Mayor bans Chappell Roan from performing after bizarre hotel incident
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Chappell Roan sparked outrage from a Brazilian official on Saturday after an alleged strange fan interaction.
According to professional soccer star Jorginho Frello, the “Pink Pony Club” singer allegedly directed security to scold his daughter, who spotted Chappell eating breakfast at a São Paulo hotel while she was in town to perform at Lollapalooza Brazil.
Chappell, 28, described the incident on his Instagram stories on Sunday and later denied the fan encounter after the “very sad” situation came to the attention of Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere.
In a statement shared on X, Cavaliere said Chappell was no longer welcome to perform in his city.
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Chappell Roan attended the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Dimitrios Kambouris)
“I mean, as long as I’m in charge of our city, this young lady @ChappellRoan will never be able to perform at Todo Mundo No Rio.” he wrote in a statement Translated from Portuguese. I doubt Shakira would do this! By the way @FrelloJorginho, your little one is already the guest of honor at the event in May!”
“Good Luck, Baby!” The singer hopped on social media to tell “half the story” as she lay in bed Sunday morning.
“I didn’t even see it. I didn’t even see a woman and a child. Nobody came near me. Nobody bothered me,” the musician told his followers while lying in bed. “I was having breakfast at my hotel, so I guess these people were staying at the hotel too.”
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“I didn’t ask the security guard to go up and talk to this mother and child. They didn’t come to me. They weren’t doing anything.”
“I don’t hate people who are fans of my music. I don’t hate kids. It’s crazy.”
“I’m sorry for the mother and the child that someone would assume that you would do something, think that you would do something, and if you are uncomfortable, that makes me very sad. You didn’t deserve that.”
Earlier this weekend, Jorginho, a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo, wrote on his Instagram stories before the Lollapalooza Brazil set for his family to be going through a “very sad situation” involving Chappell.
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Chappell Roan allegedly snubbed a fan at a hotel in Brazil, according to football star Jorginho. (Momodu Mansaray)
“My wife is in São Paulo to go to Lollapalooza Brazil. My daughter woke up this morning incredibly excited,” he said of Catherine Harding, who has an 11-year-old daughter with ex Jude Law. “He even made a sign because he was so happy to see an artist he really admired or used to admire.
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“Coincidentally, they were staying at the same hotel as this artist. During breakfast, the artist passed by their table. My daughter, like any child, recognized him, got excited and wanted to confirm that it was really him.
“The worst part was, he didn’t even approach her. He walked past the singer’s table, looked to confirm it was her, smiled and sat back down next to his mother. He didn’t say anything, he didn’t ask for anything.”
Jorginho claimed that his 11-year-old daughter was harassed by Chappell Roan’s security at a hotel in Brazil. (Eston Parker)
After passing by her daughter, she said, “While they were having breakfast, a large security guard came to their table and began speaking to both my wife and daughter in an extremely aggressive manner, telling me that my daughter should not be allowed to ‘disrespect’ or ‘harass’ others.”
“To be honest, I don’t know at what point just walking past a table and looking to see if there’s anyone there can be considered harassment,” Jorginho said. Jorginho stated that there was a security guard before and that he even said that he would complain to the hotel about them while my 11-year-old daughter was sitting there in tears.
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He said his daughter was “extremely shaken and crying a lot” before criticizing Chappell’s disconnect with fans.
“It’s sad to see this kind of treatment coming from people who should understand the importance of fans,” he wrote. “At the end of the day, they’re the ones who built all of this. I sincerely hope this is a moment of reflection. No one should have to go through this, especially a child.”
