Breaking Down Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett & Sabrina Carpenter Drama

At the time of shooting, the two used to upload many photos and TikTok videos with each other, resulting in speculation that the two were dating. Then in August 2020, Rodrigo shared a TikTok video eating a muffin with ‘All I Want’ from ‘HSM’ playing in the background. She shared this with the caption «And that’s on failed relationships.»

Sabrina Hits Back

This raised some eyebrows, and rumors started swirling that the track was about Bassett and Carpenter. Ricky also questioned the lyrics of the song to Nini if she is feeling suffocated in their relationship. Then, she adopted her true name, Nina, and started a new social media account for sharing music. The pair fights about Ricky not understanding the ambitions and goals of Nini.

Did Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett date?

«And you’re probably with that blonde girl / Who always made me doubt / She’s so much older than me / She’s everything I’m insecure about,» she sings. It seems his plea for a second chance fell on deaf ears with Rodrigo sharing a TikTok video of herself listening to breakup tracks while musing over «failed relationships» in August 2020. “I say that’s my baby and I’m really proud,” Swift wrote, causing Rodrigo to lose her mind — and fans to predict that the young musician will be next in line to open for Swift on tour.

Reinders and Samonsky have been married for five years, and they have one child together, a son named Luke. As with many of his co-stars, Larry Saperstein does not appear to be in a relationship, and he has never posted pictures with a partner on his social media accounts. His character on the show, Big Red, is dating Julia Lester’s character Ashlyn, and he referenced that on-screen relationship in a TikTok he posted during Pride Month, in which he came out as bisexual.

In January 2021, while Sabrina and Joshua were in Park City, Utah, a social media user shared image with them. Olivia Rodrigo does not hold back about her personal life in her music. Still, fans have come to the conclusion that Olivia’s relationship with fellow performer Joshua Bassett inspired her debut album Sour.

And considering that he first posted a demo of “Lie Lie Lie” on his Instagram in November of 2019 — long before his rumored breakup with Rodrigo in the summer of 2020 — the timeline doesn’t quite line up. Hours after the Horns actress dropped “Skin,” Rodrigo posted a video of herself on her Instagram Story singing Taylor Swift’s “…Ready for It? Ethan Wacker and Rodrigo dated for a year from 2018 to 2019 after meeting on the set of ‘Bizaardvark’.

So… what’s all this about Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter?

Rodriguez finally confirmed they were dating in May 2021 when he said, “We haven’t been really secretive about it, but we are dating in real life,” during an interview with Hollywire. Fans noted that in an earlier version of the song, which Olivia teased on Instagram in 2020, the actress-turned-singer wrote “brunette girl” in the lyrics. In the version released on streaming services, it was changed to “blonde girl,” which some people have speculated is a direct reference to Joshua’s relationship with Sabrina. Of course, Olivia, Joshua and Sabrina have yet to comment on the nature of their relationship and how it relates to the song. In fact, Joshua and Sabrina have yet to confirm that they’re dating, but they did work together on a song that’s yet to be released.

Fans believed Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo, who played on-screen couple Ricky and Nini in the High School Musical spinoff, dated and then broke up sometime in 2020. In August 2020, Olivia posted a video to TikTok that showed her playing «All I Want» from the HSMTMTS soundtrack. «And that’s on failed relationships,» she captioned the TikTok.

They parted ways on good terms and often interact with each other on social media, congratulating each other on their success. There was a lot of speculation that ‘Driver’s Licence’ could be about Wacker as well but he Lex alternatives shut those speculations down commenting «nope. I treated her well» on TikTok. And not just in this video, tabloids have also reported the rumored couple also spent a lot of time together during the 2020 quarantine.

Yes, the handsome devil might just be in a relationship with someone who we’re sure many of you might know. Fergie and Josh Duhamel’s split rocked fans in September 2017. The couple said, «With absolute love and respect we decided to separate.» The pair were married for eight years. Put simply, Olivia’s track drivers license is about her passing her test, getting her license and driving past the home of an ex-boyfriend, with whom they used to talk about said drivers license. Although he’s not put a label on his sexuality, Joshua seemingly came out as part of the LGBTQ+ community while discussing Harry Styles. After labelling his fellow popstar «hot», Joshua said, «This is also my coming out video, I guess.»

«There’s very obviously gravity in the words that we put out,» she said. «people feel the need to always insert their opinions. Sometimes it’s easier to shut your mouth than other times … And this time I wrote a song and I’m very proud of it, and I’m glad that people are receiving it well.» Bassett has been linked to Carpenter since June 2020, when they were spotted at a Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles.

«Also, he’s hot, you know? He’s very charming, too. Lots of things. This is also my coming out video, I guess.» According to Joshua, performing had always been a piece of his life, and performing for the church band was his starting point. Growing up, he built a great interest in both singing and acting. He wanted to translate his interest into a career but was always skeptical about the industry’s scope in his early days. Later, Bassett completed high school and started attending Palomar College in San Francisco, California.