Sabrina Carpenter might’ve let Jack Antonoff make Short n’ Sweet with her, but she’d rather Margaret Qualley make her “Juno.”
At the final U.S. stop of the 25-year-old pop star’s Short n’ Sweet Tour at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles Monday (Nov. 18), the producer — who collaborated with Carpenter on much of her Billboard 200-topping sixth studio album — made a surprise appearance. During one of the “Espresso” artist’s nightly gimmicks of “arresting” a guest for being “too hot,” Antonoff came on the big screens and shrugged.
“This is super awkward,” Carpenter joked from on stage as the Bleachers frontman shook his head inconspicuously, as captured by fan videos. “I’m sure you’re probably really good at [producing]. In fact, I’m so confident you could produce someone even hotter than you.”
That’s when the cameras panned over to the Maid actress, who is married to the former Fun band member. “This right there, ladies and gentlemen, this is a hottie with substance,” said Carpenter, referencing Qualley’s critically acclaimed new movie, The Substance. “Whoever made you, God bless them. God bless your genetics.”
After Qualley blew a kiss at Carpenter, the singer passed a pair of kinky handcuffs to the couple before performing her NSFW Short n’ Sweet fan-favorite “Juno.” The scene is one that’s played out at many of the Girl Meets World alum’s shows this year, with Carpenter previously arresting Saturday Night Live‘s Marcello Hernandez — who arrived dressed as his viral Domingo character — and Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown.
With the U.S. leg of her trek in the books, Carpenter will next hit the road in March for a European leg of Short n’ Sweet dates. The tour kicked off in March following the “Feather” artist’s stint on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
Carpenter and Antonoff collaborated on a number of Short n’ Sweet tracks together, including Billboard Hot 100-topper “Please Please Please,” “Sharpest Tool” and “Slim Pickins.” The LP went on to become the former’s first-ever No. 1 album, about which the producer recently told Billboard, “No one deserves it more.”
“Sabrina’s been quietly growing, and her albums have been getting more awesome, and she’s been honing her sound and performances,” he added in the October interview. “It’s not like she just popped onto the scene — this has been a decade of grinding toward it.”