"It meant one thing to me and 100 things to other people, and I was looking at it going, 'That's valid. Mine's valid. What's for dinner?'"
"Not to bypass the weight that it did carry for some people. I saw it and was like, 'That is a great point. It wasn't the point I was trying to make.'"
"You can be so in control and so not in control at the same time. It was about how people try to control women, and how I felt emotionally yanked around by these relationships that I had, and how much power you're allowing yourself to give them."
"Oh, girl. I just wanted to take more pictures!"
Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend album cover, showing Carpenter on all fours with a man pulling her hair, generated heated reactions and social-media responses. Viewers split between seeing the image as undermining feminism, interpreting it as playful, or dismissing it, while many created TikTok takes. Carpenter responded by acknowledging multiple valid interpretations and explaining that the image represented simultaneous control and lack of control, reflecting emotional manipulation and power given in relationships. She validated others' concerns, clarified her intent, and released an alternate cover, saying she simply wanted to take more photos.
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