Roan first revealed the declined inviteduring her set at Governors Ballin June.
When you do that, thats when Ill come.
Roan toldRolling Stonethat when she first got the invite, she considered going but not to perform.
Chappell RoanMaria-Juliana Rojas for Rolling Stone
Instead, she wanted to read poetry in protest of the U.S. governments support of Israels war in Gaza.
I had picked out some poems from Palestinian women, Roan said.
I was trying to do it as tastefully as I could because all I wanted to do was yell.
It is not so black and white that you hate one and you like the other, she said.
No matter how you say it, people are still going to be pissed for fucking some reason.
My ethics and values will always align with that, and that hasnt changed with a different nominee.
