Chappell Roan is clearing the air about her alleged interaction with professional soccer star Jorginho’s 11-year-old daughter in Brazil.
“I’m just gonna tell my half of the story of what happened today with a mother and child, who were involved with a security guard who is not my personal security,” Roan, 28, said in an Instagram Stories video posted Sunday, March 22. “I didn’t even see a woman and a child, like, no one came up to me. No one bothered me. I was just sitting at breakfast in my hotel. I think these people were staying at the hotel, as well.”
According to the Grammy winner, she did not ask the security official to “go up and talk” to the family on her behalf.
“I did not, [and] they did not come up to me. They weren’t doing anything,” Roan stressed of Jorginho’s wife and child. “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, like, that’s so not what I stand behind.”
Roan further stated that she has no issue with any of her fans.
“I do not hate people who are fans of my music. I do not hate children, like, that is crazy,” she added on Sunday. “I’m sorry to that 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.”
Jorginho, 34, made waves earlier on Saturday when he claimed that Roan’s security team wouldn’t allow his daughter to meet the pop star. (Jorginho, real name Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, shares son Jax with wife Cat Cavelli and is stepfather to her daughter, Ada, from a previous relationship.)
“I went through a very upsetting situation with my family earlier today. My wife is in São Paulo for Lollapalooza Brasil,” Jorginho alleged in a Saturday statement shared via social media. “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.”
Per Jorginho, Cavelli, 34, and their 11-year-old were staying in the same hotel as Roan ahead of her Lollapalooza set.
“During breakfast, the artist walked past their table. My daughter, like any child, recognized her, got excited, and just wanted to make sure it was really her,” Jorginho alleged in his statement. “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.”
A security guard allegedly told Cavelli and her daughter that she shouldn’t “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,” Jorginho concluded. “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. 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.”
