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Zara Larsson Recounts Teen Kiss on Call Her Daddy, Drawing Mixed Online Reaction

Her account highlights how viral confession culture tests public views on remorse.

Overview

  • Larsson told the story on the Call Her Daddy podcast, and a clip pulled in millions of views on X as reactions split between criticism and praise.
  • She said that at 16 she drunkenly kissed her best friend’s boyfriend at a New Year’s house party while thinking no one was around.
  • The party host filmed the moment without her knowing and sent the video to the friend before Larsson could explain.
  • Larsson recalled being cut off by the friend and their wider group, felt “like a floating piece of trash,” and said the estrangement lasted years before they made peace.
  • She called it a “weird, unforgivable mistake,” said it changed how she approaches alcohol, and added the episode helped inspire her song “Girl’s Girl” on her Midnight Sun album.