Rio de Janeiro’s mayor is reacting to claims from Brazilian soccer star Jorginho that Chappell Roan’s security upset the athlete’s young daughter.
In a post on X on Saturday (March 21), Rio Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere wrote that the 28-year-old pop star will never perform at Todo Mundo no Rio while he remains in office and extended an invitation for the athlete’s 11-year-old daughter to attend the upcoming event as an honored guest.
“I mean that as long as I’m in charge of our city, this young lady @ChappellRoan will never perform at Todo Mundo no Rio!” Cavaliere wrote in Spanish. “I doubt that Shakira would do that! By the way, @FrelloJorginho your little one is already the guest of honor of the organization in May!”
Todo Mundo no Rio is a series of free international music events held on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro each May. The inaugural edition was headlined by Madonna in 2024, followed by Lady Gaga in 2025. Shakira is set to headline this year’s event on May 2.
Jorginho reacted to the mayor’s post with a pair of red heart emojis.
The mayor’s post follows a lengthy Instagram Story from the soccer star on Saturday, in which he said Roan’s security left his daughter in tears after an incident that morning at a São Paulo hotel.
In his post, Jorginho said his wife, Catherine Harding, and 11-year-old daughter were staying at a São Paulo hotel ahead of Roan’s headlining set at Lollapalooza Brazil when they spotted the singer at the hotel restaurant during breakfast.
“My daughter, like any child, recognised her, got excited, and just wanted to make sure it was really her,” the midfielder shared, noting she didn’t approach Roan or ask for anything.
He claimed the encounter quickly escalated when a security guard allegedly confronted his family, speaking “in an extremely aggressive manner” and accusing his daughter of “disrespect” and harassment, even threatening to file a complaint with the hotel, leaving his daughter “extremely shaken” and in tears.
On Sunday morning (March 22), Roan shared her side of the story on social media.
“I’m just going to tell my half of the story of what happened today with a mother and child who were involved with a security guard — who is not my personal security,” Roan said on her Instagram Story, lying in bed at the start of her video.
“I didn’t even see,” the singer continued. “I didn’t even see a woman and a child. Like, I did not. No one came up to me. No one bothered me. Like, I was just sitting at breakfast in my hotel. I think these people were staying at the hotel as well.”
Roan added, “I did not ask the security guard to go up to talk to this mother and child. They did not come up to me. They weren’t doing anything. It’s unfair for security to just assume someone doesn’t have good intentions. When they have no reason to believe, because there’s no action even taken.”
The pop star concluded her message, assuring viewers, “I do not hate people who are fans of my music. I do not hate children. That is crazy. I’m sorry to the mother and child that someone was assuming something, that you would do something and that if you felt uncomfortable, that makes me really sad. You did not deserve that.”
