Chappell Roan has been on the offensive for the last few months, pushing back on insipid industry plant accusations and confronting obsessive fans in a series of TikToks. Since posting, she's received support from a number of celebs (including Paramore's Hayley Williams), and now she's got another ally in her fight against unhinged standom.
Jewel once had a place in the Top 10, and she's no stranger to fan obsession — in a new TikTok, the singer backs up Roan (with "Good Luck, Babe!" playing in the background), saying she's had "hundreds of stalkers" and saying that her hair went grey overnight at 21 years old as a result of an obsessed stalker's death threats.
Here's her full message:
I am weighing in on Chappell Roan, the drama of it all. I saw that she had to turn off her comments because of her recent post just saying being stalked and having people grab you in public isn't okay as a celebrity. It's really interesting, a lot of the comments are saying: "You shouldn't have chosen your job then." It's a really interesting thing and I get to speak as an elder stateswoman. So I'll give you an example… [My hair] went grey overnight when I was 21 years old with my first daughter. It was so scary. This person was leaving firebombs 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. I quit after Spirit, after "Hands," because it was just too much. And I have a lot of trauma from my childhood, so fans grabbing me, touching me, turning me around, crowding me, just wasn't good.
I learned with time that I could talk to my fans and say, "You can't come within six feet of me." I was in Beverly Hills a couple of weeks ago. A fan to this day put their hand out to show me a safe gesture, only came six feet from me, and said, "I just want to tell you how much I love your music." That was so nice! It made me feel so safe! I could choose to take a picture safely. It was so nice, but the amount of times I was chased in airports because I wouldn't stop — because if I stopped once a mob would happen. I remember a guy calling me a bitch yelling at me through the airport — "Fucking bitch! You think you're all that!" — like, we shouldn't make people feel unsafe. We shouldn't feel entitled to touch their bodies. It's not cool.
So, Chappell, full support. I'm glad people are talking about it. It's something people typically just haven't talked about. I'm 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. We must show, if that's a value of ours, to have compassion. To be tolerant, we have to be willing to understand the joys and the struggles of other people's lives.
Check it out below.