Chappell Roan Kamala Harris Comments

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Overview

Chappell Roan Kamala Harris Comments refers to the controversy surrounding the musical artist Chappell Roan after she made comments saying that she would not endorse the Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris. The comments, which were later clarified and expanded on by Roan, created a controversy with increased scrutiny on Roan, which many believe led to her dropping out of the All Things Go music event.

Background

On September 21st, 2024, musical artist Chappell Roan was asked, shortly after Taylor Swift had endorsed Kamala Harris, if she was going to endorse the presidential candidate as well. Her comments, which ended with her choosing not to endorse Harris, were later posted to X^[1] by the account @PopFlopHQ, which earned over 76 million views in one week (shown below).

Developments

Since her initial comments were made, Roan immediately received pushback from fans and political accounts. This led to Chappell having to upload two TikToks^[2] explaining her reasoning behind what she had said about not endorsing Kamala Harris, citing Israel-Palestine relations and continued anti-trans policies within the Democratic Party as her reasons for not endorsing them (shown below, left and right).

Online Reactions

Online, there were a lot of comments from fans who either supported her nuanced take on politics by saying that the issue of the Israel-Palestine conflict is a major one for her, but some fans started to attack the musician for not endorsing Harris, accusing her of siding with Donald Trump. One significant reaction came from fellow musical artist Ethel Cain, who defended Roan's remarks in a post that was later shared to X^[3] via @PopBase on September 26th, 2024 (shown below).

On September 27th, 2024, it was announced that Chappell Roan would be dropping out of the All Things Go musical festival due to concerns over her mental health and the overwhelming pressure of the previous weeks. On X,^[4] the official account for All Things Go uploaded their own statement towards Roan, signaling that they were understanding of artists needing to take their own well-being into account and wishing her the best, while turning off the comments to avoid fans upset at the sudden dropping of Roan days before the event (shown below).