Who Is Sabrina Carpenter Dating Right Now?
No one — as far as anyone can prove. Sabrina Carpenter's current relationship status is the rare celebrity dating story where the absence of evidence is the story. Her last confirmed relationship ended in December 2024, when People reported that she and Barry Keoghan had split just after the one-year anniversary of their first date. Since then, there has been no confirmed boyfriend, no hard launch, no reliable report of a new romance. Outlets tracking her status through 2026 have consistently landed in the same place: believed single since the beginning of 2026.
That vacuum has been filled, as vacuums are, with rumors. The most persistent 2026 speculation has attached her to Joe Keery — the Stranger Things actor who performs music as Djo — with online chatter suggesting a friendship that developed into something more during 2026. There has been no official word from either party, no confirmed sightings of a romantic nature, and nothing that rises above fan speculation. The second viral moment came at the 2026 Grammys, where fans decided her visible reaction to Bad Bunny winning Album of the Year — plus a chat between the two at the ceremony — meant they were dating. It meant nothing of the sort.
The pattern is familiar for Carpenter: intense public interest, thin sourcing, and a star who declines to engage. As of October 2026, the responsible answer remains single — with the caveat that Carpenter's privacy means a quiet relationship can't be fully ruled out, only that none has surfaced.
It is worth noting how unusual Carpenter's 2026 silence is in context. She is at a commercial peak — Man's Best Friend era, arena tours, Grammy recognition — the exact moment when most pop stars' love lives become content. Instead, her public narrative has been almost entirely professional: performances, fashion moments, and music. The contrast with the Keoghan year, when the relationship was a red-carpet storyline, suggests a conscious recalibration rather than a lack of options. Whatever the reason, the result is the same: the most-watched single woman in pop, watched mostly in vain.
Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan: The Relationship That Ended It
To understand the current silence, revisit the last noise. Carpenter and Barry Keoghan — the Irish actor of Saltburn and The Banshees of Inisherin — first sparked romance rumors at the end of 2023, when they were photographed on dinner dates in Los Angeles. The courtship played out in public milestones: W Magazine's Grammys party in February 2024, Keoghan supporting her in the crowd during her Eras Tour opening slot that spring, and their red carpet debut as a couple at the Met Gala in May 2024.
June 2024 brought the relationship's pop-cultural peak: Keoghan starred in the music video for Carpenter's "Please, Please, Please," a campy, affectionate short film in which she sang teasing lyrics at him about embarrassing her. Carpenter later told The Guardian that working with him on the video was "one of the best experiences I've ever had." But the relationship lasted only about a year. In December 2024, People reported the split — and fans quickly decided her scathing 2025 single "Manchild" was the post-mortem, though Carpenter has never confirmed the song's subject.
The Keoghan chapter matters because it was Carpenter's first fully public adult relationship — and possibly her last for a while. Since the split, she has given the public nothing: no rebound, no situationship, no cryptic lyrics decoded into a new name. The silence looks deliberate.
The 2026 Rumor Mill: Keery, Bad Bunny, and a Debunked Footballer
Three rumors have defined Carpenter's 2026, and all three illustrate how the modern gossip cycle manufactures boyfriends.
Joe Keery (Djo): The most durable rumor. Online speculation has suggested Carpenter and the Stranger Things star — who records music as Djo — have been friends for a while and that it "developed into something more in 2026." The sourcing is fan observation and social media connective tissue; neither party has commented. It remains exactly what it has always been: unconfirmed.
Bad Bunny: The Grammys rumor. At the 2026 ceremony, cameras caught Carpenter reacting visibly — fans said she licked her lips — as Bad Bunny took the stage to accept Album of the Year, and the two were spotted chatting. Within hours, dating assumptions were trending. There is no evidence beyond a facial expression and a conversation at an awards show — the thinnest possible basis, even by rumor standards.
Piero Hincapie: The debunked one. During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a viral tweet claimed Carpenter was dating the Ecuadorian footballer, citing a TMZ report. There was no such TMZ report; the claim was fabricated outright, and Carpenter was simply one of many celebrities spotted attending World Cup matches in New Jersey. Primetimer's debunk was definitive: no official reports suggest any romantic relationship.
The throughline: in 2026, Sabrina Carpenter's "dating life" has been a series of other people's projections. The debunked footballer tweet is the cautionary tale — a completely invented claim that thousands believed before anyone checked.
Sabrina Carpenter's Dating History
Before Keoghan, Carpenter's romantic history was a tour of young Hollywood. In early 2023, she briefly dated Shawn Mendes — spotted strolling in Los Angeles in February, confirmed by a source to Entertainment Tonight, then over within months when Mendes reunited with Camila Cabello. Fans believe her song "Taste" throws shade at the episode. In 2020, she dated Joshua Bassett for a few months — the third corner of the infamous love triangle with Olivia Rodrigo that produced "drivers license," Carpenter's response "Skin," and Bassett's "Crisis." (A 2025 fan video of Rodrigo and Carpenter hugging at the Grammys suggested the beef is long buried.) Her first public boyfriend was Disney Channel co-star Bradley Steven Perry in 2014 — a teenage romance she once described as beginning with a message in a bottle.
The arc from Perry (2014) to Bassett (2020) to Mendes (2023) to Keoghan (2024) shows a star whose relationships have gotten progressively more public — and whose response has been progressively more private. The 2026 silence may simply be the endpoint of that learning curve.
What's Next for Sabrina Carpenter's Love Life
Professionally, Carpenter's 2026 has been dominated by her album Man's Best Friend and its rollout — the context in which most of the dating speculation has been covered. She remains one of pop's most bankable live acts, and her songwriting continues to mine romantic experience for material, confirmed or otherwise. Whether "Manchild" is about Keoghan or a composite, the music keeps the love life in the conversation even when the life itself is quiet.
Romantically, there is nothing on the horizon that meets any evidentiary standard. The Keery speculation could develop into something real or evaporate like the Bad Bunny moment; Carpenter's own history suggests that if something is happening, the public will learn about it on her timeline or not at all. She has never been one to soft-launch via fan-account detective work.
As of October 2026: single since December 2024, subject of unconfirmed 2026 rumors, confirmed nothing. In a year when her peers have hard-launched engagements and red-carpet debuts, Sabrina Carpenter's love life is a closed book — and she seems fine with that.
There is a final irony worth sitting with. Carpenter's songs — the vehicle that made her famous — are forensic documents of her romantic life, and fans treat each release as a deposition. "Manchild," "Taste," "Please, Please, Please": the discography is a relationship history in code. So while the woman stays silent, the music keeps testifying. If and when there is a new chapter, the first evidence of it probably won't be a paparazzi photo or a source quote — it will be a lyric, decoded within hours, argued about for months, and never confirmed. That is the Sabrina Carpenter dating cycle, and 2026 has been its quietest turn yet.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Sabrina Carpenter dating?
No one confirmed. She is believed to be single since her split from Barry Keoghan in December 2024. Rumors linking her to Joe Keery in 2026 are unconfirmed.
Are Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan still together?
No. People reported their split in December 2024, about a year after they started dating in late 2023.
Are Sabrina Carpenter and Joe Keery dating?
Unconfirmed. Online speculation in 2026 suggested a friendship developed into something more, but neither party has commented and there is no solid evidence.
Was Sabrina Carpenter dating Bad Bunny?
No. The rumor came from her visible reaction when he won Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammys plus a brief chat — nothing more.
Was Sabrina Carpenter dating Piero Hincapie?
No. A viral 2026 tweet claiming so cited a nonexistent TMZ report; it was debunked. She was simply attending World Cup matches.
Who has Sabrina Carpenter dated?
Barry Keoghan (2023-2024), Shawn Mendes (early 2023), Joshua Bassett (2020), and Bradley Steven Perry (2014).
Is Sabrina Carpenter married?
No. She has never been married or publicly engaged.