If you can’t handle my image don’t come to my show, blasts Sabrina Carpenter as she hits back at Pete Waterman’s jibe
If you can’t handle my image don’t come to my show, blasts Sabrina Carpenter as she hits back at Pete Waterman’s jibe
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SABRINA CARPENTER has vowed never to tone down her sexy image after music mogul Pete Waterman branded her steamy stage performances “offensive”. The US pop star said she is just the latest in a long line of female singers to have been “shamed” over their flirty lyrics and skimpy outfits.
![[Sabrina Carpenter performing at Outside Lands.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sabrina-carpenter-performs-outside-lands-924476513.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
And in a chat with The Sun on Sunday, Sabrina, 25, hit back at the Eighties hitmaker, part of songwriting and production trio Stock Aitken Waterman. She insisted: “My message has always been clear — if you can’t handle a girl who is confident in her own sexuality, then don’t come to my shows.”.
![[Three men stand by a blue plaque commemorating Stock Aitken Waterman at Vine Yard Studios.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mike-stock-matt-aiken-pete-965788377.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The Espresso singer — who has been slated for risqué routines and re-enacting sex positions in stockings and suspenders on stage — said women being judged on their appearance “isn’t something new”. She went on: “Female artists have been shamed forever. In the Noughties it was Rihanna, in the Nineties it was Britney Spears, in the Eighties it was Madonna — and now it’s me.
![[Sabrina Carpenter at a party.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sabrina-carpenter-attends-w-magazines-961874962_13453b.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
“It’s essentially saying that female performers should not be able to embrace their sexuality in their lyrics, in the way we dress, in the way we perform. “It is totally regressive. It’s like those who want to shame don’t make comments when I talk about self-care or body positivity or heartbreak, which are all normal things a 25-year-old goes through.
![[Emily Atack at the UK premiere of Rivals.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/emily-atack-attends-uk-special-933933254.jpg?strip=all&w=644)
“They just want to talk about the sexual side of my performances.”. It comes after pop legend Pete, along with Mike Stock and Matt Aitken, rounded on modern artists for flashing the flesh — despite many of their own acts, including Kylie Minogue and former glamour model Samantha Fox, doing it in the Eighties and Nineties.
![[Jamie Redknapp at the Sky Sports Premier League opening night party.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jamie-redknapp-attends-sky-sports-837417831.jpg?strip=all&w=639)
