Chanel Oberlin is one villain from Scream Queens that everyone loves to hate. While it's true that the Red Devil and Green Meanie are the actual villains of the show, Chanel definitely gives them a run for their money. She does truly horrible things throughout the series, including terrorizing her peers and committing premeditated murder.
Chanel has very few redeeming qualities and it's difficult to root for her throughout most of the series. She's awful to her friends (minions), she's extremely self-absorbed, and has a pretty warped sense of reality. With all of the terrible things Chanel has done, it's challenging to narrow it down to her 10 most shameless acts, but we've done it. Here are the 10 most shameless things Chanel has ever done.
Disrespected Ms. Bean
While Ms. Bean wasn't a completely innocent victim, she definitely didn't deserve Chanel's extreme verbal abuse. From the beginning of the first season, fans see Chanel treat Ms. Bean horribly, calling her names and embarrassing her publicly.
Chanel (Emma Roberts) went out of her way time and time again to put Ms. Bean down and even ordered her to be a part of a prank where she planned to pretend to stick the housekeeper's face in a vat of boiling oil. Of course, Chanel wasn't planning on the oil being hot but even orchestrating this prank was pretty demeaning to Ms. Bean.
Burned Off Ms. Bean's Face
Unfortunately, Chanel's prank involving Ms. Bean and the vat of oil went horribly wrong. When Chanel decided that she needed to scare her new pledges, she made a plan to stick Ms. Bean's face in boiling frying oil. Of course, Chanel planned to only pretend that the oil was hot so that the housekeeper wouldn't actually get hurt.
Unfortunately, when it came time for the prank, the Red Devil had secretly turned on the stove and Chanel burned off Ms. Bean's face, ultimately killing her.
Threatened To Pin Ms. Bean's Murder On Grace
This one is the after-math of Chanel burning off Ms. Bean's face. Naturally, Grace announced that she was going to call the police after she saw what Chanel had done to their housekeeper. Chanel immediately threatened Grace and told her that she and the rest of the girls would tell the police that Grace was the one who killed Ms. Bean.
Of course, Grace felt cornered so she agreed to stay quiet about the murder. At this point, Chanel had not only killed her housekeeper, but she was also blackmailing her pledges and forcing them to become accessories.
Hid Mrs. Bean's and Chanel #2's Bodies
As if killing Ms. Bean and finding Chanel #2 dead in her bedroom wasn't bad enough, Chanel actually hid both of their dead bodies in a meat locker. This was obviously a pretty heartless move on Chanel's part. Chanel #2 was supposedly one of Chanel's best friends so it's pretty frightening to see how unaffected Chanel was by her death.
Not only was Chanel unaffected by her minion's death, but she's more than willing to stash her body to keep the police out of her sorority house. Both Ms. Bean and Chanel #2 deserved better.
Bullied Chanel #5
This was definitely Chanel's most ongoing shameless act. Chanel was awful to all of her minions, but especially Chanel #5. In every episode of the series, Chanel went out of her way to make #5 feel bad. She can be seen calling Chanel #5 horrible names and taking pleasure in seeing how far she can take it before #5 snaps.
While Chanel #5 would stand up for herself every now and then, and even threatened to leave at times, she ultimately adored Chanel so she stuck around and dealt with the constant abuse.
Threatened Zayday
It's no surprise that Chanel wasn't thrilled when she learned that Zayday was planning to run against her for president of Kappa House. Not only was she not happy, but she said she would make Zayday's life miserable after the election, and even threatened to kill her.
Chanel clearly wanted to do whatever she could to scare Zayday off and was not up for any sort of friendly competition. While Chanel's threat to murder Zayday didn't seem very serious, you can't take anything Chanel says too lightly, considering her past irrational actions.
Planned To Kill Dean Munsch
When the Chanels decided that Dean Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) had to be the Red Devil, Chanel devised a plan to murder the Dean. She rationalized that the Dean needed to be murdered in order to stop her from killing again. Of course, this plan made no sense, and killing Dean Munsch would be Chanel's second murder.
Chanel was clearly out of her mind but no one, other than Zayday, tried to talk any sense into her. Chanel and Grace ended up taking poisoned apple cider over to the Dean hoping to kill her but she ultimately survived.
Pushed Hester Down The Stairs
Speaking of irrational actions, the time Chanel pushed Hester down the stairs was both extremely irrational and shameless. After Hester bragged to Chanel that she's going to spend Thanksgiving with Chad and his family, Chanel became enraged and pushed Hester down the Kappa House staircase, seemingly killing her.
After it appeared Hester was dead, Chanel didn't feel the least bit of remorse. In fact, she defended her actions and said that this story would be told as a cautionary tale by Kappas for years to come.
Offended Grace
This one is definitely low, even for Chanel. Chanel verbally attacked Grace when she thought she was the Red Devil. She not only accused Grace of all of the murders but she also insulted Grace's mother and father in the process. This was an extremely delicate topic for Grace as she was struggling with not knowing more about her departed mother.
Grace claimed that her mom died in a fire but Chanel fought back by saying that her mom died in a fiery car crash at her own hands. This scene was pretty hard for fans to watch but seeing Grace slap Chanel at the very end made it all worth it.
Dated Chad
Chad is probably almost as terrible as Chanel. He's rude, treats women horribly, and honestly just makes bad decisions. For instance, Chad threatened to break up with Chanel when he found out that her sorority was pledging girls that weren't up to his physical standards.
Chad also thought it was a good idea to call out the Red Devil and try to fight him with a baseball bat, which ultimately put his entire fraternity in danger. The fact Chanel not only dated Chad, but also went back to him time and time again, was pretty shameless. Even Chanel deserved better than Chad.