Chappell Roan Quit Caffeine, Said It ‘Sucks’

• Chappell Roan said she quit caffeine over Christmas, saying it “sucks for four weeks straight”
• The singer told Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers on their podcast Las Culturistas that she’s on a “f—— of drugs” for her bipolar disorder and insomnia, but isn’t taking anything recreationally
• Roan said she quit caffeine because she was “going crazy” and needed to get rid of all stimulants, which made her “too anxious”

Chappell Roan says she quit caffeine after struggling with anxiety and that she already has to take “a f—— of drugs” for her mental health.

The “Pink Pony Club” singer told Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers on the April 16 episode of their podcast Las Culturistas that she gave up caffeine because she was “going crazy.” 

“I was, like, already too anxious, and so, like I was like, if I want to actually calm down I have to take every stimulant away. Every stimulant,” Roan, 27, said. “I quit over Christmas break.” 

“So, basically, are you in a place right now of, like, there’s nothing going in?” Rogers asked. 

“Let me say that with an asterisk,” Roan replied. “I’m on a f—— of drugs, though.” 

“But it’s not recreational,” Bowen clarified, as the “The Giver” singer shared she’s not smoking marijuana at the moment either.

“SSRI queen?” Rogers asked, a reference to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a class of antidepressant medication. 

“Yeah. I’ve got my — I also have insomnia. So, like, and I’m bipolar. So it’s, like, really hard if you are, like, not sleeping and doing weed.” She said she’s on “the cocktail” — a term for a collection of medications given for bipolar and other disorders. But, she added, “I do love an edible. I do love shrooms.”

“But I agree with you. It’s really hard. Quitting caffeine sucks for four weeks straight,” Roan explained. “Then you’re okay.”

“What we’re not reckoning with is, it is a drug,” said Rogers, who had shared earlier that he wanted to quit coffee but was struggling. “I’ve become that person where I open my eyes and I need caffeine,” he said, saying he wants to get rid of his “coffee breath.”

“One of the worst things that could happen is for people to be like, ’Oh, he has bad breath,’ “ Rogers said. 

Roan confirmed: “That is my worst nightmare.” 

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