Barry Keoghan calls girlfriend Sabrina Carpenter a ‘strong, independent woman’

Barry Keoghan has loving words to describe Sabrina Carpenter.

The 32-year-old actor opened up about his relationship with the 25-year-old singer during an appearance on the Monday, November 4, episode of the show. Spotify’s Louis Theroux Podcast when host Louis Theroux asked, “Are we talking about Sabrina or not? Are you in a relationship with Sabrina Carpenter?” one hour after the start of the episode.

“Oh, I knew you’d do it,” Keoghan said with a laugh, to which the host responded, “We don’t have to. That’s why I asked permission first. I’m like a vampire, I should have asked. Can I come in?

“Look, all I’m saying is I’m incredibly lucky,” Keoghan said. “Such a strong, independent woman, extremely talented and yes. Very special. Louis, you got me. You’re not a vampire.”

Keoghan noted that he appeared in Carpenter’s June video for her single “Please, please, please” during the conversation, saying, “Great video, great music,” as the podcast host admitted he only found out who Carpenter was “annoyingly recently.”

“I knew it” Saltburn – the actor added when Theroux asked if he knew that Carpenter Aunt Nancy Cartwright – voice The Simpsons‘ Bart Simpson.

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Keoghan and Carpenter first sparked dating rumors in December 2023, when they were seen having dinner together in Los Angeles. Over the next few months, they were seen together several times. debuted on the red carpet as a couple on March 10 at the Vanity Fair Oscars party.

Keoghan attended Carpenter’s October 20 concert in Virginia.where she shouted out the actor by changing the lyrics to her song “Juno”, singing: “I hear you knocking, Barrycome on,” according to Entertainment tonight.

Back in August, a source told PEOPLE that this is how the couple’s relationship works.on and off” as they faced breakup rumors. That same month, Carpenter said Guardian she “I got to work with such a wonderful actor” when the publication asked her about Keoghan.

“This is not what I signed up for, but I can’t help it when I was born. “I want to be honest—I just want to write about what’s going on in my life as a 25-year-old girl,” she said at the time about public interest in her personal life. “But that comes with the territory and I just have to say… okay!”

Keoghan, best known for his roles in Dunkirk And Banshee of Inisherinis the father son named Brandowhom he welcomed with ex Alison Sandro in August 2022. Meanwhile, Carpenter had previously been romantically linked to Shawn Mendes And Joshua Bassett.