Chappell Roan’s Treatment At The Grammys Is Proof That Asserting Your Boundaries Pays Off

And just last month, Chappell acknowledged how being outspoken can rub some people up the wrong way in an interview with BBC Radio 1, where she said that she’d probably be more successful if she wore a “muzzle.”

“I think that you get really successful if you are really not combative,” she said. “I think I would be more successful if I was OK wearing a muzzle.”

When asked more directly about her reaction to “disrespect,” Chappell added: “I did not crumble under the weight of what the expectation of being a pop star is.”

Referencing the VMAs incident specifically, she explained: “I think that completely shattered what everyone…like, that is not what a pop star is supposed to do.”

“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,” Chappell went on. “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.”