Sabrina Carpenter releases alternate Album cover after online backlash: 'approved by God'

Sabrina Carpenter is offering up a less controversial image for her “Man’s Best Friend” album cover after the initial art sparked a wave of backlash.“i signed some copies of Man’s Best Friend for you guys & here is a new alternate cover approved by God.

Sabrina Carpenter is offering up a less controversial image for her “Man’s Best Friend” album cover after the initial art sparked a wave of backlash.

“i signed some copies of Man’s Best Friend for you guys & here is a new alternate cover approved by God. available now on my website,” Carpenter, 26, cheekily captioned a shot of the new cover photo June 25 on Instagram.

The new cover features a black-and-white pic of Carpenter slow dancing with a man wearing a suit.

The image pays homage to a classic photo of screen legend Marilyn Monroe — whom Carpenter notably channeled for a March 2025 Vogue cover — dancing with her third husband, playwright Arthur Miller. The former couple were married from 1956 to 1961.

“oh this is so slay,” one fan wrote of the image in the comments of Carpenter’s post.