Chappell Roan Earns Cheers After Fiery Red Carpet Altercation at 2024 MTV VMAs: 'Not Me, Bitch!'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Chappell Roanstood her ground on the VMAs red carpet.

“You shut the f— up,” Roan said, pointing in the apparent heckler’s direction.

Chappell Roan.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

After backing away to have her outfit adjusted, Roan added: “Don’t. Not me, bitch!”

Roan’s reaction prompted some cheers and chatter on the carpet, including from one attendee who could be heard responding, “You tell ‘em, girl.”

Further down the carpet, the “Casual” musician spoke toEntertainment Tonightabout the moment. “This is quite overwhelming and quite scary. I think for someone who gets a lot of anxiety around people yelling at you, the carpet is horrifying,” she told the outlet. “And I yelled back. I yelled back! You don’t get to yell at me like that.”

A rep for Roan did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Roan’s red-carpet response came as shedebuted her medieval-styleVMAs outfit ahead of the show. The look featured a sheer flowing Y/Project gown, a mint green cape and thigh-high boots, as she accessorized with a sword, metal cuffs and plenty of jewelry.

Roan is nominatedfor best new artist at the VMAs, an award she was nominated for alongside the likes of Benson Boone, Gracie Abrams, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims and Tyla. Roan will also be performing at the show, as are Sabrina Carpenter, Camila Cabello and Katy Perry, who is the latest recipient of thevideo vanguard award.

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It’s been a whirlwind year for Roan, who has charted several songs on theBillboardHot 100 and drawnmassive festival crowdsacross the country. Butas she toldBowen Yang during their recentInterview Magazineconversation, even with her radio and streaming success, she’s “never given a f— about the charts or being on the radio.”

Chappell Roan in September 2024.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty

“The biggest thing has been getting recognized, and just feeling not myself. And touring, it’s all-consuming,” Roan (real name Kayleigh Amstutz) added in the interview. “I’ve never given a f— about the charts or being on the radio, but it’s so crazy how industry people are taking me more seriously than before. I’m like, ‘I’ve been doing this the whole time, bitch.'”

Roan added that her career “doesn’t mean anything more now that I have a charting album and song.”

“If anything, I’m just like, ‘F— you guys for not seeing what actually matters.’ A chart is so fleeting,” she said. “Everyone leaves the charts. I’m just like, ‘This is giving valedictorian.'”

source: people.com