
How Sabrina Carpenter shed her Disney image to become world's most controversial star… from sex shock to A-list affairs
X-PRESSO How Sabrina Carpenter shed her Disney image to become world's most controversial star… from sex shock to A-list affairs
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window)
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
On her hit song Espresso, Sabrina Carpenter tells us: 'I'm working late 'cause I'm a singer', and it's clear all those long days have paid off.
It might feel like she's an overnight success, but in reality, the 26 year old has spent a decade trying to get to the top.
Sign up for Scottish Sun
newsletter
Sign up
18
Sabrina Carpenter has spent a decade trying to get to the top
18
Hit Espresso propelled Sabrina into the spotlight
18
A young Sabrina on Disney Channel
As she puts it: 'I've been here 10 years, but also 10 minutes.'
It was Espresso – one of the biggest hits of last year, which even Adele has confessed to loving – that finally propelled Sabrina into the spotlight.
Taken from her album Short n' Sweet, it was a genuine pop-culture moment, spending a record-breaking 43 consecutive weeks in the UK's Top 5.
She was also the first female artist in history to hold the UK No.1 album and Top 3 singles at the same time.
And it's not just Adele who is a celebrity fan. She's had the blessing of the world's biggest female pop star, Taylor Swift, after being asked to support her on the 25-date US leg of the Eras tour.
Sabrina explained: 'Watching [Taylor] keep their attention as if she's playing in their living room, it was like – and I told her this – 'Your tour enabled me to do mine'.'
And she's also won over her hero, Dolly Parton – another 5ft blonde with big hair who takes no nonsense. The pair duetted on one of Sabrina's biggest hits Please Please Please.
Dolly revealed: 'Our voices are very similar. I can't tell sometimes which part's her and which part's me. And we look like relatives. She looks like she could be my little sister. We're little women doing big things.'
And the big things are only getting bigger. Sabrina's new song Manchild, rumoured to be about her Irish-actor ex, Barry Keoghan, debuted at No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic last month and is taken from her much anticipated new album, Man's Best Friend, due to be released on August 29.
Tonight, she performs a second sold-out show to 65,000 fans at British Summertime (BST) Hyde Park, so it's no surprise that rock bible Rolling Stone magazine has dubbed 2025 the 'Summer of Sabrina'.
Sabrina Carpenter confirms new summer drink 'hard launching' her deal with Dunkin' – but it's not espresso
Of course, she's not without controversy. Many people became aware of her thanks to another BST headliner, Olivia Rodrigo.
Olivia's first single, Driver's License, was about an anonymous blonde girl who stole her boyfriend, fellow Disney Channel actor Joshua Bassett.
Rumours were rife that the girl in question was Sabrina, and she hit back with her own track, Because I Liked A Boy, singing: 'Now I'm a homewrecker, I'm a s**t, I got death threats filling up semi-trucks.'
It was the title track of her 2022 album, Emails I Can't Send, that showcased Sabrina's songwriting talent.
She has hinted that the track is about her dad David's infidelity and how it impacted her, with lyrics including: 'Thanks to you, I can't love right/I get nice guys and villainise them/Read their texts like they're havin' sex right now/Scared I'll find out that it's true/And if I do, then I blame you.'
She later revealed she played it to her mother before her father heard it.
It all goes to show that Sabrina is not scared who she upsets – which is lucky, as the artwork for her latest album – depicting her on her hands and knees with a man grabbing a fistful of her hair – has truly set the cat among the pigeons.
18
Stunning Sabrina is now one of the hottest stars on the planet
18
Sabrina told Rolling Stone: 'I don't want to be pessimistic, but I truly feel like I've never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more, and scrutinised in every capacity'
18
Sabrina with two Grammy Awards
It has been criticised on one hand for being regressive and setting women's rights back, while Sabrina's supporters insist her detractors are missing the point – that the image is a proud celebration of her confident sexuality.
Meanwhile, Sabrina herself told Rolling Stone: 'I don't want to be pessimistic, but I truly feel like I've never lived in a time where women have been picked apart more, and scrutinised in every capacity.
'I'm not just talking about me. I'm talking about every female artist that is making art right now.'
In many ways, it feels like Sabrina is the successor to Madonna, whose provocative songs and performances were intended to shock.
Huge stars have leapt to her defence, with 81-year-old singer-songwriter Carly Simon saying: 'She's not doing anything outrageous. It seems tame.
"There have been far flashier covers than hers. One of the most startling covers I've ever seen was [The Rolling Stones'] Sticky Fingers. That was out there in terms of sexual attitude. So I don't know why [Sabrina is] getting such flak.'
It's no surprise Sabrina wants to shed her 'good girl' image, following in the footsteps of others who started their careers on the Disney Channel.
'She's killed off her innocent image, just as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and all the others had to,' says PR guru Mark Borkowski.
'The young people who grew up watching her have also grown up, and kids today are growing up faster – some would say too fast. So she is giving her audience what they want, or at least what she thinks they want.'
Her lyrics are heavy with sexual undertones, and her performance at the BRITs in March drew complaints when it was broadcast before 9pm, leading her to post on Instagram: 'I now know what watershed is!!!!'
18
Sabrina has dated actor Barry Keoghan
18
The singer performs at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2024
18
Taylor Swift and Sabrina take to the stage
Meanwhile, on her last tour she recreated a different sexual position each night during her song Juno [named after the movie about teen pregnancy], asking: 'Have you ever tried this one?' before writhing on stage in a barely there outfit.
Her antics horrified parents of younger children, but were adored by many of her older fans.
Unsurprisingly, the clips of the positions went viral each night.
Speaking about the controversy in Rolling Stone, Sabrina said: 'It's always so funny to me when people complain. They're like: 'All she does is sing about this.'
"But those are the songs that you've made popular. Clearly, you love sex. You're obsessed with it. It's in my show.
"There's so many more comments than the Juno positions, but those are the ones you post every night and comment on.
"I can't control that. If you come to the show, you'll also hear the ballads, you'll hear the more introspective numbers.'
From an early age, Sabrina knew she wanted to be a star, even though she came from a regular family, hailing from a distinctly unstarry place called Quakertown in Pennsylvania.
She's the youngest of four girls, and her mother Elizabeth works as a chiropractor, while her father David works for an X-ray servicing company.
18
Sabrina and Paul Simon perform 'Homeward Bound', February 2025
18
The pop star on stage at The Brits
18
Sabrina with her family
She started singing on her own YouTube channel at the age of nine. Her dad made a little studio under the stairs and learned how to create and edit videos for her.
She insisted on being homeschooled, so that she could spend her time auditioning and signed to Disney's Hollywood Records when she was 12.
A year later, her big break came when she landed a role in Disney show Girl Meets World. Her mum moved to Los Angeles with Sabrina, while her dad stayed at home with her sisters.
She worked throughout her teens, bringing out four albums and starring in a variety of teen films, but never quite made it to the next level.
But then in 2022, after the pandemic and with a new record label, she released Emails I Can't Send, her breakthrough genre-bending album.
For her first adult project she worked with her sister Sarah, who provides her creative influence, along with fellow writer Amy Allen, and it was co-produced with Taylor Swift's pal Jack Antonoff.
The abum is filled with songs about love, heartbreak and ambition, and she says that she was an 'emotional wreck' when she wrote it.
But several of the songs brought a degree of notoriety.
It seemed like each song had a story to go with it. The video for Please Please Please co-starred her then-boyfriend and Oscar-nominated star of Saltburn, Barry Keoghan – the pair split in December last year, citing their busy schedules as the reason.
The track, which became one of her biggest hits, references an actor boyfriend and tells the story of someone who knows they are in the wrong relationship.
'This just really hits for the girls that have every right to go back to someone who isn't good for them and know that those mistakes are absolutely human to make – and repeatedly,' she told Time magazine last year. 'The amount of times that we've all been with people we shouldn't be. . .'
'I see her as a featherweight genius,' says Mark Borkowski, who admits he questions her longevity.
'Like a lot of pop stars now, she has a really profound digital social literacy. She's brilliant at creating the type of content that gets shared and becomes clickbait.
"She's found a way of getting the fame machine to work for her – with all the algorithms and the viral clips. She's the perfect pop star for the algorithm age,' he adds.
Before her show tonight, she will no doubt have taken an icy plunge bath, after becoming obsessed with cold water therapy.
'I really got introduced to this s**t by boys that I've dated that I made fun of for doing it,' she has said. 'I would always make fun of it, being like: 'Oh, the cold shower isn't going to fix your mental health. You need to actually maybe see a therapist.'
"But then I tried it, and I was like: 'You know what? There's a little something to it.' Mentally, it's not getting my life together, but it's definitely helping my body heal, and it's helping me have a little bit more clarity and energy.
"Unfortunately, it's a cult, but I'm here for it.'
Despite the doubters, it feels like no one is going to pour cold water on Sabrina's career any time soon.
'Sabrina Carpenter is such a unique songwriting talent that I don't think the world has even caught up with it yet,' says songwriter Alexis Strum, who has penned songs for artists including Kylie Minogue.
'I think she is severely underestimated, and is actually really witty and makes brave choices with her top lines.
'It's no coincidence that she's worked with Dolly Parton and, in years to come, she may have her own 'Sabrinawood', because she has such a knack for generalising her life experience into song.
It's a gift that both Adele has and Amy Winehouse had in spades – mining your relationships to create relatable lyrics that the world will sing back to you for decades to come.
'It has taken some time to get to the top, but Sabrina never doubted it would happen.'
Sabrina told Rolling Stone: 'I've always had a really weird relationship with the universe and I always felt like it was going to work out.
"I try not to get sad about the fact that nothing lasts forever but, genuinely, it's such a beautiful time now.
'I want to soak it up and keep making things while I'm feeling this way.'
SABRINA'S CV
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
18
Sabrina on Law & Order
In her first-ever acting role, an 11-year-old Sabrina plays a trafficking victim who's interviewed by Detective Stabler (Christopher Meloni). A star was born.
2013 Orange Is The New Black
18
Sabrina guest stars in hit Netflix series Orange Is The New Black
Sabrina guest stars in the hit Netflix prison comedy, starring as bully Jessica Wedge who tells a young Alex Vause (Laura Prepon): 'You dress like a bum.' Meow!
2014-2017 Girl Meets World
18
The youngster on Girl Meets World
At 15, she nabs the coveted role of Maya Hart in Disney's spin-off of the popular 1993 series Boy Meets World. 'That was my world and that was my everything,' she said in 2020.
2016 Adventures In Babysitting
18
Sabrina takes on the part of Jenny in this remake of Adventures In Babysitting
Sabrina takes on the part of Jenny in this remake of the '80s classic, in which two rival babysitters have the night from hell when one of their charges goes missing.
2020 Mean Girls on Broadway
18
Making her Broadway debut in Mean Girls, Ms Carpenter shows off her voice playing Lindsay Lohan's character Cady
Making her Broadway debut, Ms Carpenter shows off her voice playing Lindsay Lohan's character Cady in the stage version of the hit film. So fetch.
2020 Clouds
18
Sabrina recently starred in Disney sobfest 2020 Clouds
Based on a true story, this Disney sobfest (directed by Justin Baldoni of It Ends With Us) tells the story of a terminally ill teen and his best friend and love interest, played by Sabrina.
Hashtags

Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles


Scottish Sun
30 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
Bride mercilessly mocked over ‘diabolical' wedding surprise for husband as they say he must be looking for an annulment
Read on to see what the bride did in retaliation to the trolling AISLE SAY Bride mercilessly mocked over 'diabolical' wedding surprise for husband as they say he must be looking for an annulment Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) WHEN people share videos of their wedding day, it's often met with praise and swooning over the happy couple. But one bride has been mercilessly mocked after sharing the surprise she had in store for her husband and wedding guests. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 ALexis shared the wedding surprise she gave her husband three years ago Credit: Tiktok/@alexojennings 2 But the bride was mocked for her solo dance routine Credit: Tiktok/@alexojennings Alexis Jennings decided to share the surprise on social media, three years after her big day. She wrote over the clip: "That time I performed a dance on my wedding day knowing my religious family would look down on it.'" In the clip, the brunette bride danced to Beyonce's End of Time while wearing an all-white tracksuit and a black shirt underneath. Her husband, who was mostly out of the shot, could be seen sitting still watching her moves. While she is dancing, children run past the stage and some wedding guests can be seen completely ignoring her. The awkward dance saw her two-step left to right, pretending to march and whipping her hair around. "Debated doing this for so long that by the time I convinced myself to do it, I only had less than two months to learn the choreography," she captioned the post. "DO WHAT YOU WANT ON YOUR WEDDING DAY LADIES. My man loved it. "To further explain, I purposefully wore this covered up outfit and played down the dance moves out of respect for said religious family." But her 'religious family' at the wedding seemingly didn't have much to say about her moves - some members even recorded her and looked excited. I wasn't going to spend thousands on a wedding dress so got an Oh Polly one for £75 - no one would know it wasn't pricey Instead, it was the people in the comments of her TikTok that were quicker to judge the dance. The clip has since gone viral on her TikTok account @alexojennings with over 14 million views and people didn't hold back with their opinion. One person wrote: "He's googling annulment facts as soon as this clip ends." Another commented: "In broad daylight is diabolical." Average cost of a wedding in 2025 Recent research by Hodge reveals the dream of getting married can come with a hefty price tag, reaching more than £20,000. Food - £6,000 Honeymoon - £4,329 Wedding outfits - £3,500 Entertainment - £2,000 Engagement ring - £1,948 Flowers - £1,110 Wedding ring - £1,000 Wedding transport - £700 Total = £20,587 "That man deserves the world for not laughing," penned a third. Meanwhile a fourth said: "Painful to watch. Hope you had fun though." "The best part is that you didn't have to do this at all,' claimed a fifth Someone else added: "The fact her friends let her go ahead with this tells me she needs better friends." Despite the nasty comments, the bride stuck to her guns over the controversial dance. "Y'all roasting me is killing me, she commented. "The mean comments are only telling me what I already know - you're not gonna hurt my feelings. It's TIKTOK doing its "thang." It's all love." In fact, she was so unbothered by the hate that she posted a second clip of the dance as a response. In this follow-up video, she continued the solo dance to Beyoncé's Upgrade U. Alexis had similar right-to-left movements, something she chalks up to having to 'improvise' due to forgetting the moves.


Scottish Sun
43 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
The English hotel resort with private beach, outdoor swimming pool and cinema – and new Spanish-themed experience
Plus, the English hotel with one of the UK's poshest spas… but it's only for dogs RURAL RETREAT The English hotel resort with private beach, outdoor swimming pool and cinema – and new Spanish-themed experience Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A HUGE hotel resort set in the English countryside is home to wealth of things to do and explore and is also getting an exciting new Spanish experience. The Grove located in the Hertfordshire countryside, just 18 miles from central London is a private resort with five restaurants, three bars, an award-winning spa, a golf course and events spaces. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 9 The Grove located in the Hertfordshire countryside, just 18 miles from central London Credit: The Grove 9 It is a private resort with five restaurants, three bars, an award-winning spa, a golf course and events spaces Credit: The Grove Stretching over 300 acres, the resort boasts something for everyone. Whist the first house at the site dates back to the 1500s, the hotel didn't open until 2003. And inside it features sophisticated interiors with sculptures, chandeliers and airy large windows. There are a number of different rooms available, including 12 newly refurbished suites in the 18th century mansion. Depending on your mood, visitors can also eat a number of different locations including The Glasshouse, which according to The Grove's website is "one of the world's finest buffets". And during the summer months, the hotel hosts the 'Feast on Cloud 9'. Guests can experience a food from the hotel whilst immersed in a fairground-theme outdoor area. Throughout the experience, visitors will have immersive moments all whilst enjoying a five-course meal or afternoon tea. It costs £75 per adult and £49.50 per child for the five-course tasting menu. Alternatively, you could have afternoon tea for £65 per adult and £39.50 per child. This Hotel is Home to the UK's Only Swim-Up Bar The hotel is also hosting a new experience called 'Fuego in the Woods', which shares with guests the flavours of Spain. Across three courses, visitors will have a sharing-style Spanish feast all cooked over wood-fired parrillas with dishes including Barcelona-style flatbread with black garlic aioli, Tomahawk of Hertfordshire beef and a Basque chocolate cheesecake with cherry compote. There will be live music and drinks across the participating evenings too. The experience costs £175 per adult or £100 per child. Back at the hotel, there is also a spa onsite which offers a range of facilities including a 22-metre-long UV-filtered pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room. One of the real hidden gems of the site is the walled garden - home to a heated outdoor pool, private beach and kitchen garden. 9 Inside, the hotel features sophisticated interiors with sculptures, chandeliers and airy large windows Credit: The Grove 9 The hotel is also hosting a new experience called 'Fuego in the Woods', which shares with guests the flavours of Spain Credit: The Grove Whilst at the 'beach', guests can relax, enjoy a new bar, stretch out on daybeds and get competitive in a family gaming area. This year, the beach has a fresh new look and a dedicated treatment space. The day beds include premium, classic and family options that cost from £60 to £190, depending on whether you book them for a day or half-day. Each booking also comes with still and sparking water, fruit skewers, coconut water, face spray and cocktails. 9 Whilst at the 'beach', guests can relax, enjoy a new bar, stretch out on daybeds and get competitive in a family gaming area Credit: The Grove 9 Whilst at the 'beach', guests can relax, enjoy a new bar, stretch out on daybeds and get competitive in a family gaming area Credit: The Grove Whilst there, guests can also indulge themselves with a 'Sequoia on the Beach Massage' - which focuses on the décolletage, neck, shoulders, face, scalp and arms. For those who like golf, The Grove is home to one of the UK's most prestigious golf courses, with 18 holes. In fact, in 2006, the resort hosted The World Golf Championships, which were won by Tiger Woods. Previous guests have included cast members of Harry Potter - as 'The Making of Harry Potter' is nearby at Leavesden Studios - and Barack Obama during a presidential visit with Prime Minister David Cameron. It isn't only prestigious guests the resort is used to - there have also been a number of notable events at The Grove. 9 The day beds include premium, classic and family options that cost from £60 to £190 Credit: The Grove The Grove Hotel went viral for one of it's restaurants THE Sun's assistant travel editor Sophie Swietochowski experienced the buffet last year - here's what she thought. As The Sun travel desk's resident foodie, I could hardly resist trying the UK's fanciest buffet, also one of the world's most expensive. The Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire went viral earlier last year when TikTok foodies discovered its Glasshouse restaurant where everyone dines en masse, but in five-star luxury. It even featured in Netflix's 'Million Dollar Buffet' documentary with Grace Dent. Costing a whopping £82 per person at the weekend, there is certainly enough to choose from. After several, overly-generous spoonfuls of caviar, a few servings of beetroot-cured salmon and seven superbly crafted sushi rolls, decorated with dainty herbs, I felt I'd made a good dent in 'getting my money's worth' – a statement that had been thrown back and forth between my buffet partner, Mum, and I. So the real question is: is it really worth the cash? It's a thought that's difficult to get out of my head, even though, as a self-proclaimed foodie, I'd normally spend at least this amount on a boozy dinner with friends. But £82 does feel like a lot for what I'd previously have defined as 'just a buffet'. Although, if you visit for dinner mid-week, as opposed to the weekend, you can knock £17 off this price. I'd planned what I thought was an adequate two and a half hours to properly tackle that evening's dinner, but an extra hour would have been more appropriate if I wanted to take it at a more relaxed pace – and squeeze in an extra few hundred calories. Isn't that what buffet dining is all about? Still, despite the steep price, I think I'll be booking a table for my birthday next year – and this time I'm aiming for five plates instead of four. 9 In 2023, the resort celebrated 20 years since it opened and also received a plethora of awards Credit: The Grove These include NATO's 70th annual meeting. And for the final of the UEFA Euros, the England National Football Team stayed at the hotel. In 2023, the resort celebrated 20 years since it opened and also received a plethora of awards. The Grove also revealed its newly renovated Sequoia spa after a £1.6million refurbishment. There is a posh UK spa hotel praised by mums as perfect for kids – thanks to an Ofsted creche, huge playbarn and early teatime. Plus, the English hotel with one of the UK's poshest spas… but it's only for dogs.


Scottish Sun
an hour ago
- Scottish Sun
Queen ‘saw straight through Meghan' & branded her and Harry a ‘catastrophe' in weeks before she died, insider reveals
An insider has revealed the late queens thoughts on the couple NOT IMPRESSED Queen 'saw straight through Meghan' & branded her and Harry a 'catastrophe' in weeks before she died, insider reveals Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE late Queen allegedly branded Prince Harry's relationship with Meghan Markle a "complete catastrophe" in the weeks before she died. An insider has revealed how the late monarch "saw straight through Meghan" in the lead up to her passing in September 2022. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 The queen is alleged to have seen 'straight through Meghan' Credit: Getty 3 Harry and Meghan stepped down from royal duties in 2020 Credit: Getty Journalist and royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith revealed the queens thoughts on her Substack Royal Extras. Bedell Smith previously told how Harry had been rude to his grandmother during a meeting about his wedding with Meghan refusing to reveal details about her death. Bedell Smith said the interaction left the queen "saddened." The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have always claimed their relationship with the Queen was warm despite the rift between them and other senior royals. According to a source, Bedell Smith says, the queen made some strong remarks about the Sussexes at Balmoral just weeks before her death. A group of guests at the Scots castle were alleged to have been privy to some strongly worded comments made by the late queen about Harry and Meghan's union. It came just months before her majesty sadly passed away in September 2022. A source said: "It was out of character for the she saw straight through Meghan. "At the drinks before the dinner, a small group were talking to the monarch and she explained that Harry meeting Meghan had become a complete catastrophe." "By this point we all knew the Queen's health was in decline and she had months left, she seemed regretful about how things had panned out." Harry and Meghan made the Queen's last years a complete misery - they'll NEVER be forgiven At this point the Sussexes had stepped down as working royals and were living in Montecito. When 'Megxit' was announced the late Queen Elizabeth said in a statement: "Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved members of my family." The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down from royal duties in 2020 and went on to publicly criticise the family in their 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview. The relationship began to break down in the run up to Harry and Meghan's wedding according to insiders. 3 The relationship is alleged to have began to break down in the lead up to the Sussexes wedding Credit: AP In the run up to the Harry and Meghan's wedding at St George's Chapel in Windsor in 2018, the queen is alleged to have said her grandson was "besotted and weak." She also worried that his bride-to-be had manipulated the prince, while getting away with a raft of bad behaviour. The Queen's first cousin is alleged to have said just days before Meghan and Harry's wedding: "We hope but don't quite think she is in love. We think she engineered it all." According to Bedell Smith, when Harry and Meghan announced their plans to step down as working royals in 2020 the queen tried to find a compromise to stop 'Megxit.' The couple said at the time that they were stepping back to gain more financial independence and avoid the prying eyes of the media. Inside Prince William and Prince Harry's 'feud' TENSIONS have been running high in the royal family since Prince Harry stepped down from royal duties in 2020 and relocated to California with Meghan Markle. Their last reported interaction was during the funeral of their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, in September 2022, but conversations were said to be brief. The feuding brothers reportedly did not speak to each other despite standing 'virtually back to back' among mourners at their uncle's memorial service last year. Growing up, Wills and Harry shared many of the same friends who were part of their close, tight-knit circle. But their relationship took a sour turn after Harry lobbed vile allegations against the Prince of Wales in his memoir Spare - and they are said to have not been in direct contact since the 2023 release. In the book, he claimed William had physically attacked him and knocked him to the floor in 2019 and made insulting comments about Meghan. The Sussexes had also targeted Princess Kate, when Meghan claimed the royal made her cry. The bitter feud was ignited when the Sussexes told Oprah, in their 2021 sit down interview, that certain members of the Royal Family had speculated about Prince Archie's skin colour. It was later claimed the royals were Princess Kate and King Charles, after Harry and Meghan's former pal Omid Scobie published his hatchet-job book Endgame. During the infamous Oprah interview, the duchess also made stinging comments about the Firm and how they handled her mental health struggles. Prince William and Harry's bond then worsened after the Sussexes made a number of accusations against the Royal Family in their 2022 Netflix docuseries. The duke has given subsequent interviews, such as his most BBC chat in May 2025, that have only propelled bad blood.