Former Disney star and pop singer Sabrina Carpenter is under fire for her “protect trans rights” MTV VMAs performance weeks after the deadly transgender Catholic school shouting.

Carpenter has been accused of “fetishizing” the trans community and being “insensitive” following a school shooting of a Catholic school after the singer strutted onstage at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, alongside a slew of drag queens.

During Carpenter’s rendition of her latest single, “Tears,” background dancers were seen onstage wielding signs that read, “In trans we trust,” “Dolls, dolls, dolls,” “Support drag,” “Protect trans rights,” and “If you hate, you’ll never get laid.”

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The “Espresso” singer was also joined onstage by RuPaul’s Drag Race drag queens, including Season 4’s

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