Chappell Roan reveals why she told photographer to ‘shut the f–k up’ at 2024 VMAs
nypost.com“shut the f–k up” to a photographer while posing for pics on the VMAs 2024 red carpet.The 26-year-old — who came home with a shiny award for Best New Artist — initially turned away from the flashing lights as she tried to primp her medieval outfit before posing for snaps.But while getting ready, she quickly turned around and cursed at a cameraman.
The “Red Wine Supernova” hitmaker went on to point at herself before telling the paparazzi “not me b–h.”“For someone who gets a lot of anxiety around people yelling at you, the carpet is horrifying, and I yelled back,” she explained to Entertainment Tonight. “You don’t get to yell at me like that.”The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer admitted that she was “nervous” ahead of her first VMA performance during a red carpet interview.“There are a lot of technical things going on that I’ve never had happen, but we’ve practiced so many times.
I feel like this is the next step in my career, so I was like, ‘Dang, OK, it feels good to be here,'” she said.Despite raising eyebrows with her heated exchange on the carpet, singer Noah Kahan threw his support behind Roan.“I’ll never forget leaving Clive Davis 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.
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