Chappell Roan speaks out against overzealous fans: "I’m allowed to say no to creepy behaviour"

Her ascent has been quite a rapid one, and Chappell Roan has spoken publicly on numerous occasions about how she feels uncomfortable with how quickly things are moving – especially when people disrespect her boundaries and right to privacy by finding out where her parents live, and where her sister works.

Asking viewers to perceive her as a random woman – a stranger, if you will – because that's who she truly is to outsiders, she posed a few questions: "If you saw a random woman on the street, would you yell at her from the car window? Would you harass her in public? Would you go up to a random lady and say, “Can I get a photo with you?” And she’s like, “No, what the fuck?” And then you get mad at this random lady? Would you be offended if she says no to your time because she has her own time? Would you stalk her family? Would you follow her around? Would you try to dissect her life and bully her online?"

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Following this up, shortly after, she stated that she doesn't care how normalised this behaviour is, due to the nature of her job, it still makes her uncomfortable: "I don’t care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous, whatever... I don’t care that this crazy type of behaviour comes along with the job; the career field I’ve chosen. That does not make it okay. That doesn’t make it normal," she explained.

"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 ’cause you see them online or you listen to the art they make. That’s fucking weird. I’m allowed to say no to creepy behaviour, okay?

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Do not assume this is directed at someone or a specific encounter. This is just my side of the story and my feelings.

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Chappell Roan recently broke down at a gig, explaining that things are moving a little too fast for her, and she's struggling to keep up with it all. Since releasing her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Chappell Roan has become a star in the making, even drawing one of the biggest daytime crowds in the history of Lollapalooza Festival.

During her Munich residency, Adele took a moment to share words of wisdom to Chappell Roan: "She is spectacular, and it turns out – she's not got one song, she's got like seven fucking brilliant songs! I think she's absolutely amazing. I'm very excited for her. My friend said she's a bit scared, so do what you've gotta do baby girl, you're phenomenal."