Peaky Blinders Movie Sparks Uproar: What Really Happened Between Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter

Peaky Blinders is not dead, it is just switching formats. The next chapter arrives as a movie called Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, and the face on the poster is Barry Keoghan. On screen, he is leading a story set in 1940s Birmingham with a fresh wave of young men. Off screen, his name is still tangled up with Sabrina Carpenter. Here is where both things stand without the messy guesswork.

The movie part: what you need to know

Empire Magazine says Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is set in 1940s Birmingham and centers on a new generation. The lead is Barry Keoghan, the Oscar-nominated Irish actor who broke big in Saltburn. That is the clean, straightforward part.

The Keoghan and Carpenter timeline, minus the noise

• December 2023: Romance chatter kicks off after they are seen at dinner in Los Angeles. The two pop up together a lot after that, including heavy-visibility stops like the Met Gala. Coverage follows them through 2024 across the entertainment press.
• They reportedly first crossed paths at Givenchy's spring/summer 2024 show and then showed up publicly at W's Grammys after-party.
• June 6, 2024: They collaborate on Sabrina Carpenter's Please, Please, Please music video, with Keoghan starring opposite her.
• Mid-2024: Online rumors claim Keoghan was unfaithful. Those claims end up being labeled as rumors, not verified facts.
• December 2024: They are done. A source tells People they are young, career-focused, and chose to take a break. Reps do not comment. The same source points to schedules and priorities as likely reasons.
• Early December 2024: Influencer Breckie Hill gets dragged into the story by rumor-mongers, then posts on TikTok on December 4, 2024 saying she has never even met Keoghan.
• Post-breakup: Keoghan catches a wave of online hate, deactivates Instagram, and posts on X:

"I can only sit and take so much."

Another source close to People pushes back on the cheating narrative, saying Keoghan was faithful and that the relationship itself was supportive. So yes, there was smoke, but no one has produced the fire.

The music part: is it pointed or just pop?

Here is where things get... interpretive. In February, Carpenter put out a new version of Please, Please, Please as part of the Short n' Sweet deluxe. The black-and-white video features her and Dolly Parton in a pickup with police in pursuit. They load shovels into the truck. There is also a man in the back with his hands tied and a bag over his head, wearing an outfit that matches what Keoghan wore in the original video. That earlier video, you may remember, ended with Carpenter cuffing his character and taping his mouth. Fans saw the new clip and connected the dots directly back to him.

Then in June 2025, the pop star dropped Manchild. Lines like "Man-child / Why you always come a-running to me?" fueled immediate armchair analysis that the song nods to Keoghan or the relationship in general. The Espresso singer has not said it is about him, and so far there is no explicit confirmation that either the new Please, Please, Please video or Manchild is meant as a musical shot across the bow.

Where that leaves things

Career-wise, Keoghan is stepping into Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, set among a younger crew in 1940s Birmingham. Personal-life-wise, the Sabrina chapter appears closed, with plenty of chatter but no hard proof of the worst accusations. Read the art how you want, but for now, the facts are a lot quieter than the discourse.