“The Italians Are So Mad”: Sabrina Carpenter Jokes About Her “Espresso” Fallout

Remember last October, when Sabrina Carpenter put out the music video for her song “Feather” and subsequently angered the Catholic church? Remember when a priest got demoted for allowing her to film the “provocative” video in his Brooklyn church? And do you remember Sabrina Carpenter’s response to the controversy, when she said simply, “Jesus was a carpenter”? Now, according to the singer herself, she’s ignited another “feud,” this time with Italy.

All joking aside, Sabrina Carpenter recently said that, because of her song “Espresso,” Italians “are so mad” at her. Speaking with Apple Music, she shared that the popularity of the song has caused her to be a little apprehensive about visiting cafes abroad.

“I didn’t invent espresso,” she said, adding, “The Italians are so mad … What’s so crazy, [and] this is the part of me that feels like an idiot. Every time I see a cafe, there’s just a sign that says espresso, and I’m like, ‘Yes.’ Nothing to do with me.”

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Sabrina Carpenter Struggles with Ordering Espressos Due to the Popularity of Her Hit Song

Granted, it’s not much of a feud, but more like an internal struggle for Sabrina Carpenter. Still, it’s pretty funny to think about a pop singer feuding with an entire country over who invented espresso.

“I do have to question ordering [espressos] a lot now,” Carpenter admitted. “They’re just waiting for me to say it and I’m like, ‘tea.’”

Meanwhile, Carpenter just released her newest album, Short N’ Sweet, which she said is not a nod to her height. “I called it Short n’ Sweet for multiple reasons,’ she explained. “It was not because I’m vertically challenged. It was really like I thought about some of these relationships and how some of them were the shortest I’ve ever had and they affected me the most.”

She continued, “I think about the way that I respond to situations, and sometimes it is very nice and sometimes it’s not very nice. And again, the thing about albums, projects, writing songs, it’s all moments. So harder for other people to understand that when they’re listening to something that’s going to take them through maybe a lot of years, hopefully a lot of years, is that I’m not the same person that I was when I wrote that.”

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