Soccer Star Jorginho Frello Says Chappell Roan’s Team Was “Extremely Aggressive” Toward His Daughter, Slams Singer’s Treatment of Fans

Brazilian soccer player Jorginho Frello is slamming Chappell Roan and her team for the pop star’s alleged mistreatment of his daughter at a São Paulo hotel on Saturday. Frello shared a lengthy post to his Instagram Stories on Saturday about the situation, where he said that he “went through a very upsetting situation with my family earlier.” He wrote that his wife and 11-year-old daughter were attending Lollapalooza Brazil, which Roan is headlining this weekend, and his child “made a sign because she was so happy to see an artist she really admires, or used to admire.” (The soccer star tagged Roan in the post, and also shared a photo of his daughter’s sign, which reads, “H-O-T-T-O-G-O I am watching Chappell Roan” in blue, pink and purple writing.) Related Stories Frello did not detail the name of the child, though his wife, Catherine Harding, shares an 11-year-old daughter with Jude Law. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Law’s reps for comment. “By coincidence, they’re staying at the same hotel as this artist. During breakfast, the artist walked past their table. My daughter, like any child, recognised [sic] her, got excited, and just wanted to make sure it really was her,” he wrote. “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 mum. She didn’t say anything, didn’t ask for anything.” The soccer star wrote that “what happened next was completely disproportionate,” explaining that “a large security guard came over to their table while they were still having breakfast and began speaking in an extremely aggressive manner to both my wife and daughter, saying that she shouldn’t allow my daughter to ‘disrespect’ or ‘harass’ other people.” THR reached out to Roan’s reps for comment, but received no reply by the time of publication. “Honestly, I don’t know at what point simply walking past a table and looking to see if someone is there can be considered harassment,” Frello continued. “He even said he would file a complaint against them with the hotel, while my 11-year-old daughter was sitting there in tears. My daughter was extremely shaken and cried a lot.” Frello, a celebrated player for Brazil’s Flamengo, has almost 5 million followers on Instagram, and he detailed his experience living in the public eye in his post. “I’ve lived with football, public exposure, and well-known people for many years, and I understand very well what respect and boundaries are. What happened there was not that. It was just a child admiring someone,” he wrote. Frello continued: “It’s sad to see this kind of treatment coming from those who should understand the importance of fans. At the end of the day, they are the ones who build all of this. I sincerely hope this serves as a moment of reflection. No one should have to go through this, especially not a child.” He tagged Roan’s Instagram account again at the end of his post, concluding, “WITHOUT YOUR FANS, YOU WOULD BE NOTHING. AND TO THE FANS, SHE DOES NOT DESERVE YOUR AFFECTION.” The Grammy Award winner is known to speak her mind, specifically about fan behavior. After launching to fame swiftly in 2024, she asked people to “stop touching me,” “stop being weird to my family and friends” and “stop assuming things about me” in an August Instagram post of the same year. “For the past 10 years I’ve been going non-stop to build my project and it’s come to the point that I need to draw lines and set boundaries. I want to be an artist for a very very long time,” Roan wrote. “I’ve been in too many nonconsensual physical and social interactions and I just need to lay it out and remind you, women don’t owe you shit. I chose this career path because because I love music and art and honoring my inner child, I do not accept harassment of any kind because I chose this path, nor do I deserve it.” A few weeks ago, a video of Roan confronting paparazzi in Paris quickly went viral. As a pool of paparazzi and autograph seekers began taking photos of her, the enraged”Pink Pony Club” singer took out her phone and began filming them while yelling at them to stand back. “I’m being disregarded as a human. This is what it’s like. I’m just trying to go to dinner and I’ve asked these people several times to get away from me!” Roan said. March 21, 8:50 p.m. Updated to reflect that the 11-year-old is Jude Law’s biological daughter. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day