Chappell Roan Says She and Sabrina Carpenter Have Leaned on Each Other Amid Their Booming Careers: 'Good to Know Someone Else Feels That Way'
Chappell Roan's meteoric rise to fame would be a lot for anybody to handle — but luckily, her fellow pop stars have her back!
After taking the world by storm with her massive hit "Good Luck Babe," the chart-topper — whose real name is Kayleigh Amstutz — had the public completely obsessed, which is something Sabrina Carpenter knows a thing or two about.
"We’re both going through something so f------ hard… she just feels like everything is flying, and she’s just barely hanging on," Roan, 26, said about how she and the "Taste" singer, 25, have bonded over their extreme success. "It was just good to know someone else feels that way."
The "HOT TO GO!" musician has been extraordinarily candid about the hardships of gaining extreme fame in the span of months and how she's maintained her boundaries while becoming a superstar. "They need to see me as a random b---- on the street," she said of the massive interest in her personal life.
"You can’t yell at a random b---- who’s on the sidewalk that you don’t know. It’s considered catcalling or harassment," she continued.
In a video shared to Roan's Instagram in August, she reiterated her stance by asking her followers, "If you saw a random woman on the street, would you yell at her out a car window? Would you harass her in public? Would you stalk her family? Would you follow her around? Would you try to dissect her life and bully her online?"
"I don't care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous, or a little famous. I don't care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job. ... That doesn't make it okay, that doesn't make it normal," she continued of the odd relationships fans think they have with artists. "I don't want whatever the f--- you think you're supposed to be entitled to whenever you see a celebrity. I don't give a f--- if you think it's selfish of me to say no to a photo, or your time, or for a hug. That's not normal. That's weird! ... I'm allowed to say no to creepy behavior.”
The "Casual" crooner has also made it clear she has a completely separate life that has nothing to do with what she does on stage. "I am clocked out. I don’t agree with the notion that I owe a mutual exchange of energy, time, or attention to people I do not know, do not trust, or who creep me out — just because they’re expressing admiration," Roan added. "Women do not owe you a reason why they don’t want to be touched or talked to."
Rolling Stone conducted the interview with Roan.