Lionel Richie warns rising stars to embrace fans after bizarre Chappell Roan incident

Lionel Richie knows the fame game can be tough and has issued a warning to rising celebrities after Chappell Roan faced backlash following a negative fan encounter.

During a conversation with son-in-law Joel Madden, the Good Charlotte frontman admitted that he has never once heard his father-in-law complain about fans approaching him in public.

“I was invisible once,” Richie said, before admitting he had a hard time ignoring his fans. “They want to tell you something. You can see it on their face. They want to say something. And the worst thing would be for me to ignore them.”

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He added, “Sometimes you meet the person you idolize the most and you regret ever meeting them.

“I made a promise to myself; I would never be like that. Never,” the “All Night Long” singer said.

Richie noted that star status isn’t for everyone.

“A lot of times what happens is I tell people when they get into this business, there’s something you don’t account for,” he said. “I hope you love people.

“Because if you don’t like people, it’s going to sound like this. You spend the first half of your career saying, ‘Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me.’ And then eventually you become famous. ‘Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me. Don’t look at me.’

He added, “The universe gave you what you wanted. So, what is it about people that you don’t like or want to be famous and rich without people? It doesn’t work that way. You have to be able to interact.”

While I was in town to perform last week Lollapalooza BrazilAccording to professional soccer star Jorginho Frello, the “Pink Pony Club” singer allegedly directed security to scold his daughter, who saw Chappell eating breakfast at the hotel in São Paulo.

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Chappell, 28, described the incident on Instagram stories 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. perform in one’s city.

“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 it Shakira I 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.”

“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.”

Chappell Roan has been banned from performing in Rio after a negative fan encounter went viral. (Dimitrios Kambouris)

“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.”

Jorginho, a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo, wrote on Instagram stories that his family was going through a “very sad situation” involving Chappell before the Lollapalooza Brazil set.

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She claimed online that her 11-year-old daughter was scolded by Chappell’s security for staring at the singer.

“The worst part wasn’t even close,” he wrote. “He walked past the singer’s table, looked to confirm it was him, smiled and sat next to his mother. He didn’t say anything, he didn’t ask for anything.”

Chappell Roan denied being involved in a fan encounter. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

“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’ other people,” Jorghino wrote after passing by his daughter.

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“It’s sad to see this kind of treatment coming from people who should understand the importance of fans. At the end of the day, they are 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.”