Charli XCX responds to meet and greet backlash
30 October 2019, 15:27
"I do not think my fans have been abusive to me at meet and greets"
UPDATE (Oct 28/17:15): Charli XCX has now responded in more detail to the backlash.
A NOTE ON “2019 FAKE WOKENESS” AND MEET AND GREETS. THANKS FOR READING. pic.twitter.com/Gou5F5jevo
— Charli (@charli_xcx) October 30, 2019
Original article: Charli XCX appears to have responded to a backlash after one of her fans brought a douche to be signed at a meet and greet.
On Monday (Oct 28), a Twitter user posted an image of themselves at the meet and greet with Charli XCX and another image of a signed douche by Charli. The image quickly went viral. The fan explain in a follow up tweet that Charli initially refused to take a picture of her holding a bottle of poppers to their nose, so asked if she would sign the douche instead, to which she agreed.
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However, they also said that Charli didn't know what the douche was. For those wondering, a douche is a device used to clean inside your body, usually the anus, before sex.
A few days earlier another picture of Charli went viral, this time posing with a fan who allegedly brought their mother's ashes with them. Yikes.
Omfg 🥰🥰🥰 pic.twitter.com/0rJZ4hznBm
— marcus (@machinewrld) October 28, 2019
No 😭😭😭I asked her to hold my poppers to my nose and she politely declined which I respect and so I asked if she would sign this and she was like what is dis hunny
— marcus (@machinewrld) October 28, 2019
Charli has a huge gay following and has collaborated with many LGBTQ+ artists. She has even joked about releasing her own line of poppers in the past. That said, many felt that these fans had overstepped a line.
The main thrust of the criticism is that these (presumably gay male) fans appear to be prioritising their own online clout, by creating a viral photo with the singer, while giving little to no regard about how uncomfortable these situations might make her feel.
I miss when Charli XCX fans were gothy witch tumblr girlies now it's all coked out popper twinks who are internet trolls and have a fucked desensitized musty sense of humor due to years of twitter activity and a lack or decency. U smell that??? https://t.co/uDS0sMPIK2
— Elektra Christ (@90sSuccubus) October 29, 2019
i hope that person who asked charli xcx to hold poppers up to his nose and sign his douche apologizes to her because that's such a weird and disgusting way to treat her. she's not some prop you can milk sexual jokes out of, stop harassing her and learn how to be considerate.
— abe: the re-up (@stubbornsticks) October 28, 2019
must be cool to be charli xcx and have a significant part of your success contingent on pretending to feel comfortable around the most insufferable fanbase on earth with the lowest comprehension of basic boundaries
— alex gallagher (@ALXGLLGHR) October 29, 2019
this whole situation with charli xcx only continues to display the misogyny of (white) gay men
— kali ☾♡ (@sahirious) October 30, 2019
Now, Charli appears to have responded with a thinly veiled tweet which simply said: "have some respect. that's all."
have some respect. that’s all.
— Charli (@charli_xcx) October 30, 2019
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THOSE AT THE BACK!
In an interview with i-D, Charli addressed the photo with fan with the mum's ashes.
"The conversation was so quick and normal", she said. "First, he was like: ‘Hey! Release "Taxi", I’m so excited for the show – by the way, my mum passed away’. I said ‘I’m really sorry’, so he said ‘Don’t worry about it, can you just take a picture of you holding her ashes?’.
"It was almost like they were in a poppers bottle. I was like [Charli makes the sound of someone who’s been thrown a baseball with no warning]... and then it happened, and now it’s online. My face is sort of like…. Well, you can see it in my eyes, I’m afraid." Charli then added: "But yeah, holding the ashes was… new, and hopefully a one time thing."
*We edited the headline of this article to better reflect Charli's latest statement.
