Over the last day, attention has centered on singer Chappell Roan after footballer Jorginho accused her team of upsetting Jude Law’s daughter, Ada, during an encounter at a hotel.
On March 21, the former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder criticized the pop star following an incident in a São Paulo hotel involving Ada, Jude Law’s biological daughter and Jorginho’s stepdaughter.
In an Instagram Story, Jorginho alleged that Roan’s security behaved “aggressive,” saying Ada spotted the singer, “got excited, and just wanted to make sure it was really her”.
He said Ada then “walked past the singer’s table, looked to confirm it was her, smiled, and went back to sit with her mum”.
According to his account, Ada didn’t speak to Roan, but after returning to her family’s table, a security guard allegedly approached and reprimanded the child.
As the story spread, it reignited discussion around Roan’s prior comments about fan behavior and the limits she’s tried to set since becoming famous.
After the allegations surfaced, Roan posted on her own social media insisting she didn’t know anything about the interaction at the time and didn’t instruct anyone to confront the family.
In videos shared on X, she said she ‘didn’t see a woman and a child’ at the hotel that morning.
“I did not ask the security guard to go up and talk to this mother and child… they did not come up to me… they weren’t doing anything. It’s unfair for security to assume somebody doesn’t have good intentions when they have no reason to believe because there’s no action even taken,” said Roan in the video.
Roan also suggested the person involved wasn’t part of her own team, adding: “I do not hate children. Like, that is crazy. I’m sorry to the mother and child that someone was assuming something… and that if they felt uncomfortable, that makes me really sad.”
Her response arrives months after she publicly addressed how she wants fans to interact with her, specifically calling out what she described as ‘nonconsensual’ behavior.
The Pink Pony Club singer shared a set of expectations with her fanbase in 2024, saying she felt ‘scared and tired’ after experiencing troubling behavior directed at her and people close to her.
On August 23, she published a lengthy Instagram post discussing “nonconsensual physical and social interactions” she said had increased as her profile grew.
“For the past 10 years l’ve been going nonstop to build my project and it’s come to the point that I need to draw lines and set boundaries. I want to be an artist for a very very long time,” she wrote at the time.
“I just need to lay it out and remind you, women don’t owe you s***,” she continued. “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.”
“I don’t agree with the notion that I owe a mutual exchange of energy, time, or attention to people I do not know, do not trust, or who creep me out — just because they’re expressing admiration,” she went on to say, calling it ‘predatory behavior (disguised as ‘superfan’ behavior)’.
Comparing it to victim-blaming narratives around assault, she appealed directly to fans: “Please stop touching me. Please stop being weird to my family and friends. Please stop assuming things about me.
“There is always more to the story & I am scared and tired. And please don’t call me Kayleigh [her legal name]. I feel more love than I ever have in my life. I feel the most unsafe I have ever felt in my life.”
Following the report involving 11-year-old Ada, the response online and beyond has been divided.
Some critics have focused on the actions attributed to Roan’s security, including Rio de Janeiro’s mayor, who said Roan would not be welcomed to perform in the city.
The Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Cavaliere, wrote on X: “I mean that as long as I’m in charge of our city – this young lady @ChappellRoan will never perform at Todo Mundo no Rio! I doubt that Shakira @shakira @Shakira_Brasil would do that!”
He added: “By the way, @FrelloJorginho your little one is already the guest of honor from the organization in May!”
Ada’s mother, Catherine Harding—Jude Law’s ex-wife and Jorginho’s current wife—also addressed the alleged exchange, arguing that celebrities should ensure those acting for them behave appropriately.
She said: “Did she [Roan] send him to do it? Again, I don’t know. Look, I would like to hope not, but at the same time, I think that you have a responsibility when you are a celebrity to make sure, I guess, that the people who work for you and act on your behalf are acting on your behalf.”
Harding continued: “So would he do that if he didn’t have that authority to do so? I don’t know. If he does then obviously that’s a big problem because then he’s representing her in a way she doesn’t want to be represented.”
The family had traveled with plans to attend Roan’s show later that night, but ultimately opted not to go. Harding said the concert was intended as a birthday gift for Ada, but the experience left the present a “little bit ruined”.
Still, Roan has also received public support, with some arguing the situation has been blown out of proportion.
One person wrote: “Probably because everybody has been trying to find a reason to get rid of Chappell roan and this situation could’ve been easily avoided if that mother acted her age and confronted her privately rather than going on insta but idk.”
Another said: “Chappell roan is so nice because if it was me id be telling to get yall to get a life and then shut off my phone lmao.”