An overnight pop sensation is the latest celebrity to hit back at her own ‘creepy’ fans
Chappell Roan performed at the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco in August.
On Monday, Roan posted two TikTok videos about the “harassment” and “stalking” that came with her recent jolt of fame.
Roan has been making music since 2014. But she hit a new level of fame this year after buzzy performances at festivals like Coachella and Gov Ball.
Billboard reported in June that Roan’s weekly streams rose from under 3 million to 68.36 million in the first half of the year.
In the TikTok, Roan said: “If you saw a random woman on the street, would you yell at her from your car window? Would you harass her in public? Would you go up to a random lady and say, ‘Can I take a photo with you?’ and she says, ‘No, what the fuck?’ and then you get mad at this random lady?”
“Would you stalk her family? Would you follow her around? Would you try to dissect her life and bully her online? This is a lady you don’t know, and she doesn’t know you at all.”
In another video, Roan said none of this was acceptable, even if it’s common for celebrities.
In recent years, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, SZA, and others have been more vocal about being harassed by fans online or in person.
Even Taylor Swift, who’s known for building a personal relationship with fans, seemed to call out her fan base for trying to control her dating life on her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
Roan said in the second TikTok video: “I don’t want whatever the fuck you think you’re supposed to be entitled to whenever you see a celebrity. I don’t give a fuck if you think it’s selfish of me to say no for a photo or for your time, or for a hug. That’s not normal. That’s weird.
“It’s weird how people think that you know a person just because you see them online and you listen to the art they make. That’s fucking weird! I’m allowed to say no to creepy behavior, OK?”
This isn’t the first time Roan has spoken out about the pressures of fame.
In a July interview on “The Comment Section with Drew Afualo” podcast, Roan said that she promised herself to quit if fans started stalking her or her family was in danger.
“People have started to be freaks, like follow me and know where my parents live, and where my sister works. All this weird shit,” Roan said. “I’ve like pumped the brakes on honestly anything to make me more known. It’s like a forest fire right now.”
