Barry Keoghan said on Tuesday’s Benny Blanco podcast that he stepped back from events, socializing, and social media after rumors swirled around his breakup with Sabrina Carpenter. He told listeners the narrative was not true and said he never put that story on the record himself.
“I’ve stopped going to events. I’ve stopped socializing,” Keoghan said, adding, “There was a narrative out there that was never really sort of even spoken on.” He described it as “a narrative that’s not true and I never confirmed or said anything about it. You know, I just disappeared.”
Benny Blanco Podcast Remarks
Keoghan said on Friends Keep Secrets that this was the first time he had discussed the breakup rumors in that setting. He also said, “A girl made a video. And then a girl actually made the same video and went, ‘Sorry for making that up,’” a detail that shows how quickly a claim can harden into accepted fact online before anyone involved has a chance to respond.
He tied the withdrawal to more than the cheating chatter. Keoghan said he deleted social media accounts to get away from cyberbullying and jokes about his physical appearance, and he added, “I’m aware of all of that. I don’t want to bring anyone else into it,” before asking people “to stop assuming and to stop jumping on this narrative.”
March Online Attacks
In March, Keoghan had already said in a SiriusXM interview that the constant online attacks were getting to him. That makes the podcast appearance less like a one-off clarification and more like a longer effort to get out from under a story that kept widening while he stayed silent.
The breakup between Keoghan and Carpenter is now ended, and the public record around it has only grown noisier because the conversation around him mixed relationship rumors with personal abuse online. His comments on the podcast draw a line between those two pressures and show why he pulled back from the usual circuit of appearances.
Sabrina Carpenter’s April 30
Carpenter stayed busy on the calendar while the rumors circulated. She headlined both weekends of Coachella 2026, brought out Madonna on the second weekend on April 17, and has a duet single, “Bring Your Love,” set to arrive on Thursday, April 30.
For listeners, the practical takeaway is simple: Keoghan has now spoken directly about the cheating narrative, denied it, and explained why he went quiet. The next chapter belongs to Carpenter’s release schedule, while the story around him is now about how long he can keep the record from being rewritten by the internet.
