By Chiara Piacentini
Staff Writer
Chappell Roan is feeling the heat from her fan base after making the decision to cancel her Paris and Amsterdam concerts and rescheduling her Berlin show for Sept. 23. This came less than a week before her Paris and Amsterdam shows were set to occur.
Roan took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to announce that her decision to cancel these shows were “due to scheduling conflicts.” She goes on to apologize for this turn of events with a promise to return to the stage soon and thanks everyone for their understanding.
Rumors have circulated that the “scheduling conflicts” were in fact Roan’s preparation for her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony on Sept. 11, since her Paris and Amsterdam tours would have happened around a week before this event was scheduled to take place.
Fans who booked nonrefundable hotels and means of transportation were not too happy with this outcome. One commenter on X said that she was prioritizing the awards ceremony over her own fans, questioning the truth behind her claim that she “hated fame.”
In an Instagram post released a couple days later, Roan posted a carousel of selfies that had been taken over the course of her past three months of fame and captioned it, “this s— is awesome.” Some commenters took offense to this post because she didn’t address complaints about the concert cancellations.
Roan has since responded to the backlash by apologizing to her followers on X in which she was “very sorry” about the situation and understands that it’s hard news to take, but that she hopes people will understand her reasons for canceling.
This reply only managed to further anger some of her fans, calling her response “passive aggressive” and others suggesting that this is a sign that she needs a “solid PR person.” One even argued that this was a “non-apology.”
This isn’t the first time Roan has received unfavorable behavior from fans. In fact, it’s far from it.
Back in August, Roan revealed in an Instagram post that she experienced “predatory behavior” from some of her supporters including unwanted touching and stalking of her family’s whereabouts. In light of this, Roan asked that people respect her boundaries and that her status as a celebrity doesn’t mean she loses her right to privacy as well.
Some celebrities including Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Charli XCX got in touch with Roan, according to Variety, to give their support as she has been open about struggling to deal with her quick rise to fame. Folk pop singer Jewel also came forward via TikTok to relate similar experiences of stalking from fans.
It took her some time, but she was able to figure out how to establish boundaries with fans and at the same time give us advice we can all abide by.
“I learned with time that I could talk to my fans and say, ‘You can’t come within six feet of me,’” Jewel said.
Roan herself has started taking measures to distance herself from her fans by asking them over Instagram not to approach her for a photo or hug. Having had uncomfortable experiences with overbearing fans in the past, she has decided to limit fan interactions altogether.
“I don’t want whatever the f— you think you’re supposed to to be entitled to whenever you see a celebrity,” she said in a TikTok video. “I don’t give a f— 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!”
