Jorginho withdraws criticism of Chappell Roan

Jorginho withdraws criticism of Chappell RoanImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Jorginho's honours include the European title with Italy, and Champions League and Europa League with Chelsea; Chappell Roan won the BBC's Sound of 2025 poll and claimed a Grammy and two Brit Awards that year ByMike PeterBBC Sport journalistPublished5 minutes agoFormer Chelsea and Arsenal player Jorginho has issued a statement saying pop singer Chappell Roan was not involved in an incident in which a security guard reduced his daughter to tears.The 34-year-old Italy international claimed in a post on Instagram last month that an employee of Roan's had confronted his wife Catherine Harding and their daughter Ada over breakfast at a hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after the 11-year-old recognised the singer.Roan responded to Jorginho's claims saying that she felt "sad for the mother and child" who "did not deserve that", but added that she had not been aware of the incident and it did not involve her "own personal security".Jorginho has now confirmed the security guard involved was not employed by Roan and that the "matter is now closed".The midfielder, who has dual Brazilian citizenship and now plays for Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro, stated in a new Instagram post, external that "the situation did occur as described" and that "we acted on information that was available to us".He added that the security guard involved in the incident has "confirmed publicly that he was representing another artist at the hotel at the time"."Chappell Roan made a public statement, reached out private to Catherine, and our teams also spoke directly," said Jorginho."It became clear that she had no knowledge of what took place at breakfast and had not asked anyone to approach them. She was understanding and sympathetic to what happened to our child."While we still do not know what prompted him [the secur...