The Campaign To Crush Chappell Roan

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

On March 21, 2026, as violent tensions escalated in Trump’s illegal war on Iran, the second most-discussed event in the United States was Chappell Roan’s hotel breakfast. What began as a forgettable “controversy” involving celebrities, a security guard, and a fancy hotel in Brazil soon transformed into a political proxy war that feels deeply emblematic of what the Internet has become. Today, Caroline Kwan, Kat Tenbarge and I dive deep into the episode I was sure I wouldn’t make. But here we are. In tears. Listen to bonus episodes on Patreon! Thanks to today’s sponsors! Work smarter, not harder, with Factor meals ready in two minutes at https://www.factormeals.com/fruity50off Start managing your money better and cancel unwanted expenses at https://www.rocketmoney.com/fruity. Watch Caroline on Twitch. Follow Caroline on Twitter. Read Kat’s work at Spitfire News. Follow Kat on Bluesky. Find me on Instagram. Find A Bit Fruity on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you guys know that Chapel Rhone at the breakfast, she ordered truffle pancakes, which were,
0:06.8	it was the most expensive thing on the menu.
0:08.4	They were $54.
0:09.7	A server from the hotel restaurant made a TikTok about it.
0:13.3	Oh my God.
0:13.8	We should cancel her.
0:15.0	I hope they tasted good.
0:17.4	I'm just kidding.
0:18.3	I made that up.
0:19.3	Wait, I believed it.
0:21.3	I don't care that you made it up because I've already tweeted 10 versions of it.
0:26.8	I just feel like if we're going to talk about this and like we're going to talk about a lot of like things that aren't true, like I want to throw my own fake thing into the mix.
0:34.0	I could tweet out something such as Chapel Rhone came into one of the clubs that I
0:38.7	worked at one time and she was a fucking bitch. 10K likes in an hour.
0:48.3	Oh, well, my friends, I said I wasn't going to make an episode about this.
0:55.2	On the A BitFruity Instagram, I said I wasn't, and I want to own up to that.
0:59.1	I said it was time for us to move on from Chapel Rhone's malevolent breakfast in Brazil,
1:05.0	and I said that at the exact wrong time.
1:08.6	Because in the days following, what I thought was a stupid non-controversy that
1:12.4	did not matter, things spiraled out of control in a way that I thought did matter. If you have no
1:17.7	idea what I'm talking about, you will soon. And if you are familiar with what I'm talking about,
1:22.3	I promise to not make this episode a bland recap of it. We have insights. We have thoughts. And we will get to the
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