Chappell Roan opened up about a range of topics during her recent appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, including people’s expectations of her and how fans don’t come up to her in public anymore.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, who isn’t afraid to be outspoken about her opinions and beliefs, explained to host Alex Cooper how it can be a double-edged sword as people then expect her to know everything about every topic.
“People expect me to play by different rules because I’m gay and I should be more politically correct about that, and I should actually be way more knowledgeable about it,” Roan said. “So I get asked a lot of fucking crazy questions that a lot of my peers would not get asked. And that’s because I’m gay and that’s because I have my opinions, but that doesn’t mean I’m completely like, I don’t know everything about every topic I have opinions on, like being gay.”
The “Pink Pony Club” artist continued, “Like, I don’t know everything about being a woman. I don’t know everything about fucking fashion or drag or performing. I try to know everything I can, but when I don’t answer a question correctly or I don’t acknowledge one community, it’s like, how can I do it all? How can these girls tour, write, perform, interview, sleep, eat and workout? And how can they do all and lead a team and be a boss and pay people and be like fucking so politically educated.”
Roan has previously faced backlash for saying she’s casting her vote for Kamala Harris but not endorsing the former vice president ahead of the 2024 presidential election. She’s also ignited discourse following her plea for health insurance for recording artists during her 2025 Grammys speech.
Elsewhere in her interview on Call Her Daddy, Roan shared how her interactions with fans have changed since calling for personal boundaries amid concerning behavior she’s experienced from fans during her rise in fame.
“I think people are scared of me,” she confessed. “I think I made a big enough deal about not talking to me that people do not talk to me. That’s, I think, the truth of it all, and I’ve been with people, like friends who are artists, and when they’re with me, they’re like, ‘It’s a force field around us. People don’t come up to me if I’m with you.’ I’m just like, ‘Damn, baby. You say it too. You say, don’t touch me, don’t touch me. Don’t look at me, don’t touch me. I don’t know who you are,’ and they won’t come up and bother you.”
The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer noted that she knows “it really hurts people ’cause they feel like it’s me disrespecting them, that I owe it to them and that how dare I call it abuse or complaining about success,” but that she has to protect herself first.
“I’m not complaining about success,” Roan added. “I’m just complaining about creepy behavior. I love admiration. Everyone loves admiration. I just don’t want you to interrupt me when I’m having a fight with my girlfriend. Don’t be like, ‘Can I get a photo?’ when I’m crying, talking to my girlfriend? That’s fucking crazy.”
During her conversation with Cooper, the “Hot To Go!” artist also revealed that she’s been in a “serious” relationship for six months.
“I haven’t dated someone since this all really, really blew up,” Roan admitted. “I’m dating the same person that I was dating before I like blew up, so I’m not sure how I would date now. I think it would actually be a nightmare. I think I would be so single right now because you’re terrified of their intentions. I’m scared. I’m scared. I don’t trust anyone. I just think in my head, I’m like, any new person that I’m texting, I’m like, ‘I’m assuming they will screenshot this and send it to someone else.’”
At the end, she also teased new music, saying her new single “The Giver” is “not the only song” on the way.
The past year has been a whirlwind for Roan after skyrocketing to fame following the release of her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, in September 2023. Earlier this year, she won best new artist at the 67th Grammy Awards.
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