“Ofcom received over 800 complaints over the Brit Awards after pop star Sabrina Carpenter’s raunchy performance and Brat singer Charlie XCX’s see-through dress.”, — write: www.dailymail.co.uk
Sparkly pop sensation Sabrina, 25, is famous for using various stages of undress as part of her sets and demonstrating provocative dance moves.
But when she didn’t alter her trademark ways for her performance at the awards show, some Brits were shocked and appalled.
She began her show dressed in a red glittery military-style blazer and surrounded by members of the ‘King’s Guard’ for a Rule Britannia mash-up.
The pop star then ended in a bra with stockings and suspenders for ‘Bed Chem’ while dancing saucily on a heart-shaped bed.
She received the global success award at the ceremony, and was also nominated in the international artist and international song of the year categories.
When later beginning her tour in Dublin following the backlash online, she seemed to poke fun at the uproar by striking a tame pose – while grinning cheekily – for her trademark dance move that is different for each performance of Juno.
Her Brits performance took place before 9pm – and many took to social media to express their disapproval. Ofcom has now said it received 825 complaints over the awards show.
Some of the complaints over the Brit Awards were also aimed at Brat singer Charlie XCX, who won five awards including album of the year.
But her outfit – a black see-through dress – prompted some outrage.
Ofcom is deliberating whether to investigate the complaints.
British singer Charli, 32, claimed as she took to the stage to accept the artist of the year award that ITV had ‘complained about my nipples’.
The singer-songwriter sparked cheers and applause from the crowd as she quipped: ‘I feel like we’re in the era of free the nipple though, right?
‘They put the clap track on, cool. Thanks for being on my side.’
Viewers vowed to contact the television regulator and the broadcaster about this year’s controversial ceremony at The O2 in London that was filled with jawdropping moments.
Earlier, Carpenter, 25, opened the awards with a steamy set that saw the US pop star get down on her knees in front of a ‘King’s Guard’.
Taking to Instagram on Sunday, the stunner shared a slew of behind the scenes snaps from the ceremony and seemingly poked fun at the controversy.
She posed up a storm in her sexy onstage outfits and wrote: ‘Brits I now know what watershed is!!!!’
Parents of young children watched on in disbelief as the Espresso singer – dressed in a skimpy red lingerie outfit – suggestively crouched down in front of a dancer dressed in a King’s Guard uniform.
The camera then panned to the ‘guard’ who looked towards the lens and winked.
Carpenter performed part of her song Bed Chem on a large bed where she spread her legs apart.
The set’s finale was so saucy it had to be edited for the ITV broadcast, with the camera focusing on the soldier winking, instead of Sabrina’s suggestive position, which shocked the crowd inside the arena.
The jawdropping performance appeared to come close to breaking the Broadcasting Code’s 9pm watershed rules and left some viewers in shock with one father saying he was ‘fuming’.
The jaw dropping performance appeared to come close to breaking the Broadcasting Code’s 9pm watershed rules and left some viewers in shock with one father saying he was ‘fuming’.
‘Unsuitable material’ should not be shown before 9pm and ‘can include everything from sexual content to violence, graphic or distressing imagery and swearing’, according to Ofcom.
Shocked viewers had earlier flocked to social media platform X to reveal their disbelief about Carpenter’s racy set.
One mother said her 11-year-old daughter is ‘obsessed’ with Carpenter ‘and I explained to her whilst watching this performance that this is why I’m not taking her to the concert’.
‘Sorry not a good idea to open up with before 9pm! It’s still family time, very inappropriate,’ one viewer wrote on X.
Another said: ‘As a dad of 11 and 13 year old girls I am fuming that this was the opening scenes of #BRITs2025.’
A third labelled it ‘f***ing ridiculous’ to be shown at 8.23pm, adding: ‘Lots of little girls watching this. Learning that female artists have to dress & perform like a prostitute to become famous…
‘@Ofcom @ITV there’s a watershed for a reason. Who decided this was appropriate for family viewing at 8.20 on sat prime time?’
One said: ‘This performance before the 9pm watershed? oh Sabrina, I love you x some parents will end up complaining though let’s face it #BRITs.’
‘Ofcom after Sabrina’s Brits performance #BRITs #sabrinacapenter’;
‘Me cheering on Sabrina to be even more filthy and promiscuous to make all the Facebook mums complain more #BRITs’.
Carpenter has previously defended her sexy stage persona telling The Sun: ‘My message has always been clear — if you can’t handle a girl who is confident in her own sexuality, then don’t come to my shows.’