Chappell Roan has been setting her boundaries with creepy fans as she navigates the ups and downs of meteoric fame, and she has found support in many other female artists who dealt with the same thing. Her latest supporter is Jewel, who rose to prominence in the 90s and 2000s for songs like “Who Will Save Your Soul,” which she put out when she was just 21.
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Jewel addressed stalkers and toxic fan behavior in a TikTok video she captioned “How I went gray overnight” with the subtitle “And the Chappell Roan of it all.”
“I get to speak as an older stateswoman, so I’ll give you an example,” said Jewel in the video. “This person was leaving fire bombs outside my house. I was getting death threats saying I would be shot from the stage. I’ve had hundreds of stalkers in my career, and it’s not okay. It made me step back from my own career.”
Jewel opened up about her own trauma that made being confronted and surrounded an even bigger challenge to navigate. “I learned with time that I could talk to my fans and say, ‘You can’t come within six feet of me,’” she said.
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Jewel Shares Support for Chappell Roan as She Sets Her Boundaries with Fans
Jewel continued, citing a positive fan encounter she had recently. “I was in Beverly Hills a couple weeks ago and a fan, to this day, put their hand out to show me a safe gesture, only came within six feet of me, and just said, ‘I want to tell you how much I love your music,’” she shared. “It made me feel so safe.”
Meanwhile, Chappell Roan has received pushback from fans who say she shouldn’t have chosen to be an artist if she’s uncomfortable in the public eye. Chappell made her boundaries clear, and those who don’t honor them are essentially part of the problem. In her Instagram post, Chappell set the record straight about fans who have been stalking her and touching her in public without her consent.
“I want to be an artist for a very 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 wrote in her post. “I chose this career path because I love music and art and honoring my inner child, I do not accept harassment of any kind because I chose this path, nor do I deserve it.”
Jewel reiterated these points in her own post. “We shouldn’t make people feel unsafe. We shouldn’t feel entitled to touch their bodies. It’s not cool,” she said. “So Chappell, full support. I’m glad people are talking about it. It’s something that people just typically haven’t talked about. Proud of what you’re doing. And everybody, I hope you all know that everybody is worthy of compassion, even if you’re rich, even if you’re famous.”
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