Chappell Roan acknowledges that a recent encounter with a fan was neither ideal nor cool. After soccer star Jorginho alleged that his 11-year-old stepdaughter, Ada—whom his wife Catherine Harding shares with ex-husband Jude Law—had an unpleasant interaction with the “Pink Pony Club” singer and a member of her security team, Chappell shared her perspective on the matter.
In response to Jorginho's claim that the security guard was "aggressive" towards his wife and daughter, Chappell clarified that the individual in question "was not my personal security." She emphasized that she didn't even see a woman and a child, stating, "No one came up to me. I was just sitting at breakfast in my hotel. I think these people were staying at the hotel, as well."
Chappell, who is 28, further explained that she didn't ask the security guard to approach the mother and child, and they didn't come up to her. "They weren't doing anything," she said.
The Grammy winner, who has faced backlash in the past for setting boundaries with fans and paparazzi, also expressed her disagreement with the security guard's actions. "It's unfair for security to just assume someone doesn't have good intentions when they have no reason to believe it," she explained. "I do not hate people who are fans of my music. I do not hate children. That is crazy."
Chappell apologized to the mother and child for the assumption that they would do something and expressed sadness if they felt uncomfortable. "That makes me really sad. You did not deserve that," she added.
Her comments came a day after Jorginho, who didn't refer to Ada directly by name, alleged that his wife and daughter were mistreated by Chappell's security guard while enjoying breakfast at the same hotel as the "Casual" singer in São Paulo, Brazil, where Ada was set to see Chappell perform at Lollapalooza on March 21.
"By coincidence, they're staying at the same hotel as this artist," he wrote on Instagram Stories on March 21. "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."
He continued, "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."
After his daughter walked by, Jorginho alleged in the post that a security guard then approached their table "in an extremely aggressive manner," saying that Catherine "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," the athlete continued, alleging that the security guard "even said he would file a complaint against them with the hotel, while my 11-year-old daughter was sitting there in tears."
Noting that his daughter "was extremely shaken and cried a lot" over the situation, he even offered Chappell some advice on how to approach excited fans in the future.
"It's sad to see this kind of treatment coming from those who should understand the importance of fans," he wrote. "At the end of the day, they are the ones who build all of this."
