Chappell Roan has revealed why he often wears a lot of white paint on his face.
During her Friday night stop in Manchester on her Midwest Princess tour, the 26-year-old singer, fresh off of performing at the VMAs, spoke candidly to her audience.
The Willard, Missouri native shared in a now viral video online video sharing‘In my hometown, people call homosexuals clowns. That’s why I paint my face white.’
She emphasized, ‘As a bitch, I’ll show you a clown.’
Roan, whose music career peaked this year, added: “This is what matters to me because I look at you and I see a community. I really needed this when I was 15. I needed it so bad. Just being in a room full of people that looked like me.”
Chappell Roan, 26, has revealed why he often uses thick white face paint
The Willard, Missouri native shared in a video that has now gone viral on the internet: “Other people in my hometown would call gay people clowns. That’s why I wear whiteface.”
Concertgoers gave Chappell a standing ovation as she concluded: “Thank you for coming and know that this is a place where you belong.”
This comes after she took to Instagram on Friday morning to share a behind-the-scenes look at her beauty preparations ahead of appearing at Wednesday’s MTV Video Music Awards.
In a message to her nearly five million followers, she wrote: “@vmas with @maccosmetics.”
Roan’s gothic-inspired red carpet look included hyper-thin brows, burgundy eyeshadow and gold mascara on her lower lashes.
Her lips were covered in a burnt red shade of matte lipstick.
He changed his appearance before going on stage to perform wearing medieval-style armor.
Makeup artist Andrew Dahling used several highly pigmented colors on her lids, including gold, blue, and magenta.
Chappell won a Moon Man Award for Best New Artist at the annual awards show.
On Friday morning, she took to Instagram to share a behind-the-scenes look at her beauty preparations ahead of her appearance at Wednesday’s MTV Video Music Awards.
The music artist responded to a red carpet photographer who yelled “shut the f*** up” at her as she turned around to adjust her outfit on the VMAs red carpet.
Chappell’s music career peaked this year; he was pictured on stage at Lollapalooza in August.
In her acceptance speech, the singer-songwriter dedicated her award “to the queer and trans people who push pop forward” and “to the gay people who dedicate my songs to someone they love or hate.”
But the night wasn’t without its gaffes, as the music artist responded to a red carpet photographer who yelled “shut the f*** up” at her as she turned around to adjust her outfit.
In footage of the incident, Chappell turned around and shouted: “Shut the f*** up!”
She added: “No! Not me, b***h!”, prompting a woman who witnessed the encounter to encourage her: “Tell him, girl!”