If you haven’t heard, Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan have reportedly broke up. (Her Campus reached out to their teams for comment, but didn’t hear back.) I know, I’m heartbroken, too. News of the couple’s split took the internet by storm — not only because Sab and Barry ended things after only a year of dating but because of cheating rumors that have since been circulating online. While an insider told People that Carpenter and Keoghan broke up because both are young and career-focused, people on social media are claiming that the Saltburn actor cheated on the singer with TikTok influencer Breckie Hill, who reposted stories about these affair rumors. Her Campus reached out to Keoghan, Carpenter, and Hill’s teams for comment on the cheating rumors as well, but did not hear back by the time of publication.
It all started when the celebrity gossip account DeuxMoi claimed that Keoghan was spotted out with another woman. “On the closing night of her biggest tour to date in L.A., he was busy getting very cozy at San Vincente Bungalows with a blonde, semi-famous L.A. based influencer (who’s particularly big on TikTok),” the anonymous tip read. “I snooped around a bit out of curiosity and apparently he and his pop star girlfriend called it quits very suddenly less than a week before her final shows in L.A. after she found out he had been chatting with said influencer behind her back for months in a not-innocent-at-all way.”
Now, how does Hill fit into all of this? Although the influencer was not named in DeuxMoi’s post, Internet sleuths got to work and were soon convinced she was the women Keoghan was rumored to have cheated on Carpenter with, primarily because she’s blonde, has 4.3 million on TikTok followers, and is based in L.A. IT became even more likely when Hill appeared to confirm fans’ suspicions by reposting two TikToks that claimed she was the mysterious influencer Keoghan was reportedly seen out with and was messaging.
Shortly after news of Carpenter and Keoghan’s split broke, Hill posted a TikTok nodding along to a series of questions like “Would he pick you in a room full of girls?” and “Would he pick you over his ex?”
While these cheating rumors have not been outright confirmed or denied, Hill’s most recent social media activity has riled up Carpenter stans. Many have been taking to the comments of the influencer’s videos to call her out for her rumored involvement with Keoghan. “I can’t relate to desperation,” one person commented. “That’s not espresso, that’s depresso (barry fumbled hard asl),” someone else wrote.
But fans aren’t the only ones dragging Hill online. On Dec. 3, fellow TikTok influencer Olivia Dunne entered the chat to give her two cents on this scandal. In a TikTok video, Dunne is seen nodding and smiling with the caption, “When her true colors are finally revealed in the national media.” Her Campus reached out to Dunne and Hill’s teams for comment on this post, but did not hear back by the time of publication.
In case you’re on the fence about whether Dunne was actually referring to Hill, when a fan asked in the comments, “Is this about the TikToker he cheated with (that’s been reposting vids about it)?” Dunne replied, “Yes.” When another person asked, “I’m employed why is she dissing Sabrina Carpenter?” Dunne replied, “I love Sabrina… it’s about who homewrecked her relationship.”
At first, both Hill and Keoghan kept quiet about the cheating rumors, but have since spoken out on the backlash. On Dec. 7, the actor shared a lengthy message on X about the online abuse he and his loved ones have faced.
“My name has been dragged across the internet in ways I usually don’t respond to. I have to respond now because it’s gettin to a place where there are too many lines being crossed. I can no longer let this stuff distract from my family and my work,” he wrote online after deactivating his Instagram account. “The messages I have received no person should ever have to read them. Absolute lies, hatred, disgusting commentary about my appearance, character, how I am as a parent and every other inhumane thing you can imagine.”
Please be respectful
x pic.twitter.com/N03eHAIbC8— Barry Keoghan (@BarryKeoghan) December 7, 2024
He claimed that since these rumors started, people have been knocking at his grandmother’s door sitting outside his son’s house “intimidating them.”
Keoghan also added in his statement, “Each and every day I work harder to push myself on every level to be the healthiest and strongest person for [my son]. I want to provide opportunities for him to learn, fail and grow. I want him to be able to look up to his daddy, to have full trust in me and know I will have his back no matter what. I need you to remember he has to read all of this about his father when he is older. Please be respectful to all. Thank u x.”
Not long after Keoghan shared his statement, Hill also put these cheating rumors to rest in a TikTok video. “No, I did not get with Barry. I never encountered this man in my life,” Hill said. “The only time I’ve seen him is on my TV screen from watching Saltburn.”
Hill explained that the videos she made that people thought had confirmed this cheating rumor were taken out of context. She made it clear that she “would never want to home wreck any relationship” having been cheated on herself. “This whole story is so crazy to me,” she said. “I was truly just re-posting these videos laying in a hospital bed thinking how crazy it is someone thought I was home-wrecking Sabrina Carpenter’s relationship. That just would never happen.”