{"id":1842348,"date":"2026-03-23T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1842348"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:51:00","slug":"in-defence-of-chappell-roan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1842348","title":{"rendered":"In defence of Chappell Roan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/897\/32-66-897-598\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442310.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/life-culture\/article\/69962\/1\/in-defence-of-chappell-roan-11-year-old-child-jude-law-fan-harassment\" data-article-id=\"69962\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.5\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo by Alena Zakirova\/Getty Images\" class=\"img\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1024\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442310.jpg\" width=\"1024\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Alena <span class=\"nowrap\">Zakirova\/Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-23T16:51:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"23 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"23\">23,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - life-culture\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\">Life &amp; Culture<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>In defence of <span class=\"nowrap\">Chappell Roan<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>The artist has been criticised online after claims that her security guard made an 11-year-old fan cry. The vitriol directed at her reeks of misogyny, argues <span class=\"nowrap\">Halima Jibril<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-23T16:51:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"23 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"23\">23,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-23T16:51:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"23 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"23\">23,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/HalimaJibril\">Halima Jibril<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Over the weekend, singer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/chappell-roan\"><span>Chappell Roan<\/span><\/a><span> came under fire after Brazilian football player <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/mar\/22\/chappell-roan-responds-to-criticism-from-footballer-jorginho-after-incident-with-security\"><span>Jorginho Frello<\/span><\/a><span> posted a statement on his Instagram Story claiming that Roan\u2019s security team mistreated his 11-year-old stepdaughter at a hotel in S\u00e3o Paulo. He alleges that while the singer was having breakfast, his stepdaughter (who is also Jude Law\u2019s daughter) spotted her, walked past her table and smiled at her. This resulted in the security guard supposedly chastising the girl and speaking to her \u201cextremely aggressively\u201d, which left her \u201cshaken\u201d and in tears. Frello concluded his statement to Roan, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PopBase\/status\/2035459955839709270?s=20\"><span>writing<\/span><\/a><span>: \u201cWithout your fans, you would be nobody. And to the fans, she does not deserve your affection.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Enormous backlash ensued, with Jorginho\u2019s Story triggering outrage across social media. Even the<\/span><span> mayor of Rio de Janeiro entered the fray: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creators.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/story\/rio-mayor-eduardo-cavaliere-bans-chappell-roan-after-incident-involving-jude-laws-11-year-old-daughter-135847109.html\"><span>Eduardo Cavaliere<\/span><\/a><span> took to X to essentially ban Roan from performing at the city\u2019s Todo Mundo no Rio shows, and invited Jorginho\u2019s stepdaughter to be the guest of honour at the festival in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Roan responded to the allegations yesterday (March 22) via Instagram, claiming that she didn\u2019t even see the child or her mother while at breakfast, that she never asked her security to go up to them, and that the guard who did accost the girl wasn\u2019t even employed by her. \u201cI didn\u2019t even see a woman and a child. No one came up to me, no one bothered me,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m sorry to the mother and child that someone was assuming something, that you would do something. If you felt uncomfortable, that makes me really sad. You did not deserve that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I feel like everyone with a brain could sniff out Chappell Roan being awful from the second she arrived but we were all silenced<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kang (@jaycaspiankang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaycaspiankang\/status\/2035722713051050261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>To say that this situation has been blown out of proportion is an understatement. In the video she posted on Instagram, Roan stressed that the security guard who spoke to the young girl was not part of her personal security detail \u2013 and yet, her critics are using this as yet another example of how she is a mean-spirited and nasty person who hates children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is already a popular narrative that surrounds the 28-year-old. Back in 2024, she yelled at a photographer at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8HIBht3h-K0\"><span>VMAs<\/span><\/a><span>, who was overheard telling her to \u201cShut the fuck up\u201d. The clip of her standing up for herself went viral as she screamed back: \u201cYou shut the fuck up. No, not me bitch\u201d. Since then, Roan has stood her ground against invasive paparazzi and the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/music\/news\/chappell-roan-blasts-stalkers-entitled-fans-harassment-1236111716\/\"><span>creepy behaviour<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d of entitled fans, because she does not graciously accept the negative aspects of her profession: the self-abnegation, lack of privacy, the pretence of it all \u2013 she is seen to be a bitch, with a capital B.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The public does not take well to women who are not agreeable or meek. And they especially don\u2019t like it when they\u2019re unwilling to accept what everyone tells them they must accept. People often complain that Roan is ungrateful and that her desire for privacy, while also seeking success in her career, is at odds with each other. But why is it seen as so ridiculous to want to do your job and not deal with near-constant harassment?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Because Chappell Roan does not graciously accept the negative aspects of her profession: the self-abnegation, lack of privacy, the pretence of it all \u2013 she is seen to be a bitch, with a capital B<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Many of us may struggle to have sympathy with the rich and famous, and believe that a bit of privacy invasion is the price they must pay for a lavish lifestyle. But what starts as the occasional intrusion can quickly escalate: look at Princess Diana or Christina Grimmie, whose deaths were directly caused by their fame and the public\u2019s sense of entitlement to their private lives. It seems that we are only ever able to empathise with famous women and take their struggles with celebrity seriously after they\u2019ve passed away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A lot of the criticism levelled at Roan is also laced with a certain kind of homophobic misogyny. She\u2019s seen as this mean lesbian woman who supposedly \u201chates children\u201d because she <\/span><em><span>obviously<\/span><\/em><span> doesn\u2019t have a maternal bone in her body, and <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/columnist\/2025\/04\/01\/call-her-daddy-chappell-roan-motherhood\/82744197007\/\">has spoken out before about<\/a> the \u201chell\u201d of young motherhood. Through her behaviour and her sexuality, she deviates from our notions of ideal womanhood, and her critics are continuously trying to shame her into submission. But she won\u2019t let them, and that really pisses them off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One of my favourite things about Roan is that she is kind, but not nice. Writer Haley Nahman <a href=\"https:\/\/haleynahman.substack.com\/p\/42-are-you-nice-or-kind\">wrote about this exact<\/a> dichotomy on her Substack, based on an X post she saw that claimed: \u201cEast Coasters are kind but not nice, while West Coasters are nice but not kind.\u201d The post stated that: \u201cNiceness is saying \u2018I\u2019m so sorry you\u2019re cold,\u2019 while kindness may be \u2018Ugh, you\u2019ve said that five times, here\u2019s a sweater!\u2019 Kindness is addressing the need, regardless of tone.\u201d In her essay, she highlights how this dichotomy is present in our institutional politics: \u201cThe focus on woke signalling via language and optics (nice) versus material concerns like who has food, shelter, safety, agency (kind). Broadly, this reflects my shorthand for what differentiates liberals from leftists: the former prioritising niceness, the latter kindness.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">they\u2019re acting like chappell roan killed her lmaooo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UNN26DrIax\">https:\/\/t.co\/UNN26DrIax<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; seosamh \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@dayglowj0e) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dayglowj0e\/status\/2035645019504496686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><span>Obviously, I don\u2019t know Roan, but her public actions and persona fit into this dichotomy pretty well. She doesn\u2019t perform politeness for anybody, and doesn\u2019t tolerate the mistreatment she is \u201csupposed\u201d to accept as a celebrity. She isn\u2019t \u2018nice\u2019. But she does donate significant amounts of money to support transgender youth and LGBTQ+ communities around the world. Last year, she raised $592,601 in donations through her \u201cVisions of Damsels &amp; Other Dangerous Things\u201d tour. In that same year, she also donated $25,000 to Backline, a US-based mental health and wellness charity that supports those in the music industry and their families, who struggle to afford to eat, live and support themselves. She also did the unpopular thing during the 2024 presidential election by refusing to endorse Kamala Harris for President because of the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s ongoing support for Israel during its genocidal assault on Gaza.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-virtual_list__item\" aria-labelledby=\"primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-sender primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-message_text primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-alt_text primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-date_time primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-reaction_count primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-reply_count primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-link_count primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-attachment_count primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-has_draft_reply primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-pinned_state primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-edited_state primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-later_state primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-broadcast_state primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-broadcast_thread_root_message primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-translated_state\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\" data-item-key=\"1774283017.504909\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__background p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message\" data-qa=\"message_container\" data-qa-unprocessed=\"false\" data-qa-placeholder=\"false\" data-msg-ts=\"1774283017.504909\" data-msg-channel-id=\"D048B4NDXQE\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__hover\" data-qa-hover=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--above\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">Unlike other celebrities who virtue signal their progressiveness and say the \u2018right\u2019 things, the \u2018nice\u2019 things \u2013 Roan puts her money where her mouth is. She stands up for what she believes in and she won\u2019t let anybody tell her otherwise. It\u2019s a quality we need a lot more in society, and especially in our celebrities (who, like it or not, hold a lot of sway over culture). If only we could recognise and value it in Chappell Roan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Over the weekend, singer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/chappell-roan\"><span>Chappell Roan<\/span><\/a><span> came under fire after Brazilian football player <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/mar\/22\/chappell-roan-responds-to-criticism-from-footballer-jorginho-after-incident-with-security\"><span>Jorginho Frello<\/span><\/a><span> posted a statement on his Instagram Story claiming that Roan\u2019s security team mistreated his 11-year-old stepdaughter at a hotel in S\u00e3o Paulo. He alleges that while the singer was having breakfast, his stepdaughter (who is also Jude Law\u2019s daughter) spotted her, walked past her table and smiled at her. This resulted in the security guard supposedly chastising the girl and speaking to her \u201cextremely aggressively\u201d, which left her \u201cshaken\u201d and in tears. Frello concluded his statement to Roan, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PopBase\/status\/2035459955839709270?s=20\"><span>writing<\/span><\/a><span>: \u201cWithout your fans, you would be nobody. And to the fans, she does not deserve your affection.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Enormous backlash ensued, with Jorginho\u2019s Story triggering outrage across social media. Even the<\/span><span> mayor of Rio de Janeiro entered the fray: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creators.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/story\/rio-mayor-eduardo-cavaliere-bans-chappell-roan-after-incident-involving-jude-laws-11-year-old-daughter-135847109.html\"><span>Eduardo Cavaliere<\/span><\/a><span> took to X to essentially ban Roan from performing at the city\u2019s Todo Mundo no Rio shows, and invited Jorginho\u2019s stepdaughter to be the guest of honour at the festival in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Roan responded to the allegations yesterday (March 22) via Instagram, claiming that she didn\u2019t even see the child or her mother while at breakfast, that she never asked her security to go up to them, and that the guard who did accost the girl wasn\u2019t even employed by her. \u201cI didn\u2019t even see a woman and a child. No one came up to me, no one bothered me,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m sorry to the mother and child that someone was assuming something, that you would do something. If you felt uncomfortable, that makes me really sad. You did not deserve that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I feel like everyone with a brain could sniff out Chappell Roan being awful from the second she arrived but we were all silenced<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kang (@jaycaspiankang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaycaspiankang\/status\/2035722713051050261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>To say that this situation has been blown out of proportion is an understatement. In the video she posted on Instagram, Roan stressed that the security guard who spoke to the young girl was not part of her personal security detail \u2013 and yet, her critics are using this as yet another example of how she is a mean-spirited and nasty person who hates children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is already a popular narrative that surrounds the 28-year-old. Back in 2024, she yelled at a photographer at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8HIBht3h-K0\"><span>VMAs<\/span><\/a><span>, who was overheard telling her to \u201cShut the fuck up\u201d. The clip of her standing up for herself went viral as she screamed back: \u201cYou shut the fuck up. No, not me bitch\u201d. Since then, Roan has stood her ground against invasive paparazzi and the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/music\/news\/chappell-roan-blasts-stalkers-entitled-fans-harassment-1236111716\/\"><span>creepy behaviour<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d of entitled fans, because she does not graciously accept the negative aspects of her profession: the self-abnegation, lack of privacy, the pretence of it all \u2013 she is seen to be a bitch, with a capital B.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The public does not take well to women who are not agreeable or meek. And they especially don\u2019t like it when they\u2019re unwilling to accept what everyone tells them they must accept. People often complain that Roan is ungrateful and that her desire for privacy, while also seeking success in her career, is at odds with each other. But why is it seen as so ridiculous to want to do your job and not deal with near-constant harassment?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Because Chappell Roan does not graciously accept the negative aspects of her profession: the self-abnegation, lack of privacy, the pretence of it all \u2013 she is seen to be a bitch, with a capital B<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Many of us may struggle to have sympathy with the rich and famous, and believe that a bit of privacy invasion is the price they must pay for a lavish lifestyle. But what starts as the occasional intrusion can quickly escalate: look at Princess Diana or Christina Grimmie, whose deaths were directly caused by their fame and the public\u2019s sense of entitlement to their private lives. It seems that we are only ever able to empathise with famous women and take their struggles with celebrity seriously after they\u2019ve passed away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A lot of the criticism levelled at Roan is also laced with a certain kind of homophobic misogyny. She\u2019s seen as this mean lesbian woman who supposedly \u201chates children\u201d because she <\/span><em><span>obviously<\/span><\/em><span> doesn\u2019t have a maternal bone in her body, and <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/columnist\/2025\/04\/01\/call-her-daddy-chappell-roan-motherhood\/82744197007\/\">has spoken out before about<\/a> the \u201chell\u201d of young motherhood. Through her behaviour and her sexuality, she deviates from our notions of ideal womanhood, and her critics are continuously trying to shame her into submission. But she won\u2019t let them, and that really pisses them off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One of my favourite things about Roan is that she is kind, but not nice. Writer Haley Nahman <a href=\"https:\/\/haleynahman.substack.com\/p\/42-are-you-nice-or-kind\">wrote about this exact<\/a> dichotomy on her Substack, based on an X post she saw that claimed: \u201cEast Coasters are kind but not nice, while West Coasters are nice but not kind.\u201d The post stated that: \u201cNiceness is saying \u2018I\u2019m so sorry you\u2019re cold,\u2019 while kindness may be \u2018Ugh, you\u2019ve said that five times, here\u2019s a sweater!\u2019 Kindness is addressing the need, regardless of tone.\u201d In her essay, she highlights how this dichotomy is present in our institutional politics: \u201cThe focus on woke signalling via language and optics (nice) versus material concerns like who has food, shelter, safety, agency (kind). Broadly, this reflects my shorthand for what differentiates liberals from leftists: the former prioritising niceness, the latter kindness.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content has-tweet\" data-embed-type=\"media-twitter\" data-script-depends=\"twitter-widgets\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">they\u2019re acting like chappell roan killed her lmaooo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UNN26DrIax\">https:\/\/t.co\/UNN26DrIax<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; seosamh \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@dayglowj0e) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dayglowj0e\/status\/2035645019504496686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p><span>Obviously, I don\u2019t know Roan, but her public actions and persona fit into this dichotomy pretty well. She doesn\u2019t perform politeness for anybody, and doesn\u2019t tolerate the mistreatment she is \u201csupposed\u201d to accept as a celebrity. She isn\u2019t \u2018nice\u2019. But she does donate significant amounts of money to support transgender youth and LGBTQ+ communities around the world. Last year, she raised $592,601 in donations through her \u201cVisions of Damsels &amp; Other Dangerous Things\u201d tour. In that same year, she also donated $25,000 to Backline, a US-based mental health and wellness charity that supports those in the music industry and their families, who struggle to afford to eat, live and support themselves. She also did the unpopular thing during the 2024 presidential election by refusing to endorse Kamala Harris for President because of the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s ongoing support for Israel during its genocidal assault on Gaza.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-virtual_list__item\" aria-labelledby=\"primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-sender primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-message_text primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-alt_text primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-date_time primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-reaction_count primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-reply_count primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-link_count primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-attachment_count primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-has_draft_reply primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-pinned_state primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-edited_state primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-later_state primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-broadcast_state primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-broadcast_thread_root_message primary-D048B4NDXQE-1774283017.504909-translated_state\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\" data-item-key=\"1774283017.504909\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__background p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message\" data-qa=\"message_container\" data-qa-unprocessed=\"false\" data-qa-placeholder=\"false\" data-msg-ts=\"1774283017.504909\" data-msg-channel-id=\"D048B4NDXQE\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__hover\" data-qa-hover=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--above\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">Unlike other celebrities who virtue signal their progressiveness and say the \u2018right\u2019 things, the \u2018nice\u2019 things \u2013 Roan puts her money where her mouth is. She stands up for what she believes in and she won\u2019t let anybody tell her otherwise. It\u2019s a quality we need a lot more in society, and especially in our celebrities (who, like it or not, hold a lot of sway over culture). If only we could recognise and value it in Chappell Roan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/life-culture\/article\/69962\/1\/in-defence-of-chappell-roan-11-year-old-child-jude-law-fan-harassment&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/897\/32-66-897-598\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442310.jpg&#8221;] Photo by Alena Zakirova\/Getty Images March\u00a0 23,\u00a0 2026 Life &amp; Culture \/ Opinion Life &amp; Culture \/ Opinion In defence of Chappell Roan The artist has been criticised online after claims that her security guard made an 11-year-old fan cry. 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