Final 12 months, controversy over Sabrina Carpenter’s “Feathers,” a bloody romp filmed in a Brooklyn Catholic church, led to the firing of Bishop Jamie Gigantiello , who let her movie the video on location. However now, there are theories that the melee surrounding the movie is said to the indictment of New York Mayor Eric Adams and should assist launch the investigation.
Carpenter himself acknowledged the hypothesis throughout his efficiency at Madison Sq. Backyard on Sunday night time. “Rattling, what now?” she mentioned, wanting on the crowd exterior. “Ought to we speak about how I acquired the mayor indicted, or…”
Federal investigators final week subpoenaed the church over ties between Adams’ shut aide Gigandiello and the mayor’s former chief of employees Frank Carone, in response to the New York Put up. The subpoena is claimed to be associated to Carpenter’s “Feathers” video, which has been considered practically 100 million occasions on YouTube, and the church’s corruption within the video. Church officers have remained silent on the matter, providing diplomatic solutions about whether or not Carpenter’s clip performed a job within the investigation.
“This evaluation is ongoing and it will be inappropriate to remark additional,” diocesan officers mentioned. “The diocese is totally dedicated to cooperating with regulation enforcement in all investigations, together with these concentrating on the conduct of particular person parishes or involving any monks.”
Carpenter responded to the controversy following the discharge of Feathers in late October final 12 months. The Diocese of Brooklyn mentioned it was “shocked” by a “violent and sexually provocative” video filmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church that led to a renewed blessing of the establishment and a condemnation of Gigantilo.
After the information broke, Carpenter and kind solely and mentioned she had obtained permission to movie on the church. She cheekily added, “Jesus was a carpenter,” a slogan she printed on a T-shirt and wore throughout two weekend performances at Coachella in April.
