<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-19/getty_SabrinaCarpenterandMarcello_101925.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Sabrina Carpenter and Marcello Hernandez during 'SNL' promos (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC)</figcaption></figure><p><strong>Sabrina Carpenter</strong> pulled double duty as host and musical guest on<em> Saturday Night Live</em> on Saturday – and she also managed to sing the F-word several times without being censored.</p><p>Her performance of “<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZnUHFNY_Uw” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Manchild</a>” was self-censored: She sang, “Eff my life.” But when it came to her second performance, “<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4M2qjkZxj4″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Nobody’s Son</a>,” that went out the window when she came to the part of the song that went <a href=”https://www.tiktok.com/@margaritarosie/video/7547885367681142046″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>viral on TikTok</a>.</p><p>During the performance, which was set in a martial arts studio, Sabrina sang the line, “He sure f***** me up/ And yes, I’m talkin’ ’bout your baby,” twice, singing the F-word loud and clear. In the version posted to YouTube, the audio drops out during the profanity. </p><p>As for the show itself, <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_6_ymTaxN4″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>the cold open brought back</a> <strong>Marcello Hernandez'</strong>s Domingo in a revisit of the viral bridesmaids sketch, originally set to Sabrina’s “Espresso.” Sabrina played the childhood bestie of <strong>Chloe Fineman</strong>’s Kelsey and she and Kelsey’s other friends sang about Kelsey once again cheating on her husband with Domingo. During the skit, Sabrina and the girls sang songs set to <strong>Taylor Swift'</strong>s “The Fate of Ophelia” and<strong> Lady Gaga</strong>’s “Abracadabra” before Domingo appeared to sing about his love for Kelsey in a take on <strong>Alex Warren'</strong>s “Ordinary.”</p><p>In her monologue, Sabrina also <a href=”https://youtu.be/b64iZrVuvuc?t=51″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>jokingly addressed the controversy</a> about her <em>Man’s Best Friend</em> album cover photo, which shows her on all fours, with someone pulling her hair. </p><p>”What people don’t realize is, that’s just how they cropped it,” she said. “If you zoom out, it’s clearly a picture from the 50th anniversary special of <strong>Bowen [Yang]</strong> helping me up by the hair, after <strong>Martin Short</strong> shoved me out of the buffet line.”</p><div class=”raw-html-embed”><iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/E4M2qjkZxj4″ title=”Sabrina Carpenter: Nobody’s Son (Live) – SNL” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe><iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/vZnUHFNY_Uw” title=”Sabrina Carpenter: Manchild (Live) – SNL” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe><iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/C_6_ymTaxN4″ title=”Domingo Cold Open – SNL” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.</p>
<figure><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-19/getty_SabrinaCarpenterandMarcello_101925.jpg" alt=""><figcaption>Sabrina Carpenter and Marcello Hernandez during 'SNL' promos (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC)</figcaption></figure><p><strong>Sabrina Carpenter</strong> pulled double duty as host and musical guest on<em> Saturday Night Live</em> on Saturday -- and she also managed to sing the F-word several times without being censored.</p><p>Her performance of "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZnUHFNY_Uw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Manchild</a>" was self-censored: She sang, "Eff my life." But when…
