Chappell Roan Is Being Called Out After She Posted A Photo From Her VMAs Rehearsal On The Day Of The Paris Concert That She Canceled Last-Minute Due To “Scheduling Conflicts”

On Aug. 29, just two days before her scheduled show in Berlin, Germany, on Aug. 31, Chappell revealed that it had been postponed to Sept. 23.

She also canceled her Paris and Amsterdam gigs, which were scheduled for Sept. 3 and 4, entirely. 

“Due to scheduling conflicts, I have had to make the extremely hard decision to cancel my Paris and Amsterdam shows. I have rescheduled my Berlin show to 23 September,” she wrote on social media at the time. “I am so sorry & very disappointed :( I promise I will be back. I’m heartbroken 💔 thank you for understanding.”

It is also notable that Chappell’s tour went on sale back in March, which is before she broke through to the mainstream this summer. 

Therefore, it’s not lost on fans that her Berlin show has been moved from the 3,500-capacity venue Columbiahalle to the 12,000-capacity Velodrom.

Amid all this, speculation began to grow that Chappell had canceled her concerts so that she could attend rehearsals for the MTV Video Music Awards, which she will perform at next week.

Sharing a photo of herself in full makeup and costume to her Instagram story, Chappell wrote: “I am in @vmas rehearsals guys,” but the post did not go down well with followers.

One X user posted a screenshot of the story to her account and wrote: “she had to make sure european fans who bought tickets to her tour before she even became famous knew she ditched them for an award performance she wouldn’t have had the occasion to do if it wasn’t for them.”

And this tweet appeared to resonate, racking up thousands of likes and retweets. 

“chappell i love you but this is a TERRIBLE look when a couple days ago you just said ‘scheduling conflicts,’” another hugely popular tweet reads.

Somebody else quote-tweeted this and asked: “do we think chappell just doesn’t have a pr team or is she just this tone deaf?? bc posting this the day that the paris gig was supposed to go ahead is making the whole thing even worse.”

“to post this after being assumed thats why u cancelled the shows is a big f u in the face for european fans,” one more echoed.

“there is not a single person that wouldn’t cancel a 1500 capacity show to perform at the vmas shut the fuck up,” a particularly popular tweet reads. 

But critics were quick to point out that the short notice was the most significant factor in the backlash, not Chappell canceling in general. 

One wrote: “its understandable she wanted to do the vmas performance, the issue is with her giving her fans 0 notice of the cancellation till days before when they were then unable to get refunded ! hope that helps x”

“those 1500 people are important. buying tickets is a business transaction. cancelling at the last minute is unprofessional,” one more wrote. 

“We have now gotten to the point where ‘setting boundaries’ has become, ‘she can do whatever she wants, she owes you nothing.’ Cancelling a long time planned show bc you got a better opportunity will makes fans upset. She is free to do what she wants but not from criticism,” another tweeted.

“I don't want whatever the fuck you think you're supposed to be entitled to whenever you see a celebrity,” she said in one of the posts. “I don't give a fuck if you think it's selfish of me to say no to a photo, or your time, or for a hug.”