Sabrina Carpenter isn’t afraid to be cheeky; in fact, she leans into it with her cleverly sexual lyrics and suggestive performances. While many love that she does this, and things like her “Juno” poses have gone viral, there are others who find it uncomfortable. Now, the pop star is opening up about that fact and how being a child actor may have influenced how people see her and her music today.
Long before Carpenter was singing songs like “Manchild” and “Tears,” and well before she was making headlines for suggestive performances, she was on the Disney Channel. From 2014 to 2017, specifically, she starred on Girl Meets World. That served as her breakout role, and she landed it when she was about 15 years old. Now, she’s 26. However, when she spoke to Vareity, she noted that there are people who likely still view her as a kid, which could impact how they feel about her work now. She explained:
