Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter are “taking a break” (Image: Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Barry Keoghan appears to have addressed rumours that he cheated on Sabrina Carpenter with sensation Breckie Hill. The news of pop starlet Sabrina, 25, and actor Barry, 32, “taking a break” was only made public on December 4, but internet sleuths suggested Barry had been unfaithful after he was seen with Breckie at a hotel.
Barry took to Twitter today to refute the “lies and hatred” spread about him by online trolls. “I can only sit and take so much. My name has been dragged across the internet in ways I usually don’t respond too. I have to respond now because it’s gettin to a place where there are too many lines being crossed,” he penned.
“I deactivated my account because I can no longer let this stuff distract from my family and my work. 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.”
The Saltburn star added: “Dragging my character and everything I worked extremely hard for and stand for. Talking about how I was a heroine baby and how I grew up and dragging my dear mother into it also. Knocking on my grannies door. Sitting outside my baby boys house intimidating them. That’s crossing a line.”
“Each and every day I work harder to push myself on every level to be the healthiest and strongest person for that boy. 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.”
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Barry concluded: “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”.
The Irish star was referring to his son, two year old Brando, whom he shares with his ex-girlfriend Alyson Kierans, a London-based dentist. Barry recently hit back at fans who suggested he was neglecting his son in favour of the lifestyle, leaving all parenting responsibilities to Alyson,
While appearing on Louis Theroux’s podcast last month, Barry discussed his upbringing in foster care and his mother’s death from drug addiction. He took offence to accusations that he was a “deadbeat dad”.
“If I didn’t have tough skin or the strength to have, I wouldn’t be sitting here. Of course, (my childhood is) going to affect me being a father when I had no blueprint to take from. People just read that (as) laziness and go, ‘Oh, that’s no excuse to be an absent father’. I’m not an absent father,” he assured Louis.
Barry Keoghan has come under fire a lot on the internet over the past few days (Image: WWD via Getty Images)
Upon the announcement of Barry and Sabrina’s split, a source revealed to People: “They are both young and career-focused, so they’ve decided to take a break.”
The insider further mentioned that the separation was friendly and hinted that there might still be a future for the couple.