People, people, people. This is not what Chappell Roan meant when she encouraged us to be freaks in the club. For the past two weeks, the Midwest Princess has been on fans’ and detractors’ minds — and lips — alike after the release of her September Rolling Stone cover story .
Now, it’s a Saturday Night Live sketch that’s working stans up online — and proving Roan’s point about privacy and critical thinking skills in the process. Following Roan’s cover story, aggregation accounts on X (formerly Twitter) like PopCrave, PopBase, and PopFlop posted dozens of tweets summarizing the story — specifically, pointing out Roan’s comments on the upcoming U.S.
presidential election and her desire for fans to respect her boundaries. One comment in particular went viral: “I’m pretty, ‘Fuck the government, and fuck everything that’s going on right now,’ ” Roan said following Joe Biden’s poor performance at his only debate with Donald Trump. “I don’t have a side because I hate both sides, and I’m so embarrassed about everything going on right now.
” While Roan stated plenty of additional thoughts in the interview — specifically that she encouraged all of her supporters to vote and felt “lucky” to be alive during the “incredibly historical time period when a woman of color is a presidential nominee” — social media users latched on to her use of the phrase “both sides,” accusing Roan of supporting Donald Trump. Roan posted two follow-up.
