Chappell Roan explains altercation with photographer at VMAs
Emerging pop figure Chappell Roan has explained her interaction with a photographer on the red carpet of the VMAs on September 11th, rightfully declaring, “You don’t get to yell at me like that.”
The 2024 edition of MTV’s VMAs took place on September 11th at the UBS Arena in Long Island. Roan was nominated in four categories, including ‘Best Trending Video’ for her hit single ‘Hot to Go’ and ‘Song of Summer’ for the endlessly catchy ‘Good Luck, Babe!’
Ahead of the awards, Roan walked the VMAs red carpet and had an intense interaction with a photographer. A video of the altercation showed the photographer telling her to “Shut the fuck up,” to which she responded, “You shut the fuck up!” She continued, “Don’t. Not me, bitch.”
Now, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Roan has explained the interaction. “This is quite overwhelming and quite scary,” she admitted, referring to the experience of walking the red carpet, “I think for someone who gets a lot of anxiety around people yelling at you, the carpet is horrifying.”
“And I yelled back,” she shrugged, “I yelled back! You don’t get to yell at me like that!” Following her walk on the red carpet, Roan took home the award for ‘Best New Artist’, beating out Gracie Abrams, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims, and Tyla for the title.
Roan released her first album last year, but she has shot to new levels of global acclaim in 2024. Critics and fans alike have lauded her debut, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, for its theatrical and fun approach to pop music, while ‘Hot to Go’ and ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ became serious contenders for song of the summer.
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Following her quick rise to fame, Roan has experienced and spoken out about the “creepy” behaviour that listeners often exhibit towards artists, even being forced to hire security. She took to TikTok last month to discuss the issue, asking fans if they would yell and request photos from a “random lady” on the street and condemning the normalisation of this behaviour.
“I chose this career path because I love music and art and honouring my inner child,” she explained, “I do not accept harassment of any kind because I chose this path, nor do I deserve it.”
Roan is currently on the road in the United Kingdom as part of her ‘Midwest Princess Tour’, with dates lined up across Glasgow, Dublin, and London throughout the rest of September.
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