Charli XCX is a gay icon. She embodies this through her music (eight of her last album’s 13 featured artists identify as queer) but also in her meet-and-greets. The 1999 singer is known to go above and beyond when meeting her Angels, often obliging to their irregular requests.
She’s notorious for taking time out of her hectic schedule to organise meet-and-greets in every city she visits, posing with fans and signing whatever pieces of paper they happen to have with them. She’s even helped out a couple with a proposal and held up a bottle of poppers whilst yelling “gay rights”.
We have no choice but to stan.
But lately, some of the requests have been getting a little outrageous and, to be completely honest, it needs to stop. Most recently, a fan at her Birmingham show took things a little too far when they posted this.
Yes, you saw correctly – that’s literally a douche. How on Earth could you think that handing Charli XCX a tool that you use to clean out your literal behind is appropriate? Especially at the start of her tour? Was the douche used or unused? We don’t want to know. But what we do want, is for this behaviour to straight-up stop.
We’re not the only ones that are mad – to no one’s surprise, the Angels on Twitter are furious. Charli’s fanbase has come flooding in with support for the popstar, with many Tweets calling this act “disgusting” and “crossing the line”.
Sadly, this isn’t the first time a fan’s selfish request has landed in the hands of Ms. XCX. Just over a week ago, Charli XCX was asked by a fan to hold and pose with his mother’s ashes. No, we’re not joking. See for yourself.
What the actual hell? What’s wrong with the regular selfie? Please stop doing things for clout and remember that these celebrities are people, not props for your Instagram.