary special of [\u201cSNL\u201d comedian] Bowen [Yang] helping me up by the hair \u2026 after Martin Short shoved me out of the buffet line,\u201d she joked. NBC<\/p>\n

Carpenter has previously gotten candid about her sex drive and being labeled the \u201chorniest girl alive\u201d due to her album tracks during an interview with Vanity Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m actually a normal amount of horny,\u201d she explained, saying that she \u201cdoesn\u2019t take things too seriously\u201d during live shows.<\/p>\n

When the two-time Grammy winner kicked off her \u201cShort n\u2019 Sweet\u201d tour in September 2024, her on-stage wardrobe consisted of lingerie-inspired sets.<\/p>\n

\"Carpenter<\/p>\n

Carpenter performed her hits \u201cManchild\u201d and \u201cNobody\u2019s Son.\u201d Rosalind O’Connor\/NBC<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The pop star has previously addressed her sex drive in the past. GC Images<\/p>\n

At the time, Carpenter was forced to address critics<\/a> calling out her wardrobe, telling Time, \u201cTo that I just say, don\u2019t come to the show, and that\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

She specifically slammed \u201cthe occasional mother that has a strong opinion on how you should be dressing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Off-stage, the Disney Channel alum also rocks see-through dresses<\/a> and other risqu\u00e9 outfits.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sabrina Carpenter jokingly doubled down on her provocative image in her \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d opening monologue. \u201cSince you\u2019re…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,75117,10341,91216,15515,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-212060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-martin-short","10":"tag-opening-monologue","11":"tag-provocative-image","12":"tag-sabrina-carpenter","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}