Sabrina Carpenter jokes she obtained NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted after controversial ‘Feathers’ video
Sabrina Carpenter trolled New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment and subsequent legal expenses at her Madison Sq. Backyard live performance over the weekend.
“Ought to we speak about how I obtained the mayor indicted, or?” Carpenter stated to a cheering crowd on Sunday, earlier than protecting her mouth in a match of laughter at her personal joke.
The “Espresso” singer, 25, made the cheeky remark amid rumors that she performed a task in main investigators to look into Adams, 64, for alleged corruption.
The hypothesis started after Carpenter filmed her horror-inspired “Feather” music video inside a Catholic church in New York Metropolis final yr.
The music video shortly brought on parishioners and different believers to really feel “appalled” over the Brooklyn church permitting Carpenter to movie the “violent and sexually provocative” video that exhibits Carpenter dancing in a black mini-dress across the altar.
Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, the priest who gave Carpenter permission to shoot the video, initially claimed that he didn’t know the character of the video and thought it might be good to usher in youth.
Gigantiello was finally demoted amid the backlash and apologized, whereas additionally doubling down that he thought it might “strengthen the bonds between the younger inventive artists who make up a big a part of this neighborhood and the parish.”
The incident was introduced again into the highlight practically a yr later when The New York Put up revealed that federal investigators really subpoenaed the church after studying of “enterprise dealings” between Gigantiello and Adams’ ex-chief of employees, Frank Carone.
“It will be inappropriate to remark additional on that evaluation, which remains to be ongoing. The Diocese is absolutely dedicated to cooperating with legislation enforcement in all investigations, together with conduct at particular person parishes or involving any priest,” officers for the Brooklyn Diocese stated in an announcement to The Put up.
It’s unclear when the investigation into Adams’ alleged corruption started, however a few of Carpenter’s followers theorized that the general public outrage for her video might have doubtlessly been a place to begin.
The church’s subpoena was one in every of a number of that federal investigators issued to a few of Adams’ colleagues and confidantes.
Adams was arraigned on 5 federal expenses associated to an alleged conspiracy with Turkish officers final Friday. He has pleaded not responsible to all the fees and is requesting a federal choose to dismiss a part of his case.
