- Sabrina Carpenter took to the stage at this year’s Grammy awards
- And the singer’s performance was compared to none other than Muppets icon, Miss Piggy
- Fans went wild for Carpenter’s songs – and also her blossoming friendship with Olivia Rodrigo
Sabrina Carpenter took the Grammy awards by storm on Sunday, February 2.
Not only did the 25-year-old win her very first two accolades – for the coveted Pop Vocal Album and Pop Vocal Performance, no less – but she also gave an amazing performance during the ceremony.
And while Carpenter gave an amazing mash-up rendition of her hits Espresso and Please Please Please, fans couldn’t help but compare the singer to another starlet – Miss Piggy.
While it may seem like a stretch to compare Carpenter to the beloved Muppets character, fans were thrilled that she had taken tricks from Piggy’s “playbook”.
“Beyond being wickedly talented and gorgeous, I appreciate that Sabrina has taken notes from the Miss Piggy playbook (being gorgeous with huge curls doing physical comedy),” wrote one fan on Twitter/X.
Another added, “The way Miss Piggy and Sabrina Carpenter are literally long lost sisters…”.
While the fun routine did look like something Miss Piggy would have taken on, Carpenter actually took inspiration from a 1978 performance by actor Goldie Hawn – and fans lapped it up.
“Didn’t realize how starved we all were for physical comedy ‘til right now,” said one fan.
Another praised Carpenter’s stamina.
“The fact that she’s able to do all the theatrics and choreo, climb out of the stage, tap dance in heels, then jump in a man’s arms where she’s spun around multiple times and then still effortlessly hit all the notes… Sabrina Carpenter the icon you are,” they wrote.
Fans beg Sabrina Carpenter to return to Broadway
Carpenter’s beginnings as a Disney Channel child star were also noted by fans.
The Taste singer starred in the series Girl Meets World from 2014 to 2017.
“Disney babies are really meant for the theater,” one viewer said. Another added, “This is what happens when you tell a Disney kid to ‘go big or go home’.”
And although Carpenter has already made her Broadway debut – playing Cady Heron in Mean Girls for three months in March 2020 – fans are begging her to return to the stage.
“Sabrina didn’t perform, she put on a whole Broadway production,” praised one, as another wowed fan simply stated, “Oh, broadway!!!!!”
Sabrina Carpenter ‘ends rift’ with Olivia Rodrigo
Carpenter also went viral for another reason – as she was seen sharing a hug with fellow singer, Olivia Rodrigo.
The rift between the pair has been ongoing since Rodrigo, 21, released her debut hit single, Driver’s Licence.
While it’s never been revealed who the song is about, many fans speculated Rodrigo was writing about her then-boyfriend and fellow High School Musical star, Joshua Bassett.
Although the relationship was never official, it’s widely thought that the pair dated for around a year until July 2020 – when Bassett was seen hanging out with Carpenter.
After Rodrigo’s track dropped on January 8 2021, Carpenter then went on to release her ‘diss track’, Skin, on January 22.
But it seems that the pair have put the past behind them, and fans have gone wild for their potential blossoming friendship.
“I’VE PRAYED FOR TIMES LIKE THIS,” screamed one, as another said, “This is so important to my culture.”
Referencing Carpenter’s album Short n’ Sweet, and Rodrigo’s Sour, another wrote, “Sweet and sour in the making.”
Someone else noted, “Omg they look so proud of each other,” while another cried, “PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE A DUETTT I BEG THEM.”
