Chappell Roan has taken over the internet this weekend with memes of the star going viral after she was accused of sending her security guard to threaten a young fan.
The drama started when footballer Jorginho took to Instagram on Saturday to claim his wife Catherine Harding‘s daughter, who she shares with actor Jude Law, was threatened by Chappell’s bodyguard after the 11-year-old spotted the star in the same hotel in Brazil.
Chappell responded, insisting she had no knowledge of the incident before insisting she ‘doesn’t hate children’, but the damage was done and the internet responded with a series of memes.
The singer was compared to Roald Dahl‘s villainous headmistress Miss Trunchbull, notorious for her cruel discipline toward her students.
Other viral posts compared Chappell to a nightmarish myth used to scare children, with one post on X reading: ‘Chappell Roan isn’t real, it’s a modern baba yaga myth meant to scare misbehaving children. Brush your teeth or Chappell will get you.’
Others simply marvelled at the tangled web of celebrity Chappell had found herself in the middle of, thanks to the young fan’s famous family.
Chappell Roan has taken over the internet this weekend with memes of the star going viral after she was accused of sending her security guard to threaten a young fan
The singer was compared to Roald Dahl’s villainous headmistress Miss Trunchbull, notorious for her cruel discipline toward her students
The singer was compared to Roald Dahl’s villainous headmistress Miss Trunchbull, notorious for her cruel discipline toward her students
‘The cross section of sports and pop culture chappell roan has found herself on the wrong side of is maybe the craziest venn diagram i’ve ever seen,’ pointed out one X poster.
Amid a huge backlash the singer responded to Jorginho’s post in a video shared to Instagram on Sunday, in which she insisted it was not her personal security and she did not ask anyone to approach the child.
‘I’m gonna tell my half of the story of what happened today with a mother and child who were involved with a security guard – who is not my personal security…’ she said in the video.
‘I didn’t even see. I didn’t even see a woman and a child. No one came up to me, no one bothered me. I was just sitting at breakfast at my hotel. I think these people were staying at the hotel as well. So the fact that a security guard who is…
‘I did not ask the security guard to go up and talk to this mother and child. I did not. They did not come up to me. I did not do anything. It’s unfair for security to just assume someone doesn’t have good intentions when they have no reason to believe it as there’s no action been taken.
‘I do not hate people who are fans of my music. I do not hate children, like that is crazy. I am sorry to the mother and child that someone was assuming something.
‘If you felt uncomfortable that makes me really sad. You did not deserve that.’
The mother of the child, Jude Law’s ex Catherine Harding was quick to share her own side of the story later on Sunday, uploading a series of Instagram videos to explain what she saw happen whilst having breakfast with her daughter.
Other viral posts compared Chappell to a nightmarish myth used to scare children. ‘Chappell Roan isn’t real, it’s a modern baba yaga myth meant to scare misbehaving children’ wrote one
‘I know that Chappell has responded, saying that “It wasn’t her security and that she didn’t do it” well, 100 per cent this wasn’t a security guard of the hotel that’s what I can say, he looks after artists,’ Cat said in her video.
‘Now I don’t know if he’s her personal security guard but he was with her, so that is all I know, did she send him to do it? Again, I don’t know, I would like to hope not.
‘But at the same time you have a responsibility when you are a celebrity that the people who work for you and act on your behalf are acting on your behalf.
‘So would he do that if he didn’t have her authority? I don’t know. If he does, that’s a big problem. because then he is representing her in a way she doesn’t want to be represented.’
Catherine added that Chappell was right to say she ‘didn’t notice anything’ because nothing happened and claimed all her daughter did was walk silently past the hitmaker’s table.
She explained to him that her daughter, who has a famous father and stepfather, understood ‘boundaries’ acceptable to people in the public eye, but said the security guard did not listen.
‘I hope [Chappell] did not know, I hope she did not send her security over to do this. I really think she is a very very talented artist we liked her a lot we came all the way to São Paulo to watch her show.
‘It was her birthday present, she asked for tickets, it was a little bit ruined because we didn’t go to the show last night but that’s how it is.’
Before adding: ‘I hope that maybe if it wasn’t her that maybe she learns not to allow the people who work for her not to treat people like this.’
The Daily Mail have contacted Chappell Roan’s representatives for comment.
Chappell Roan’s response to claims that her personal security guard left Jude Law’s daughter in tears has been slammed by the young fan’s mother Catherine Harding
The drama kicked off when Catherne’s husband, former Chelsea and Arsenal footballer Jorginho posted a lengthy statement on Instagram on Saturday, publicly criticising Chappell’s security for threatening his step-daughter.
In the post which quickly went viral he wrote: ‘I went through a very upsetting situation with my family earlier today.’
‘My wife (@catcavelli) is in Sao Paulo for @lollapaloozabr. This morning, my daughter woke up incredibly excited, she even made a sign because she was so happy to see an artist she really admires, or used to admire.’
He continued: ‘By coincidence, they’re staying at the same hotel as this artist. During breakfast, the artist walked past their table. My daughter, like any child, recognized her, got excited, and just wanted to make sure it was really her.
‘And the worst part is she didn’t even approach her. She simply walked past the singer’s table, looked to confirm it was her, smiled, and went back to sit with her mum. She didn’t say anything, didn’t ask for anything.
‘What happened next was completely disproportionate. A large security guard came over to their table while they were still having breakfast and began speaking in an extremely aggressive manner to both my wife and my daughter, saying that she shouldn’t allow my daughter to “disrespect” or “harass” other people.
‘Honestly, I don’t know at what point simply walking past a table and looking to see if someone is there can be considered harassment. He even said he would file a complaint against them with the hotel, while my 11-year-old daughter was sitting there in tears. My daughter was extremely shaken and cried a lot.
‘I’ve lived with football, public exposure, and well-known people for many years, and I understand very well what respect and boundaries are. What happened there was not that. It was just a child admiring someone.
‘It’s sad to see this kind of treatment coming from those who should understand the importance of fans. At the end of the day, they are the ones who build all of this. I sincerely hope this serves as a moment of reflection. No one should have to go through this, especially not a child.’
Jorginho concluded: ‘@chappellroan WITHOUT YOUR FANS, YOU WOULD BE NOTHING. AND TO THE FANS, SHE DOES NOT DESERVE YOUR AFFECTION.’
The drama started when footballer Jorginho took to Instagram on Saturday to claim his wife Catherine Harding’s daughter, who she shares with actor Jude Law, was threatened by Chappell’s bodyguard after the 11-year-old spotted the star in the same hotel in Brazil
Chappell has had an occasionally contentious relationship with her fans, with the artist previously calling out behavior that she considered ‘creepy’ and ‘invasive’ in previous social media posts.
In August 2024, around the time of her sudden rise in popularity, she posted a video to TikTok where she said, ‘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.
‘It’s weird how people think that you know a person because you see them online and you listen to the art they make … I’m allowed to say no to creepy behavior, okay?’
She followed that up with a lengthy post to Instagram, saying, ‘I want to be an artist for a very long time. I’ve been in too many nonconsensual physical and social interactions and I just need to lay it out and remind you, women don’t owe you s**t.’
Chappell was recently blasted by Boy George over her self imposed boundaries with fans, as he insisted the singer should ‘own your fame and cheer up.’
The Culture Club frontman was responding to a viral video which shows Chappell filming herself as she confronts a group of fans who had allegedly been following her around Paris.
The video, filmed by an onlooker, shows Chappell telling her camera that she feels ‘disregarded as a human’.
Boy George offered Chappell some advice, writing: ‘Yes, it’s annoying at times but so is being ignored and told your a ‘has-been’. Life is always now and I think Chappell looks great but cheer up girl.’
‘The world is at your feet stop kicking it! It takes so much more time to say no to a picture or a signature. Boundaries are boring. Break them with the magic of kindness!’
