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Role Model admitted that his long-running joke about needing to sell albums in order to buy an Herm\u00e8s Birkin bag “went too far”<\/p>\n
“I didn’t want a Birkin. Ever. That was not real,” the singer told Vanity Fair during his lie detector test interview<\/p>\n
The musician was also asked about Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland’s Birkin collection<\/p>\n
Role Model<\/a> is setting the record straight about his long-running bit with fans.<\/p>\n The musician, 29, was questioned about his obsession with Herm\u00e8s Birkin bags during his Vanity Fair<\/a> lie detector test interview published on Monday, Aug. 17.<\/p>\n Throughout the multi-year promotion of his 2026 album Chuck Timely & The Hourglass, Role Model joked with fans that he needed to sell records in order to buy one of the rare Herm\u00e8s handbags. In a video shared to TikTok in May, the “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out” singer revealed that he finally got a Birkin bag by holding up a black version with gold hardware.<\/p>\n “Yes, I own one,” he told Vanity Fair. “It’s black, and it was given to me.”<\/p>\n He continued, “The joke went too far … I didn’t want a Birkin. Ever. That was not real. Do I own one now, by mistake? Yes. Did I pay for it? No.”<\/p>\n When asked who gifted him the Birkin, Role Model replied, “I can’t say. I can’t say. It was a man, though. It’s always a man.”<\/p>\n The musician was then asked if he thinks Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland copied his love of Birkin bags.<\/p>\n “No, I don’t think he copied me,” Role Model replied when shown a photo of Haaland carrying one of the handbags. “And the one he’s holding isn’t really my style anyways.”<\/p>\n “I don’t like silver hardware,” he later explained. “I’m kind of OCD about gold. Matchy matchy.”<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n Throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Haaland sparked buzz online for his collection of Herm\u00e8s bags<\/a>. As pointed out by content creator and “clutch connoisseur” Jack Savoie<\/a>, the Manchester City F.C. pro has not been shy about showing off the multiple luxury bags, some of them rare, in his possession.<\/p>\n Also in the 25-year-old athlete’s collection \u2014 according to Savoie \u2014 is an Herm\u00e8s Black and Orange H Togo HAC Casaque Birkin 40<\/a> with palladium hardware. Sotheby’s actually had a listing for a pre-owned piece, which was sold for $33,000.<\/p>\n Savoie also noted that Haaland has been seen carrying the French label’s Evercalf Toile Cargo Haut A Courroies Birkin 40 Handbag, with one currently available on Revolve’s website for $50,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the original article on People<\/a><\/p>\n