Chappell Roan has apologised to her fans after jokingly claiming that Glee‘s Christmas episode was “the worst” episode of the show she had ever seen.
Earlier this week (December 23) the ‘Good Luck Babe’ hitmaker shared her opinions on the musical comedy series’ episode titled “Extraordinary Merry Christmas”, in a series of Instagram posts on an account that is run by her and Ramisha Sattar, her creative director.
“This is the worst episode of Glee I have ever seen,” Roan told the camera jokingly while holding back laughter. “I am turning it off. I hate it. Next,” she continued while being handed the TV’s remote control, pausing and clicking the “next” button.
The Grammy-nominated singer then shared a follow-up video shortly after, jokingly apologising for her take on the episode. “This is my apology video for the Gleeks that I offended. I am so sorry,” Roan began, while the person recording pointed a pair of scissors at her.
“I love every episode of Glee, and I love Kurt and Blaine,” she continued, letting out a laugh after referencing Chris Colfer and Darren Criss’ characters on the hit 2009 series.
Created by Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, Monster), Glee aired on Fox from May 2009 until March 2015. The jukebox musical comedy-drama starred the likes of Lea Michele, Dianna Agron and Matthew Morrison, and focused on the fictional William McKinley High School’s glee club – named the New Directions.
Throughout the series, the club compete as a show choir while its members deal with issues regarding gender, race, family, relationships, sexuality and more. The series went on to win a slew of accolades including six Emmy awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Roan has previously revealed that she had begun watching the show back in September during a Q&A segment during one of her gigs. “I just started watching Glee. I’m on season 2,” she told the audience. “It took me like three full times to try to watch Glee, ’cause I was like, ‘This is stupid as fuck.’ And then I was like, ‘Lean into it.’”
chappell’s now in glee s2 she’s about to witness brittana for the first time😭 pic.twitter.com/4AsDPoVXig
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In other news, The Cure’s Robert Smith recently discussed Roan’s comments on fame while appearing as a guest on the Sidetracked podcast with Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw. Smith said it was a “complicated subject”, adding: “You want people to feel like they think they’re engaging with you, but it is a modern world phenomenon that there is a sense of entitlement that didn’t used to be there amongst fans when we started out.
Elsewhere, Roan’s ‘Good Luck, Babe’ was recently named as NME’s best song of 2024. “With ‘Good Luck, Babe!’, Roan set out to write a ‘big anthemic pop song’. It was an unqualified success: over subtly insistent synth-pop, Roan serves up home truths to someone desperately trying to deny their queerness,” the entry read.
