When Sabrina Carpenter drops her third and final F-bomb in An Absurd Christmas

When opening your holiday special on Netflix, An absurd ChristmasSabrina Carpenter leaves the audience full of anticipation as she reveals that she can only drop three F-bombs in an hour. Of course, Carpenter uses his first two allocated F-bombs in his opening monologue when explaining this rule: “I can say 'f***' three times… 'f***'. Only one missing.” From then on, the public will have to stay tuned to find out when the third and final instance will take place.

Although there are other forms of profanity used by Carpenter and An absurd Christmas'special guests, the F-bombs are saved just for the pop star herself. Given how few she has, the expectation throughout the special is that the ending will come in a big moment during a song or skit. Turns out that's not actually the case, though Carpenter's third F-bomb moment provides a hilarious final joke for the special.

Sabrina Carpenter simply says “F***” as the end credits of An Absurd Christmas begin

She says the swear word when the final title card appears

At the end of An absurd ChristmasSabrina Carpenter uses the final F-bomb allowed by the special's TV-14 rating. The last F-bomb happens after the bloopers, like Carpenter's voice can be heard abruptly saying “Shit” as the music slows down and the ending title card appears. Right after she drops the special's third F-bomb, An absurd Christmas'the soundtrack plays the melody of Carpenter's song of the same name.

Although there was some innuendo and adult content hidden throughout An absurd Christmas, Carpenter still kept the holiday special more accessible for teenage audiences. The more mature content occurred mainly in his monologues and singing sketches with actors such as Abbott ElementaryQuinta Brunson and Stranger Things' Sean Astin (who plays Santa Claus). For those who might be considered too young to watch the entire special, Carpenter still maintains An absurd Christmas clean in his performances of songs like “Last Christmas” with Chappell Roan and “Santa Baby” with Shania Twain.

Why Sabrina Carpenter Can Only Drop an F-Bomb Three Times in One Absurd Christmas

Netflix only allowed 3 as per TV-14 content guidelines

Sabrina Carpenter only receives three total F-bombs to use in the 2024 TV special due to the special being labeled as TV-14. This guideline is further marked “Parents Strongly Warned.” indicating that many parents may feel that the program content is not suitable for children under the age of 14. This is less strict than the TV-MA rating, which is intended for adult audiences only and may be unsuitable for those under 17.

In the TV-14 classification, programs may contain sexual situations, as well as suggestive and/or strong language. Certain networks and studios have different rules about how often such strong language or innuendo can be included in a TV-14 program before it merits a TV-MA rating. Therefore, while not the case for all shows, Netflix has deemed it appropriate under TV-14 guidelines for An absurd Christmas to have three F-bombs in total, which, throughout the 50-minute running time, kept the use of the profane word moderate rather than excessive.