Chappell Roan on marriage and family: “All my friends who have kids are in hell”

Chappell Roan has spoken about whether she has contemplated starting a family, joking that her friends who have children “are in hell”.

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The singer made the comments during a new episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, which was shared last week (March 26). In the discussion, Roan discussed what it has been like to be catapulted into the public eye, as well as how her time in the spotlight has affected her personal relationships.

During one part of the interview, the host asked the former NME Cover star about her Missouri upbringing and whether she could see herself starting a family, like many of the people who she grew up with went on to do.

“I don’t know when that’s gonna happen for me,” she said. “I don’t know when that is realistic.”

When asked if she would want to have a family, she responded: “Like get married? Yeah, I don’t know. Part of me is like, is it even gonna be legal to marry my wife one day… I don’t know.”

“But kids? All my friends who have kids are in hell,” she continued. “I actually don’t know anyone who’s happy and has children at this age. I literally have not met anyone who has light in their eyes, anyone who has slept.”

The interview also saw the ‘Pink Pony Club’ singer reveal that, although she is an advocate for staying single, she has actually been in a relationship for six months now.

“It’s serious. I’m very in love, but I am pro-single,” she said. “Everyone should be single. Find out for yourself if you can 100 per cent be OK alone before you date… I had a great time when I was single, and I know that I’ll be OK. Now, I have an awesome time that I’m with someone.”

She didn’t specifically say how being in a committed relationship is shaping her approach to working on new material, although she did say that becoming famous has changed her perception of dating.

The comments align with those that the singer made when she spoke to NME for an interview on the Cover last year, and explained how the theme of sexuality inspired the songs on her hit breakthrough album ‘The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess’.

She also said about how writing the album led to her thinking she may receive backlash for “not being queer enough”.

“It’s kind of an imposter syndrome – that because I’ve dated men in the past, it doesn’t make me as queer as someone who has only dated queer people,” she said. “Sometimes that scares me, but my project only helps affirm who I am.”

In other news, Roan recently dedicated her BRIT Award win “to trans artists, to drag queens, to fashion students, sex workers, and Sinead O’Connor,” and also made headlines after using her Best New Artist speech at the Grammy Awards to take aim at record labels.

Since then, Roan has been hinting at new material, recently dropping the highly anticipated single ‘The Giver’ and sharing an update on when fans can expect her sophomore album. “New album? Great question. We’re so beyond… so beyond far away from that, I could not even tell you,” she said.

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