Chappell Roanis continuing to speak out about toxic fan behavior.
Brief recap: Earlier this week, the pop starsharedseveralvideoson TikTok addressing the “abuse and harassment” she’s received from fans since her meteoric rise to stardom.
“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," she said at one point. “I don’t care that it’s normal. I don’t care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, or the career field I’ve chosen, that does not make it OK. That doesn’t make it normal. That doesn’t mean I want it. That doesn’t mean that I like it.”
Do not assume this is directed at someone or a specific encounter . This is just my side of the story and my feelings .
Everything Chappell said was, all told, extremely reasonable. But because peoplereally arethat weird these days, some of her fans have had a negative reaction to her basic pleas for decency.
So Chappell shared a new statement toInstagramlast night, in which she said she does “not accept harassment of any kind because I chose this path, nor do I deserve it.”
Chappell went on to specify that, when she’s not actively working as a pop star, “I am not in work mode. I am clocked out. 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. Women do not owe you a reason why they don’t want to be touched or talked to.”
Chappell went on to specify that she is specifically referring to “predatory behavior (disguised as ‘superfan’ behavior) that has become normalized because of the way women who are well-known have been treated in the past.” “I embrace the success of the project, the love I feel, and the gratitude I have,” she added. “What I do not accept are creepy people, being touched, and being followed.”
She went on to compare criticism for her requests to “the idea that if a woman wears a short skirt and gets harassed or catcalled, she shouldn’t have worn the short skirt in the first place. It is not the woman’s duty to suck it up and take it; it is the harasser’s duty to be a decent person, leave her alone, and respect that she can wear whatever she wants and still deserve peace in this world.”
“I want to love my life, be outside, giggle with my friends, go to the movie theater, feel safe, and do all the things every single person deserves to do,” Chappell continued. “Please stop touching me. Please stop being weird to my family and friends. Please stop assuming things about me. There is always more to the story. I am scared and tired. And please — don’t ever call me Kayleigh. I feel more love than I ever have in my life. I feel the most unsafe I have ever felt in my life.”
“Just to let you know, every woman is feeling or has felt similar to what I’m experiencing,” she added. “This isn’t a new situation. If you see me as a bitch or ungrateful or my entire statement upsets you, baby that’s you…you gotta look inward and ask yourself ‘wait why am I so upset by this? Why is a girl expressing her fears and boundaries so infuriating?’ That is all. Thank you for reading <3”
Read her entire statementhere— and, for the love of everything that is holy, leave her alone!
