Milo Manheim talked fondly about Sabrina Carpenter and how her career has taken off in the past few months.
Speaking to People, Manheim praised Carpenter for her meteoric rise to fame as this generation's newest pop star.
"She's come so far," Manheim said of the Disney Channel alum. "It's really cool to see her skyrocket. She's so talented, so lovely. She deserves it."
Unbeknownst to many, Manheim and Carpenter worked together on her music video, "Feather," where the actor played one of the latter's victims.
Recalling the experience of working with Carpenter, Manheim said: "I didn't even know what I was doing that day. I was just like, I trust Sabrin. I pulled up and we shot that and it was awesome."
The Zombies actor also revealed that he got "really emotional" when he watched Carpenter perform at the Jingle Bell Ball in 2023.
"I was like, damn, she's come so far," Manheim reflected, noting that he and actress Meg Donnelly have had a dear friendship with the "Espresso" hitmaker. "We always got each other when you go back to it."
For Manheim, Carpenter is like "family" to him.
"A lot of these Disney kids didn't even go to school so it really does feel like your school friends going out into the world. And when you see them kill it, it's just like, hell yeah!" Manheim added.
Carpenter has amassed significant attention and fame in the past few months since she released Emails I Can't Send. After gaining traction from "Feather" and "Nonsense," Carpenter opened for Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour legs in South America, Asia, and Australia.
She then released two waves of Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers, "Espresso" and "Please Please Please."
Recently, conversations on whether Carpenter can be nominated for the 2025 Grammy Awards have gained momentum on social media because of her current impact, specifically for the Best New Artist category.
Billboard sought the Grammy rule book and found she could still be nominated for the category.
According to the publication, the Recording Academy bases their eligibility on when the artist "achieved a breakthrough into the public consciousness," not on the number of studio album releases they have had.
Although Carpenter had released many songs and albums before, it was only through "Espresso" and "Please Please Please" that she attained commercial and public success. Notably, none of her previous albums had been certified Gold by the RIAA; only Emails I Can't Send, certified on March 1, 2024, still well within the eligibility period.
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