Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter win Best Collaboration at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards for “Bring Your Love” and, during their acceptance speech, Madonna recounts a delay in getting in touch with Carpenter. Madonna says five days passed without a response after she reached out, prompting visible surprise from Carpenter, who then laughs as the story is told on stage.
Madonna adds that she ultimately messages Carpenter directly, saying “I DM’d her.” She portrays the exchange as fast once she contacted Carpenter herself, with the two later recording in the studio within weeks. Multiple outlets report Carpenter jokes that her team was “shitting themselves backstage” after the comment was made, and she clarifies that her team does respond—while she says she typically responds even faster.
The outlets agree on the main sequence: the on-stage remarks about the five-day lack of response, Madonna’s claim that she then contacted Carpenter personally, and Carpenter’s response defending her team. Both accounts also confirm the two artists embrace at the end of the speech and that Madonna concludes the moment with plans to go backstage together.
