Sabrina Carpenter Faces Backlash for Provocative ‘Man's Best Friend' Album Cover
The photo depicts the 26-year-old in a minidress and heels posing on her hands and knees while a man appears to be grabbing her by the hair.
Online commenters called out the image as 'misogynistic' and even claimed it encourages violence against women.
'Sabrina was definitely aiming to be a little provocative, but she never expected this kind of reaction!' an insider says.
'It's very hard for her to wrap her head around how riled up people are over this when plenty of other pop stars have pushed the envelope.'
'Just look at Madonna — this isn't nearly as hardcore as some of the things she's done and she's seen as this feminist icon. So it's just very shocking to Sabrina to be getting so much backlash.
'She is a global powerhouse right now but that doesn't mean she can afford to be tarnished with a scandal.'
According to the source, both Sabrina and her team are very worried the backlash could snowball out of control. 'They realize cancel culture is still very real and very unpredictable.'
Although the former Disney star is putting on a brave face in public, privately she's freaking out that this could derail her golden-girl reputation and send her back to obscurity.
Her team is now scrambling to contain the damage so it doesn't permanently hurt her image.
'The good news is her new song 'Manchild' is doing really well on the charts, so she's focusing on those numbers and trying to drown out the noise,' a source says. 'But no doubt this negative reaction has taken a lot of the shine off of her success.'
While half the internet seemed to be condemning the 'Juno' singer, 'You're So Vain' songbird Carly Simon, 82, defended her, saying, 'She's not doing anything outrageous. It seems tame!'
She points to the Rolling Stones' 1971 album Sticky Fingers. 'Now that was out there in terms of sexual attitude. So I don't know why [Sabrina's] getting such flak.'
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