Noah Kahan is calling out the great divide between real fans and “parasitic” autograph hounds following Chappell Roan‘s viral moment confronting people on the streets of Paris.
In Tuesday (March 10) posts on his Instagram Story, the folk-rock singer-songwriter defended the pop star by first sharing Billboard‘s story about Roan telling a swarm of followers to “get away from me” in France. “Maybe they should just idk leave her alone?” Kahan wrote.
“Also those dudes saying ‘I’m a huge fan’ following her around are scalpers and are as bad as the paparazzi,” he continued. “F–k em all.”
The Vermont native followed up with a video elaborating on his prior thoughts, telling the camera, “These people literally find out where you’re staying, where you’re flying in to, where your team, family, whoever is staying — they are clearly not your fans, they just sit outside places so they can try to guilt you into signing s–t so they can sell it.”
“They trick people like you who are just watching the video and don’t know what’s going on into thinking that someone’s being rude to one of their fans, when they’re really just manipulating you,” he added. “They’re scummy, they’re manipulative, they’re parasitic, and, yeah. F–k them, seriously. Don’t feel bad for them.”
Roan made headlines one day prior to Kahan’s posts after a video of her filming her experience with a crowd in Paris began circulating online. In the clip, the Grammy winner tells her phone camera, “I’m just trying to go to dinner, and I’ve asked these people several times to get away from me.” Meanwhile, the individuals in question continue hounding her for autographs and photos.
“These are all the people that are completely disregarding my boundaries,” she added in the moment. “All of you, I’m asking you kindly to please leave me alone and stop following me and harassing me. No, I’m not gonna sign. This is what it’s like, if you were wondering how it is.”
It’s not the first time Roan has asserted her boundaries — nor is it the first time Kahan has applauded her for doing so. In 2024, the former yelled at a photographer on the VMAs red carpet who’d allegedly told her to “shut the f–k up.” Afterward, Kahan posted on X, “I’ll never forget leaving [the] Clive Davis [pre-Grammy gala] and the horrific s–t photographers and paparazzi or whatever were saying to me in front of my sweet mom who couldn’t believe it was actually happening. Love this @ChappellRoan way to stand up for yourself.”
Kahan is currently gearing up to drop his highly anticipated album, The Great Divide, on April 24. He led the project with its title track, which dropped Jan. 30, topping the Alternative Airplay chart and debuting at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
