Chappell Roan doesn’t believe people have a “right” to meet her – despite her newfound celebrity status.
The “Hot To Go!” singer (real name: Kayleigh Rose Amstutz) spoke about the pressures that often come with fame in a new video shared via TikTok on Monday.
“I don’t care that abuse and harassment and stalking and so on is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little bit famous, whatever. I don’t care that it’s normal,” she began.
Roan, 26, said that just because a singer is normal, it doesn’t mean he’s okay to accept “this crazy behavior” from fans.
“That doesn’t make it normal. That doesn’t mean I want it, that doesn’t mean I like it. I don’t want whatever you think you’re entitled to when you see a celebrity,” she argued. “I don’t give a f*** if you think it’s selfish of me to say no to a photo or your time or a hug – that’s not normal, that’s weird!”
The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer added that she finds it “fucking weird” that people think they know her just because they see her “online” or listen to her “art.”
“I can say no to creepy behavior, okay?” she repeated.
Roan clarified in the caption of her video that her message was not “directed at anyone or a specific encounter,” but rather represented her “side of the story and (her) feelings.”
The “Casual” singer then posted another video in which she asked her three million TikTok followers if they would “yell at” a “random woman” on the street and ask for a photo with her.
“Would you stalk her family? Would you follow her everywhere? Would you try to dissect her life and harass her online – this woman you don’t know? And who doesn’t know you at all?” she asked.
“Would you assume she is a good person? Assume she is a bad person? Would you assume everything you read about her online is true?”
Roan added, “I’m a random bitch. You’re a random bitch. Just think about it for a second, okay?”
The singer has disabled comments on her TikTok, but that didn’t stop her fans from sharing their mixed reactions to her message on other social media platforms.
“You mad at your fans for being fans? The only reason people know who you are is because of them. They love you, the least you can do is show them how much you appreciate them,” someone commented on her recent Instagram post.
“I understand she feels that way but at the same time at least say no in a nice way because those are the people who buy the music and come to your shows and they don’t have to do that either. They can change their mind about you after one bad meeting,” one person wrote about X.
“Fame does not make abuse or harassment acceptable. It’s time people learned that basic respect doesn’t go away just because someone is in the public eye,” another person chimed in.
Roan quickly rose to fame this year after releasing her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, in September 2023. Just months after the release, Roan began attracting huge audiences with her performances at festivals such as Coachella, Governors Ball, and Lollapalooza.
