Bodyguard at center of Chappell Roan security drama breaks silence: ‘I take full responsibility’

The information defender progressive successful the arguable incident pinch Chappell Roan and Jude Law’s 11-year-old daughter, Ada, backed up nan singer’s relationship that he’s not portion of her individual security.

Pascal Duvier — whom the Daily Mail reported is nan bodyguard that aggressively confronted Ada and her mother, Catherine Harding, astatine a edifice successful São Paolo, Brazil, aft Ada walked by Roan’s array — collapsed his silence connected Instagram Wednesday.

Duvier took afloat work for nan incident pinch Ada and Harding, but said he was not portion of Roan’s information team.

“I do not usually reside online rumors, but nan accusations presently circulating are mendacious and represent defamation,” he wrote.

“I return afloat work for nan interactions connected March 21st. I was astatine nan edifice connected behalf of different individual, and I was not portion of nan individual information squad of Chappell Roan,” he continued. “The actions I took were not connected behalf of Chappell Roan, her individual information team, her management, aliases immoderate different individuals.”

Duvier said that he “made a judgement call” based connected accusation obtained from nan hotel, events he had witnessed successful nan days anterior and nan heightened information consequence of nan location.

“My sole relationship pinch nan mother was calm and pinch bully intentions, and nan result of nan brushwood is regretful,” he wrote.

The play made headlines complete nan weekend, erstwhile Ada’s stepfather,  Brazilian shot prima Jorginho Frello, blasted Roan connected Instagram. Frello claimed Ada simply walked by Roan’s array astatine nan edifice to corroborate it was her arsenic she was a fan, but did not attack her aliases return a picture, earlier she and her mom were berated by Roan’s “large” information guard.

“My girl sewage ace frightened and cried a lot,” Frello wrote. “Honestly, I don’t cognize successful what world conscionable passing by a array and looking … tin beryllium considered harassment.”

“Without your fans you would beryllium nobody,” he besides wrote, straight addressing Roan. “And to nan fans, she does not merit your affection.”

Roan responded to nan allegations pinch her ain Instagram video and said nan information defender was not pinch her individual information team, and that she was ne'er approached by Ada and Harding. The “Pink Pony Club” vocalist insisted she did not instruct nan information charismatic to “go up and talk” to nan two.

“I do not dislike children, like, that is crazy,” she said.

Harding later shared her broadside of nan story and casted uncertainty that nan information defender was not portion of Roan’s team, explaining that she knew he wasn’t portion of edifice security, but alternatively personification who “looks aft artists.”

“Did she nonstop him to do it? Again, I don’t know,” she said. “Look, I would for illustration to dream not, but astatine nan aforesaid time, I deliberation that you person a work erstwhile you are a personage to make sure, I guess, that nan group who activity for you and enactment connected your behalf are acting connected your behalf.”

Roan, 28, doubled down connected her innocence successful a connection to Page Six Tuesday.

“Chappell holds her ain teams to nan highest standards,” a rep for nan vocalist told us, adding that nan Grammy victor has “zero tolerance for fierce behaviour toward her aliases her fans.”

“Chappell was not alert of immoderate relationship betwixt this mother/daughter and a third-party information officer,” nan connection continued. “She did not spot them astatine meal successful her hotel, arsenic she said successful her video. She did not nonstop her individual information aliases anyone connected her squad to interact pinch them.”