{"id":2370960,"date":"2026-04-13T11:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2370960"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:18:12","slug":"sabrina-carpenter-just-responded-to-backlash-after-viral-coachella-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sabrina-carpenter-just-responded-to-backlash-after-viral-coachella-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Carpenter Just Responded to Backlash After Viral Coachella Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<ul id=\"elk-44b6fd0f-f388-4924-8820-66a6a9a9411e\">\n<li>Sabrina Carpenter has apologised after mistaking a fan&#8217;s Zaghrouta, an Arabic celebration call, for yodelling during her Coachella set this weekend, cracking a joke about it on stage.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;My reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended,&#8221; Carpenter posted to X, following the incident. &#8220;Could have handled it better! Now I know what a Zaghrouta is! I welcome all cheers and yodels from here on out.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Sabrina Carpenter was the Friday night headliner at the popular festival, with Justin Bieber performing on Saturday night and Karol G on Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-91e5fbdb-8ec9-43cb-8651-c0a01eba793d\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/sabrina-carpenter-iconic-response-trolls-criticising-music\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/sabrina-carpenter-iconic-response-trolls-criticising-music\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/sabrina-carpenter-iconic-response-trolls-criticising-music\">Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> continues to make headlines. And from her role in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-eras-tour-warning\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-eras-tour-warning\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-eras-tour-warning\">Taylor Swift<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/life\/health-fitness\/life-of-a-showgirl-burlesque\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/life\/health-fitness\/life-of-a-showgirl-burlesque\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/life\/health-fitness\/life-of-a-showgirl-burlesque\">&#8216;s <em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em><\/a> album to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/sabrina-carpenter-nancy-cartwright\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/sabrina-carpenter-nancy-cartwright\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/sabrina-carpenter-nancy-cartwright\">her surprisingly A-list family<\/a>, the<em> Nonsense<\/em> singer has been front and centre this year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-ae6b5c62-dbe3-4fa9-92bd-8bb91a1cdb7c\">It was the 26-year-old&#8217;s performance at Coachella that got the world talking recently, with Carpenter headlining the California music festival over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-ae6b5c62-dbe3-4fa9-92bd-8bb91a1cdb7c-1\">During her Friday night set, Carpenter mistook a female fan&#8217;s Arabic celebration call for yodelling, cracking a joke about it on stage, with the interaction causing controversy online.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-[#333]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-[#333]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-normal&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A Zaghrouta is a traditional high-pitched trilling sound, used as an Arabic celebration call by women to express joy and honour people.<\/p>\n<p>However, while on stage, the<em> Espresso<\/em> singer mistook it for yodelling, telling the audience: &#8220;I think I heard someone yodel. Is that what you\u2019re doing? I don\u2019t like it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s my culture!&#8221; the fan shouted back, to which Carpenter responded: &#8220;That\u2019s your culture, is yodelling?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a call of celebration,&#8221; the fan continued, with Carpenter joking: &#8220;Is this Burning Man? What\u2019s going on? This is weird.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-5kLhsLWhmgpDRJpB7QF4jY\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-5kLhsLWhmgpDRJpB7QF4jY slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Celebrity news, beauty, fashion advice, and fascinating features, delivered straight to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\" id=\"elk-2043076482529108262\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">my apologies i didn\u2019t see this person with my eyes and couldn\u2019t hear clearly. my reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. could have handled it better! now i know what a Zaghrouta is!<br \/>\nI welcome all cheers and yodels from here on out https:\/\/t.co\/f3KuT8sggH<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2043076482529108262\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2043076482529108262\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"elk-e656d6f7-4254-4485-9c46-935349720154\">The incident went viral over the weekend. And with footage shared online, some fans took to social media to criticise the singer&#8217;s &#8220;insensitive&#8221; reaction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Im very disappointed and heartbroken,&#8221; one social media user wrote in a comment. &#8220;You must respect other people&#8217;s cultures,&#8221; another added.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-collectionwidget-2b09d155e87277d4238c8722f16cc497\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"product-container standard-product-container\">\n<div class=\"product-block-row\">\n<div class=\"featured_product_block featured_block_standard\" data-id=\"e1287729-768a-40e5-975b-65cfda2f2602\" id=\"elk-e1287729-768a-40e5-975b-65cfda2f2602\">\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=107650&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FWoman-Me-Britney-Spears%2Fdp%2F139852252X%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dmarieclaireuk-gb-7226856744341471667-21\" data-model-name=\"The Woman in Me: Britney Spears\" data-model-brand=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Woman-Me-Britney-Spears\/dp\/139852252X\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=107650&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FWoman-Me-Britney-Spears%2Fdp%2F139852252X%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-21\" data-merchant-name=\"Amazon UK\" data-merchant-id=\"1027\" data-merchant-network=\"Amazonuk\" data-merchant-url=\"amazon.co.uk\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"product-image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" style=\"padding-top:150%\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PeueNFQAGyoCQDD5ABvot9-1920-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PeueNFQAGyoCQDD5ABvot9-1600-80.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PeueNFQAGyoCQDD5ABvot9-1280-80.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PeueNFQAGyoCQDD5ABvot9-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PeueNFQAGyoCQDD5ABvot9-768-80.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PeueNFQAGyoCQDD5ABvot9-415-80.jpg.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PeueNFQAGyoCQDD5ABvot9-360-80.jpg.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/PeueNFQAGyoCQDD5ABvot9-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured_product_details_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured_product_title_wrapper\">\n<p>The Woman in Me: Britney Spears<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subtitle__description\">\n<aside data-block-layout=\"standard\" data-block-type=\"featured-product\" data-editorial-currency=\"GBP\" data-editorial-price=\"12.1\" data-editorial-was-price=\"25\" data-link=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=107650&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FWoman-Me-Britney-Spears%2Fdp%2F139852252X%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-21\" data-link-merchant=\"Amazon UK\" data-merchant-id=\"1027\" data-merchant-name=\"Amazon UK\" data-merchant-network=\"Amazonuk\" data-merchant-url=\"amazon.co.uk\" data-model-name=\"The Woman in Me: Britney Spears\" data-name=\"Product Block merchantlink widget\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-show-fallback=\"button\" data-widget-type=\"merchantlink\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p>In Britney Spears&#8217; record-breaking autobiography, <em>The Woman In Me<\/em>, the popstar opens up about life behind the scenes &#8211; sharing her personal stories, in her own words, for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"elk-16187615-257e-4cd8-b202-5bc8c2496a28\">Carpenter weighed in on the situation over the weekend, responding to the backlash in a social media statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My apologies, I didn\u2019t see this person with my eyes and couldn\u2019t hear clearly,&#8221; the<em> Please Please Please<\/em> singer posted to X. &#8220;My reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. 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