'Confident' Sabrina Carpenter addresses 'regressive' critics

Sabrina Carpenter just broke silence over her viral racy persona.

The 25-year-old pop star, who gained immense recognition over her latest song, Espresso, bluntly told her critics to stay away from her performances if they don’t like her raunchy displays.

Addressing the criticism she faces for her risque dance routines, revealing outfits and indirectly explicit lyrics, Carpenter expressed frustration over the fact that female artists are still being "shamed."

Speaking to The Sun for their Sunday newspaper, the Feathers hitmaker said, “My message has always been clear — if you can’t handle a girl who is confident in her own s**uality, then don’t come to my shows.”

She continued, “Female artists have been shamed forever. In the Noughties it was Rihanna, in the Nineties it was Britney Spears, in the Eighties it was Madonna — and now it’s me."

Carpenter also mentioned that her critics have a rather “regressive” attitude as they ignore all the positive aspects of her art.

“It’s essentially saying that female performers should not be able to embrace their s**uality in their lyrics, in the way we dress, in the way we perform,” she explained.

The Please Please Please singer continued, “It is totally regressive. It’s like those who want to shame don’t make comments when I talk about self-care or body positivity or heartbreak, which are all normal things a 25-year-old goes through. They just want to talk about the s**ual side of my performances.”

She also believes that it is important for women in the industry to support one another in these situations.

“As women, we can look at another woman and be like, ‘Oh, she has the perfect body’. But if you were to ask the woman you think has a perfect body, I guarantee she will have her own insecurities. That’s why as women we need to be kind to each other,” Sabrina Carpenter concluded.