Ryan Broderick

And I want to talk about a woman who has been the main character of the Internet several times, but most recently in March, Chapel Roan.

Are you familiar with Miss Chapel Roan?

And so I am, of course, talking about the incident in Brazil where on March 21st, 2026, Brazilian soccer player Jorginho Frello makes an angry Instagram story about Chaperone saying that her security guard intimidated his stepdaughter at a concert in Sao Paulo.

And from Cosmo at the time, Frollo's post reads, during breakfast, the artists walked past their table.

My daughter, like any child, recognized her, got excited and just wanted to make sure it was really her.

And the worst part is she didn't even approach her.

She simply walked past the singer's table, looked to confirm it was her, smiled and went back to sit with her mom.

She didn't say anything, didn't ask for anything.

And then the security guard came over and was very aggressive and

Uh, and then basically Chaperone had to sort of say like, um, I don't know what you're talking about.

Uh, and I guess like the reason I wanted to start here was why do you think Chaperone is so often sort of dragged into these like multi-week scandals?

Yeah, I think that's actually the least talked about dimension to this, which is that like it is...

It is not just that there are fans of pop stars or actors or whatever.

There are also anti fans or people who believe that like their fandom has to come at the expense of someone they deem like a rival.

So like if an Olivia Rodrigo stan

sees that Chaperone is being called out by a Brazilian soccer player, they're going to jump on it because they see it as a victory for the Olivia Rodrigo fandom.

This is sort of the dynamics that are tearing apart the fandom for the show The Pit right now.

Because all the different actors have different fans and they believe that their screen time is based on whether or not that person's a good person in real life or whatever.

I think there's two directions where it's like... A random woman is now being held to the same media standards as someone like Chopperone if they go viral.

Or even if someone just finds their video and makes it go viral.