Chappell Roan Told to ‘Get a Grip’ by Homeland Security Over ‘F—k ICE’ Remark at Rose Bowl Show

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The popular prima took the signifier astatine Brookside astatine the Rose Bowl successful L.A. connected Oct. 10–11.

Chappell Roan is facing disapproval from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pursuing comments she made during a caller performance successful Los Angeles.

During the archetypal of 2 performances astatine Brookside astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena, California, connected Friday (Oct. 11), the 27-year-old popular prima paused her hit-filled acceptable to bespeak connected her appreciation for her adopted hometown.

“L.A.’s my favourite metropolis successful the world, to beryllium honest,” Roan told the crowd, according to Variety. “I’ve been surviving present 9 years. I’m primitively from Missouri and I had a really, truly pugnacious clip the archetypal 5 years.”

She went connected to talk astir the caller wildfires successful the Los Angeles country and the community’s response.

“I’m not gonna beryllium eloquent astir this,” she continued. “I loved L.A. much than ever than erstwhile I saw however the assemblage came unneurotic successful Altadena to help, aforesaid with the Palisades, I conscionable realized that I’m truthful fortunate to beryllium capable to unrecorded present and to play here, and the metropolis has taken attraction of me, and it’s my work to instrumentality attraction of it back.”

She past concluded her remarks with a pointed governmental statement. “F—k ICE forever,” the vocalist said. Roan repeated the phrase, prompting members of the assemblage to chant along.

The Department of Homeland Security rapidly responded. “‘Pink Pony Club’ is good. Pedophiles are bad. That’s who we’re getting disconnected of our streets. Get a grip,” DHS adjunct caput for nationalist affairs Tricia McLaughlin told TMZ.

Roan’s comments travel astatine a peculiarly tense infinitesimal for migrant communities successful the U.S., who person progressively recovered themselves the people of assertive ICE operations. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker precocious described them arsenic “military-style” raids. President Donald Trump has made wide deportations a cardinal portion of his 2nd term.