Chappell Roan has doubled down on her right to refuse requests from fans who approach her while she is off work on Fridays.
After posting an angry TikTok video about “weird” fans earlier this month, the artist took to Instagram to make another clear statement about her boundaries.
After uploading the six-page statement, the 26-year-old explained that she disabled comments because “this is not a group conversation.”
“I ain’t afraid of the consequences for demanding respect,” the My Kink Is Karma hitmaker wrote.
The singer compared the experiences she has been through to what “every woman feels or has felt, similar to what I experience.”
Chappell Roan, 26, has doubled down on her right to reject requests from fans who approach her when she’s not working on social media on Friday. The 26-year-old said she turned off comments because ‘This is not a group conversation’ (Pictured in San Francisco on August 11)
“This is not a new situation,” she told her fans. “Why is a girl expressing her fears and boundaries so frustrating?”
Following her TikTok statement in which she attempted to explain how sad she felt about fans meeting her outside of her concerts or planned events, the Good Luck, Babe! singer said, “For the past 10 years I’ve been building my project non-stop and now it’s reached the point where I have to draw lines and set boundaries.”
The singer explained: “I’ve had too many non-consensual physical and social interactions and I just have to remind you that women don’t owe you anything.”
Chappell continued her explanation by telling critics, “When I’m on stage, when I’m performing, when I’m in drag, when I’m at a work event, when I’m doing press… I’m at work. In all other circumstances, I’m not in work mode. I’m clocked out.”
“I disagree with the idea that I owe energy, time, or attention to people I don’t know, don’t trust, or find scary just because they express my admiration.”
The singer and songwriter, who performs in drag, stressed that she was “specifically referring to predatory behavior (masquerading as ‘superfan’ behavior) that has become normalized because of the way famous women have been treated in the past.”
“Don’t assume that you know a lot about someone’s life, personality, and boundaries because you know or have known them online.”
The Hot to Go singer has repeatedly stated that because she chose a career that would put her in the public eye, she didn’t have to put up with “creepy people, being touched and followed.”
The Good Luck, Babe! singer explained why she sets boundaries with fans who approach her when she’s not working (pictured in Los Angeles in February 2023)
“I’ve had too many non-consensual physical and social interactions,” she said, adding that she and other women “don’t owe you s**t”
The Hot To Go singer performs in drag with Chappell Roan as her alter ego. “When I’m on stage, when I’m performing, when I’m in drag, when I’m at a work event, when I’m doing press… I’m at work,” she wrote (Pictured in Chicago on August 1)
Chappell thanked her for the “love I feel for my community,” but pointed out that she was “specifically talking about predatory behavior… that has become normalized by the way famous women have been treated in the past.”
She compared it to the sexist and dangerous image of a woman who deserves to be whistled at or harassed for wearing a “short skirt.”
“It is not the woman’s job to swallow it and accept it; it is the abuser’s job to be a decent human being, leave her alone and respect that she can wear whatever she wants and still have a right to peace in this world.”
“I’m scared and tired,” she said. “I feel more love than I’ve ever felt in my life. I feel more unsafe than I’ve ever felt in my life.”
“I don’t accept… creepy people being touched and followed,” the singer (pictured in Los Angeles in May) wrote
The artist, whose original name was Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, also asked her fans not to call her by her first name.
Chappell concluded by sharing, “There is a part of me that I am saving for my project and all of you. There is a part of me that is just for me, and I don’t want that to be taken away from me. Thank you for reading this. I appreciate your understanding and support.”
