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Barry Keoghan shares rare photo with look-alike son Brando, 2, amid Sabrina Carpenter breakup rumors

Barry Keoghan enjoyed some quality time with his look-alike son, Brando, amid rumors that the “Saltburn” star and his girlfriend, Sabrina Carpenter, have broken up.

Keoghan, 31, shared a rare photo with his 2-year-old child on Instagram Sunday, writing, “He’s more of a charmer than i am. Our wee Brando.”

In the candid selfie, the Oscar-nominated actor, who shares Brando with his ex-girlfriend Alyson Kierans, sat next to his son on the floor of a living room.

Barry Keoghan shared this rare photo with his look-alike son, Brando, on Instagram Sunday. keoghan92/Instagram
Rumors are swirling that the actor and his girlfriend, Sabrina Carpenter, seen here together at the Met Gala in May, have broken up. Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Brando sucked on a pacifier while playing with a toy dinosaur and fire truck in the snap, which showed the father-son duo’s matching blue eyes.

“He is such a doll! Proud papa right there!!” one fan commented on the post.

“he’s so precious, barry,” another gushed.

Keoghan became a father in August 2022. keoghan92/Instagram
The “Saltburn” star shares Brando with his ex-girlfriend Alyson Kierans, seen here together at the 2023 Oscars. Getty Images

“Pretty eyes like his father,” a third Instagram user observed.

“Finally! Oh he’s so cute and he looks so much like his daddy,” one more follower wrote.

Keoghan posted the picture after gossip account Deuxmoi received a tip last Friday claiming that he and Carpenter, 25, had split.

Keoghan and Carpenter, pictured here at Vanity Fair’s Oscar party in March, were first romantically linked in December 2023. WireImage for Vanity Fair
The Oscar nominee starred in the pop star’s “Please Please Please” music video, seen here, in June. YouTube

Neither the “Banshees of Inisherin” star nor the “Espresso” singer has publicly addressed the speculation, though he notably “liked” her Instagram post promoting her forthcoming album, “Short n’ Sweet,” later Friday.

A source told People Sunday that the couple’s relationship is “on and off” but did not speak to their current status.

Keoghan and Carpenter were first romantically linked in December 2023, shortly before he confirmed his split from Kierans in a GQ interview.

Keoghan called Sandro, pictured here with Brando in a 2023 Instagram selfie, “an incredible mother” in a GQ interview earlier this year. alyson_kierans/Instagram
Amid split speculation, the “Banshees of Inisherin” star “liked” a recent Instagram post by the “Espresso” singer, seen here performing on Aug. 10. WireImage

“She’s done a great job, and she’s an incredible mother,” the “Killing of a Sacred Deer” star told the magazine at the time of co-parenting with the dentist, who gave birth to Brando in August 2022.

More recently, Keoghan played Carpenter’s love interest in her “Please Please Please” music video, which she released in June.

“I don’t want to sound biased, but I think he’s one of the best actors of this generation,” the pop star raved to Variety earlier this month of her boyfriend. “So getting to see him on the screen with my song as the soundtrack made the video better and all the more special.”