Jewel shares support for Chappell Roan: “We shouldn’t make people feel unsafe”

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Jewel has shared her support for Chappell Roan for setting boundaries with creepy fans and members of the public.Last month, Roan criticised the “weird” and “creepy” behaviour of some fans in a series of TikTok posts, lambasting the “entitled” attitude of some.On TikTok, Roan said: “If you saw a random woman on the street, would you yell at her from the car window?

Would you harass her in public? Would you go up to a random lady and say, ‘Can I get a photo with you?’ And she’s like, ‘No, what the fuck?’ And then you get mad at this random lady?”In a separate post on Instagram, Roan then called out the “predatory behaviour” of so-called “superfans”, stressing that “women don’t owe you shit”.Roan made the distinction between her work and her private life, adding: “I don’t agree with the notion that I owe a mutual exchange of energy, time, or attention to people I do not know, do not trust, or who creep me out – just because they’re expressing admiration.

Women do not owe you a reason why they don’t want to be touched or talked to.”She went on to clarify that the post had “nothing to do” with her love and gratitude to her fans who respect her boundaries and have helped her career.Now, Jewel has expressed her support for Roan and shared some anecdotes of the types of harassment she has faced as a woman in the music industry.She speaks about being chased in airports, receiving death threats, and a story about someone leaving fire bombs outside her house.