Chappell Roan Sets The Record Straight After Footballer Jorginho Drama

Chappell Roan has spoken out for the first time after finding herself in the centre of a media storm when Brazilian footballer Jorginho accused her security team of making his 11-year-old stepdaughter cry.

On Saturday, the Pink Pony Club singer was the subject of a lengthy post shared on Jorghino’s Instagram story about a “very upsetting” incident.

“I went through a very upsetting situation with my family earlier today,” the post began. “My wife is in São Paulo for [Lollapallooza Brazil, where Chappell was headlining]. This morning, my daughter woke up incredibly excited, she even made a sign because she was so happy to see an artist she really admires, or used to admire. By coincidence, they’re staying at the same hotel as this artist.

“During breakfast, the artist walked past their table. My daughter, like any child, recognised her, got excited, and just wanted to make sure it was really her. And the worst part is she didn’t even approach her. She simply walked past the singer’s table, looked to confirm it was her, smiled, and went back to sit with her mum. She didn’t say anything, didn’t ask for anything.

“What happened next was completely disproportionate.”

The footballer continued: “A large security guard came over to their table while they were still having breakfast and began speaking in an extremely aggressive manner to both my wife and my daughter, saying that she shouldn’t allow my daughter to ‘disrespect’ or ‘harass’ other people.

“Honestly, I don’t know at what point simply walking past a table and looking to see if someone is there can be considered harassment. He even said he would file a complaint against them with the hotel, while my 11-year-old daughter was sitting there in tears. My daughter was extremely shaken and cried a lot.

“I’ve lived with football, public exposure, and well-known people for many years, and I understand very well what respect and boundaries are. What happened there was not that. It was just a child admiring someone.”

He added: “It’s sad to see this kind of treatment coming from those who should understand the importance of fans. At the end of the day, they are the ones who build all of this.

“I sincerely hope this serves as a moment of reflection. No one should have to go through this, especially not a child.”

Addressing Chappell directly, he said that “without your fans, you would be nothing”, before telling Chappell’s supporters “she does not deserve your affection”.

Jorghino’s post subsequently blew up on social media, with even the mayor of Rio de Janeiro claiming that he’d banned Chappell from every headlining at the Todo Mundo No Rio music festival in the future.

Responding later in the weekend, the Grammy winner insisted in her own Instagram story posts that she had been oblivious about the incident until she read about it online.

“I didn’t even see,” Chappell claimed. “I didn’t even see a woman and a child. Like, I did not.

“No one came up to me. No one bothered me. Like, I was just sitting at breakfast in my hotel. I think these people were staying at the hotel as well.”

She continued “I did not ask the security guard to go up and talk to this mother and child. I did not – they did not come up to me! They weren’t doing anything! It’s unfair for security to just assume someone doesn’t have good intentions when they have no reason to believe because there’s no action even taken…

“I do not hate people who are fans of my music. I do not hate children. Like, that is crazy. And I’m sorry to the mother and child that someone was assuming something, that you would do something and that if you felt uncomfortable, that makes me really sad. You did not deserve that.”

The girl in question’s mother, Catherine Harding, has since shared her own six-minute statement on the matter, insisting that the security guard who confronted her 11-year-old “100% was not a security guard of the hotel” and “looks after artists”.

“I don’t know that it was her personal security guard, but he was with her, so that is all I know,” she claimed.

Jorginho is the stepfather to Catherine’s 11-year-old daughter, whose father is the actor Jude Law.

The sports icon has been married to Catherine since last year, with the pair also welcoming a son in 2020.