Daniel Craig admires Chappell Roan’s “guts” in pushing back against toxic fans: “Celebrity kills you”

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Daniel Craig has admitted that he admires Chappell Roan for pushing back against fans to protect her own space and mental health.Roan’s feelings about fame have consistently made headlines over the last couple of months, with her recently comparing it to “an abusive ex-husband”.

In an interview with The Face, the former NME Cover star vented about the normalisation of extreme fan behaviour including “stalking, talking shit online, [people who] won’t leave you alone, yelling at you in public.” She added: “I didn’t know it would feel this bad.”Prior to that, she had taken to TikTok to share her thoughts on “weird” and “creepy” followers, calling out the “predatory behaviour” of so-called “superfans” that includes “nonconsensual physical and social interactions”.In response in a new interview with The New York Times, Craig has now said: “I really admire the guts to say those things.

Celebrity kills you. Really, it’s a terrible, terrible thing that can happen and I think you’ve got to really fight against all of the things that it throws in your face, because it’s so easy to be tempted.”“Generating and maintaining that brand is about how much exposure you have,” he added.Asked whether he felt pressure to become more brand than actor, Craig went on: “Am I a brand?

You have to do social media, and I can’t do that. I even regret emails I send.”He also admitted that he would never have taken a role like his current one in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, during his tenure as James Bond.