Best New Artist Grammy winner Chappell Roan dazzled music fans on the red carpet at the 67th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena.
This time, she wasn't forced to fiercely defend herself and deal with at rude photographers.
Last September Roan went viral after she yelled at a photographer during her red carpet debut at the VMA's. It was in response to an off-camera voice yelling, "Shut the f'k up!" prompting her to counter, "You shut the f'k up!"
She added, “No. Not me b*tch.”
Here's a clip from the 2024 VMA red carpet standoff.
Sunday night, the red carpet for the Grammys was less chaotic.
Roan strutted out in a 2003 Jean Paul Gaultier dress from the spring/summer couture collection, the vintage glam look topped off with a feathery cap.
She calmly followed posing instructions with an over-the-shoulder shot as photographers seemed to treat her with more respect, even addressing her as "Sweetheart."
Fans appreciated the way she was being treated this time around.
One user on X (formerly Twitter) observed:
“The paparazzi calling her ‘sweetheart’ and saying ‘please’ and just genuinely being quieter and more respectful as they should she started a movement.”
This change in attitude doesn't happen overnight.
Roan addressed the VMA scuffle afterwards with Entertainment Tonight and explained what was behind her fiery reaction on the red carpet.
"This is quite overwhelming and quite scary," she said at the time, adding:
"I think for someone who gets a lot of anxiety around people yelling at you, the carpet is horrifying. I yelled back. You don't yell at me."
Here's the ET interview.
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A month later at a red carpet event for the world premiere of Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS World Tourconcert film, Roan confronted another photographer, presumably one she recognized at the 2024 Grammys.
A video showed her addressing the photographer with:
"You were so disrespectful to me at the Grammy. You yelled at me at the Grammy party. Yes, I remember."
"You were so rude to me. And I deserve an apology for that. You need to apologize to me."
When it comes to being unfairly treated or harassed, Roan has never shied away from addressing it or confronting the issue head-on.
In an interview with BBC Radio 1C Radio 1, she addressed how her controversial approach rubbed some people the wrong way.
“I think that completely shattered what everyone…like, that is not what a pop star is supposed to do," she said, referring to the VMA spat.
She continued:
“I’ve been acting that way—whether it’s right or wrong in that situation—but I’ve been responding that way to disrespect my whole life."
“But now there are cameras on me; I also happen to be a pop star. And those things don’t match. They’re like oil and water,” Roan acknowledged.
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