Sabrina Carpenter Doesn't Fall in Love as Easily as 'When I Was Younger'

Sabrina Carpenter no longer finds falling in love as simple as sipping on an espresso. During the Friday, August 23, episode of “Chicken Shop Date,” Carpenter, 25, was asked if she “finds it easy to fall in love.” “Such a great question to spring on me in this chicken shop,” Carpenter quipped.

“When I was younger, I fell in love very easily. Now, I fall in love more — I don’t want this to sound sad — but I fall in love with some more knowledge.” Carpenter’s first boyfriend was fellow Disney Channel alum Bradley Steven Perry, whom she dated for one year beginning in 2014.

She has since been linked to Griffin Gluck, Joshua Bassett, Shawn Mendes and David Dobrik . “I think [love is] the most beautiful thing in the world and the most painful thing in the world at the same time. But the beauty outweighs the pain,” Carpenter previously told Interview Magazine in May 2021.

“I would hope that whoever I marry is a fan. And I hope that I’m the biggest fan of the person that I marry.” Two years later, Carpenter started seeing actor Barry Keoghan after they met at a fall 2023 party during Paris Fashion Week.

“They really took things slow at first, but the relationship is going strong,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly in March. “They are both very casual people and enjoy being low-key in their downtime. They aren’t putting too much pressure on things, and Sabrina loves that Barry understands she is extremely busy with her work commitments righ.