Sabrina Carpenter condemned the White House’s use of her song “Juno” in a social media video showing ICE and border patrol agents arresting immigrants.
“Have you ever tried this one?” the White House wrote in its original X post promoting the video Monday, quoting a lyric from the Carpenter song. “Bye-bye,” the caption concluded, followed by a pair of waving and heart eyes emojis. The video prompted swift outrage first from Carpenter’s fans online, and now from the pop star herself.
“This video is evil and disgusting,” Carpenter wrote Tuesday on X, in a direct response to the video. “Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.
— Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn) December 2, 2025
The White House’s video uses “Juno” to mock anti-ICE protestors, timing the song’s “Wanna try out some freaky positions / Have you ever tried this one?” lyrics to cuts of ICE agents chasing down, tackling and handcuffing fleeing protestors and immigrants. For her part, Carpenter made her thoughts about President Trump and his administration known back in 2024, a year prior to her Tuesday tweet.
“Sorry about our country,” the “Man’s Best Friend” singer-songwriter told concert attendees last year, shortly after Trump defeated Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and won the 2024 presidential election. “To the women in here, I love you so so so so so much, and I really hope for the rest of this night that you can enjoy yourselves because you absolutely deserve it.”
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