Sabrina has answered her purity culture-obsessed haters’ evangelical prayers with an alternate Man’s Best Friend album cover. And you can all breathe a sigh of holy relief: This one is extremely tame, and it actually pays homage to an old photo of Marilyn Monroe. On the new black and white cover, Sabrina looks gorgeous in a bejeweled gown, and she has her arm around a mystery man in a black blazer and white shirt. She gazes past the camera as he looks in the opposite direction. “I signed some copies of Man’s Best Friend for you guys & here is a new alternate cover approved by God,” Sabrina quipped in her Instagram post about the cover. “Available now on my website 🤍.”
Although we can only see part of the mystery dude’s side profile in the photo, people immediately commented that he looks just like a certain Brit who starred in Spiderman and is engaged to Zendaya. Spoiler alert: It’s not Tom Holland in that photo. But we do know who the guy is now because he just revealed himself on TikTok! So, who’s the man in Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend cover photo? Get to know Xavier Gutierrez.
Who Is The Guy On Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend Album Cover?
Everything To Know About Xavier Gutierrez, The Guy On Sabrina Carpenter’s New Album Cover
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In a June 25 TikTok, Xavier shared a TikTok video revealing himself as Album Cover Guy (in a very unserious way). In the clip, which includes a photo of the album cover along with the text, “Apparently I look like Tom Holland,” Xavier sips water, smirks, and laughs. The video is set to “Manchild,” of course. “Mystery solved (?),” he added in his caption. In a follow-up TikTok, Xavier joked, “When you’re accidentally becoming famous for having a jawline like Tom Holland.” Really milking it, I see! (I mean, I would do the same thing.)
Who is this dude, you ask? Based on my TikTok and Instagram stalking, he’s an L.A.-based model in his late twenties. And now that I know what his whole face looks like, I honestly see Shawn Mendes way more than I see Tom Holland. He could be Tom and Shawn’s baby, for sure.
@xavies_g Mystery solved (?) #manchild #mansbestfriend #albumcover #sabrinacarpenter #model #tomholland #boy #fyp #photography ♬ Manchild – Sabrina Carpenter
Apparently, Xavier has been going through it recently, so this cover gig came at the right time. Earlier this month, the model posted a photo of a plane and wrote, “It’s the worst time ever in the history of the entertainment industry to even think about wanting to be an actor or a model. Don’t even get me started on the state of the world, talks of war, our government, so much anger and anxiety and fear…” He added, “I’ve been so grateful to keep booking and be sustained through this, but let me tell you… it’s ROUGH. I’ve had the most mental breakdowns last year than I have kinda ever lol.” This makes me happy Sabrina chose him!! And for her “approved by God” cover, no less.
In case you somehow missed it, the “Espresso” queen’s original MBF album cover received a ton of bullshit backlash for being “male-centered” and “for the male gaze.” Basically, people were calling her a whore, but with buzzy feminist terms. Sigh. It’s just a photo of Sabrina on all fours with her hand on someone’s knee as they pull her hair. Since the guy’s head is cut out of the photo, I’m not sure who posed for that cover.
Anyways, congrats, Xavier <3. You’re looking fab on the new cover!
