Sabrina Carpenter’s best friend Joey King cries during her concert

Sabrina Timmerman has risen to international fame in the past year, with a string of big hits to her name – but no matter how famous she is now, her best friend Joey King always has her back.

King flew to Chicago to take her lucky nieces to Carpenter’s show at the United Center on Sunday, Oct. 13 — but instead of just wandering backstage, the actress joined thousands of regular fans in the mosh pit and had they have the best time.

“I saw my wife perform in Chi Town last night,” says the Kissing position star shared via Instagram. “Of course I cried, she is just the smallest and sweetest pop star I have ever seen.” And when a fan commented that it was weird that she was down with all of Carpenter’s not-so-famous fans, she explained that she just wanted to “mosh babe”!

She added via Instagram Stories: “I love you my brina. Perfect girl. Perfect performance. I feel so happy to see you shine.”

The two stars, both 25, share a history as Disney Channel alumni, but only recently became BFFs when they hit it off at a charity event. “The funny thing is that she and I have always known each other and have always been friends,” King said Rolling stone. “But we only became as close as we are now about four or five years ago. But we have known each other for more than ten years.”

King explained that it was Carpenter who first decided to break the ice. “Sabrina came up to me and said, ‘Hi, I’m Sabrina!’” she recalls. “The funny thing is that we weren’t always super close. For the first few years of our friendship, we hung out about once a year and it was the funniest thing in the world. We don’t know why it took so long for us to get as close as we are now.”

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And this isn’t just a superficial showbiz friendship for the cameras; Carpenter even sang at King’s wedding to director Steven Pete in September 2023 and wrote via Instagram at the time: “My wife got married and I cried and cried. I felt so incredibly lucky to be part of your special day. I love you both very much, congratulations on your love.” During the ceremony in Mallorca, Spain, the multi-talented Carpenter sang “Tjugonde” by Amason, a Swedish band – in Swedish!

In fact, these two always show up for each other — King also appeared in Carpenter’s “Sue Me” music video.

During the show in Chicago, King dressed all in pink and shared many photos with both Carpenter and her nieces. “Ugh, I love being an aunt,” she wrote. And we’re sure her nieces will love having a famous aunt who happens to be best friends with a major pop star!