Chappell Roan recently posted a two-part video on her TikTok expressing her feelings and concerns about fans who have no boundaries when it comes to approaching celebrities. Naturally, the posts received a ton of commentary, both applauding her bravery in expressing her feelings and rebutting her argument.
“I need you to answer questions; just answer my questions for a second. 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? What the fuck. And then you get mad at this random lady.”
“Cheers to Chappell for voicing this,” voiced a fan on Reddit. “Everything about it is valid and accurate. If you disagree with anything she said, this is probably not the sub for you – we will never condone the entitlement that people display towards popular artists (mainly women) because they are a public persona. It doesn’t matter if you streamed the album on loop for 3 weeks, doesn’t matter if you bought 7373 tickets, doesn’t matter how much you relate to the music – she owes you/us/the world nothing.””
“Damn people don’t even realize artists have their own lives too.” (NewSoup69420)
“When you’re this famous though, it’s not just the weirdos. People get star struck and don’t think, “Oh, she’s eating I shouldn’t bother her.” Or “Oh, looks like she’s just bonding with her family/friends rn, better let her enjoy the moment.” I can’t imagine how it would feel to go to the bathroom taking a shit and have someone I’ve never seen before in my life waiting outside the stall to ask me for a picture or an autograph.” (Southtune-stringbox)
Alternatively, other Redditers and social media users weren’t in agreement with her sentiment.
“Silly you. Artists aren’t people, they’re celebrities! Obviously they’re completely different from you and I, and forfeit their right to privacy in exchange for fame.” (Major_Fudgemuffin)
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“Low key your fans are what’s making you wealthy. Don’t tell me it’s about the music. Coz yall know it’s about money too i idk I get it. Celebs go through a lot of public scrutiny but also makes them a lot wealthier. Ask em if they would give up money for the attention and I bet they would say no.” @sue.zieq
“This argument is really frustrating. The point is that someone being a public figure does not make the public entitled to that person’s time and attention. A musician’s job IS the music. Her music and the persona she crafted around it are exactly what made her famous. I’m sure the money is very nice, but she’s literally had people stalking her family. If my family is being put at risk, fuck the money.” @plexxaglass
In the caption of her follow-up TikTok video, she wrote: “Do not assume this is directed at someone or a specific encounter. This is just my side of the story and my feelings.”
“I don’t care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are um, famous or a little famous whatever,” shared Chappell. “I don’t care that it’s normal. I don’t care that this crazy type of behaviour comes along with the job, the career field l’ve chosen, that does not make it okay.”
In a time when fans have been behaving erratically and disrespectfully to music artists performing at concerts and music festivals, throwing trash and bottles and heckling, this is the kind of PSA fans need to hear from one of the world’s biggest and brightest pop stars.
“I’m a random bitch, you’re a random bitch, just think about that for a second, okay.”
~ Chappell Roan
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