Breakout pop star Chappell Roan on the abusive side of fame: If this ever gets dangerous, I might quit

“Hot to Go!” singer Chappell Roan is on fire as one of the breakout pop stars of 2024.But the “Midwest Princess” — who was just crowned Best New Artist at the MTV VMAs last week — is already burning out on what she calls the “abusive” side of fame.“I feel like fame is just abusive,” Roan, 26,  told The Face in a new cover story.“The vibe of this — stalking, talking s–t online, [people who] won’t leave you alone, yelling at you in public — is the vibe of an abusive ex-husband.“That’s what it feels like.

I didn’t know it would feel this bad.”She’s already drawn some clear boundaries for herself with invasive, aggressive fan behavior.“I told myself, if this ever gets dangerous, I might quit,” Roan said.“It’s dangerous now, and I’m still going.

But that part is not what I signed up for.”Roan detailed an incident at the airport that she said was especially disturbing.​“I get out of the car, it’s 5:30 in the morning, and there’s two guys waiting with a bunch of posters and s–t for me to sign,” she told The Face.​“I know they’re not fans.

I said no.I was like, ​‘I don’t sign anything at the airport, I’m sorry.’”But the harassment didn’t end there.“[One of them] follows me to the TSA line, starts yelling at me and everyone just turns and looks,” she explained.

“He’s like, ​‘You should really humble yourself.Do you know where you are right now? Don’t forget where you came from.'”The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer taken aback by the encounter: “I’m just like: ​‘What the f–k is going on?’”Shaken by the events, Roan ended up crying in the airport bathroom and texting “Royals” songstress Lorde, asking for advice.“She sent me a list of things I should do [in that situation],” said Roan.

​“Literally wrote down eight things she wished someone would have told her when she was going through it.And she went through f–king hell.

She was a baby!”Roan ha...