Jewel Feels 'Proud' of Chappell Roan's Fan Boundary Comments as She Recalls 'Hundreds of Stalkers in My Career'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jewel; Chappell Roan.Photo:Taylor Hill/Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty

Taylor Hill/Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty

JewelwantsChappell Roanto follow her intuition when it comes to setting boundaries with fans.

Last month, the 26-year-old “Red Wine Supernova” singer made waves online after speaking out about feeling “scared” after experiencing “predatory behavior” from certain fans. Now, she’s getting support from Jewel, 50, who’s weathered similar situations throughout her decades-long career.

Sharing an example of her own experience, Jewel then showed off the visibly gray roots of her hair and revealed she “went grey overnight when I was 21 years old with my first stalker.”

“It was so scary. This person was leaving fire bombs outside my house. I was getting death threats saying I would be shot from the stage. I’ve had hundreds of stalkers in my career, and it’s not OK. It made me step back from my own career. I quit afterSpirit, after ‘Hands,’ because it was just too much,” she continued, recalling her 1998 sophomore album and its hit lead single.

Jewel recalled her own childhood “trauma” and how dealing with “fans grabbing me” and “touching me” throughout her early career “just wasn’t good.”

Jewel performs in Los Angeles.Getty

Eventually, she set boundaries. “I learned with time that I could talk to my fans and say, ‘You can’t come within six feet of me,'” added the0304musician, before detailing a recent interaction with a fan in Beverly Hills, California.

The supporter, explained Jewel, “put their hand out to show me a safe gesture, only came within six feet of me and just said, ‘I want to tell you how much I love your music.'”

“That was so nice. It made me feel so safe. I could choose to take a picture safely,” she continued. “But the amount of times I was chased in airports because I wouldn’t stop, because if I stop once a mob would happen, I remember a guy calling me a ‘bitch,’ yelling at me through the airport, ‘F—ing bitch. You think you’re all that?’ We shouldn’t make people feel unsafe.”

Jewel in Bentonville, Arkansas in May 2024.Wesley Hitt/Getty

Wesley Hitt/Getty

Jewel then expressed “full support” for Roan. “I’m proud of what you’re doing,” she said. “I hope you all know that everybody is worthy of compassion. Even if you’re rich. Even if you’re famous. We must show, if that’s a value of ours, to have compassion, to be tolerant, we have to be willing to understand the joys and the struggles of other people’s lives.”

Roan first spoke about facing “creepy behavior” at the hands of fans in a series ofTikTokvideos shared last month and then followed up with writtenInstagramstatements on the topic.

“I just need to lay it out and remind you, women don’t owe you s—," said the “Good Luck, Babe!” musician. “I chose this career path because I love music and art and honoring my inner child, I do not accept harassment of any kind because I chose this path, nor do I deserve it.”

Chappell Roan performs in San Francisco in August 2024.Dana Jacobs/WireImage

Dana Jacobs/WireImage

She clarified that she was referring to “predatory behavior (disguised as ‘superfan’ behavior),” which she added “has become normalized because of the way women who are well-known have been treated in the past.”

“Please stop touching me. Please stop being weird to my family and friends. Please stop assuming things about me,” said Roan.

Before Jewel lent her support to the “Hot to Go!” singer-songwriter, Paramore frontwomanHayley Williamssaid viaInstagramthat she was “thankful” to see another artist speak out about setting boundaries with fans.

source: people.com