Chappell Roan calls out ‘disrespectful’ photographer after clash and demands apology-Danni Scott-Entertainment – Metro

Chappell Roan has called out the photographer who was ‘rude’ to her (Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Don’t mess with Chappell Roan; the US singer didn’t hold back as she confronted a ‘rude’ photographer and demanded an apology.

Chappell, 26, arrived at the Guts World Tour premiere to support her friend (and Glastonbury 2025 favourite) Olivia Rodrigo, only to spot another familiar face.

One of the photographers at the Los Angeles event was the photographer she infamously clashed with at this year’s VMAs.

The unnamed man had yelled at her to ‘Shut the f**k up,’ during the music event in September with the interaction going viral as the Pink Pony Club hitmaker rounded on him.

Chappell pointed her finger and said: ‘No, you shut the f**k up!’, prompting conversations about the treatment of celebrities by photographers at these events.

A month later and the pair have had another run-in as the Good Luck, Babe hitmaker confronted him and demanded an apology at the LA Premiere.

She was posing at Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour film premiere (Picture: CraSH/imageSPACE/Shutterstock)

Chappell had a previous run-in with the photographer(Picture: Getty Images for MTV)

‘You were so disrespectful to me at the VMAs,’ she says as she points at the photographer before approaching him.

Chappell continued: ‘You yelled at me at the VMAs. Yes, you did. I remember. You were so rude to me and I deserve an apology for that.’

Staff on the red carpet began to intervene as she calmly repeated: ‘You need to apologise to me.’

It’s unclear from the viral video whether the photographer did apologise to her at all, with Chappell asking ‘What?’ and leaning in to listen.

A woman working with her then asks her to continue with the carpet and she steps away to take more pictures before heading inside.

Fans have been praising the Hot To Go hitmaker on X for speaking up and demanding the photographer owns up to his behaviour.

She demanded an apology from the photographer (Picture: Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shutte)

‘We love to see women standing on business like Chappell,’ wrote Chris E. Teigen. ‘Normalize this kind of energy from women in the limelight.’

‘Not asking but DEMANDING an apology… what a QUEEN,’ added Eliza.

However, not everyone found the behaviour praise-worthy as some people declared she was ‘annoying’ for speaking to the pap again.

‘I’m sorry this is so annoying,’ wrote Genie as Mashalla added: ‘All she needed to do was stand there and pose she’s actively seeking problems with other people.’

This negative response was quickly called out as double standards compared to the reaction to Tom Holland also setting boundaries with photographers.

‘Make sure y’all keep the same energy that y’all have for Tom Holland’s heroics for Chappell Roan as well,’ said Syd. ‘She is setting boundaries for herself and that’s called protecting your peace. Being famous doesn’t mean paparazzi can talk any type of way to celebrities.’

Tom Holland pushed a photographer out of the way as he grabbed Zendaya (Picture: James Devaney/GC Images)

Zari added: ‘Y’all were literally praising Tom Holland for pulling Zendaya away from paparazzi so don’t even THINK about saying anything negative about Chappell standing up for herself. No one deserves to be yelled at!’

Tom, 28, was seen last week pushing paparazzi out of the way as they swarmed his girlfriend and superstar Zendaya, also 28.

He has been widely praised for ‘protecting’ her as he grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the crowd, moving the photographers out of the way as he did so.

Both interactions suggest a shift is happening with younger stars as more demand boundaries and protection against disrespect in the industry.

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