Chappell Roan Says She Feels Harassed And Stalked By Fans
In a video posted on her Instagram stories, singer Chappell Roan thanked people for listening to how she felt after she said she doesn’t consent to her fans touching her and making her feel uncomfortable.
“I’ve just said my peace,” Roan said on Instagram. “Now you know how I feel. When a woman is upset and says something, the automatic response is to be like, ‘yo chill.’ It’s not chill, so I’m not going to be chill.”
The Instagram video was uploaded five days after Roan posted on TikTok that she felt harassed and stalked by her fans.
“I don’t care that abuse and harassment and stalking is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous, whatever,” she said, emphasizing she “doesn’t give a fuck” if it’s selfish of her to not take a photo with a fan.
“I’m allowed to say no to creepy behavior,” Roan said.
In the caption of the TikTok, Roan said it wasn’t “directed at someone or a specific encounter,” it’s just her “side of the story.” Roan also didn’t clarify what specific behavior she was referring to, but wrote on Instagram that she’s been in “too many nonconsensual physical and social interactions.”
“When I’m on stage, when I’m performing… I am at work. Any other circumstance, I am not in work mode.… I don’t agree with the notion that I owe a mutual exchange of energy, time, or attention to people I do not know, do not trust, or who creep me out―just because they’re expressing admiration,” she wrote.
The comments on her TikTok were turned off, but people quickly pointed out the stark contrast between Roan and other musicians, like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry.
An old video of Swift resurfaced on X where she was asked how she dealt with all the attention, and she said she might get tired, but she never