Sings ‘Fucked Me Up’ uncensored
Sabrina Carpenter gave an NSFW performance on the Oct. 18 episode of “Saturday Night Live” when she sang her “Man’s Best Friend” song “Nobody’s Song” and failed to self-censor the lyrics “He sure screwed me up” twice.
There was likely some miscommunication with NBC censors, as the profanity was not muted or bleeped, allowing it to go live uncensored on both the East Coast network broadcast and the Peacock simulcast. Some viewers on the West Coast noticed that the broadcast seemed to have a slight delay and the audio in their feed went silent during the two F words.
Carpenter served as both the show’s host and musical guest, and the “Nobody’s Song” performance, which featured a martial arts setup, took place toward the end of the show. Earlier in the evening, she sang “Manchild” as her first musical number.
Carpenter recently used surprising profanity on television at the 2025 VMAs while accepting the Best Album Award, where she said, “This world, as we all know, can be so full of criticism, discrimination and negativity. So to be a part of something so much, more often than not, that’s something that can bring you light, can make you laugh, can make you dance and can make you feel like the world is your damn oyster is, I’m so grateful, so grateful to do that.”
Off-the-cuff profanity has been widely discussed throughout the history of “Saturday Night Live,” with it being an open secret that NBC and creator Lorne Michaels do not appreciate the show being opened up to potential FCC fines. Hosts like Kristen Stewart, Sam Rockwell and Ariana Grande have all dropped uncensored profanity during their monologues or skits. Cast members like Norm Macdonald and Jenny Slate have that too. The rock band The Replacements also dropped an F-bomb during a 1986 performance.
Meanwhile, the show has featured numerous controversial music performances, such as removing upside-down American flags from Rage Against the Machine’s amplifiers in 1996 to Ashlee Simpson’s botched vocal performance in 2004.
Carpenter wasn’t the only one to cause controversy by dropping the F-word in a high-profile setting this past week. President Donald J. Trump used the word during a live press conference on Friday, saying Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “doesn’t want to mess with the United States.” Rather than shy away from the harsh language, both the official White House X account and the administration’s rapid response team account posted a video of the president’s harsh words.
