Sabrina Carpenter playfully clapped back at controversy over her album Man’s Best Friend during her appearance on Saturday Night Live.

The “Tears” singer, 26, pulled double duty as host and musical guest for SNL’s latest season 51 episode on Saturday, October 18. She wasted no time in addressing criticism of the sexy lyrics and imagery on her seventh studio album.

“Some people got a little freaked out by the cover,” she told viewers in her monologue. “I’m not sure why? It was just this: me on all fours, with an unseen figure pulling my hair. But what people don’t realize is that’s just how they cropped it. If you zoom out, it’s clearly a picture from the [Saturday Night Live] 50th anniversary special of Bowen [Yang] helping me up by the hair — after Martin Short shoved me out of the buff

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