As public figures, Kpop idols always build themselves approachable, gentle and pure in
the eyes of fans.
However, many netizens point out that behind that sweet appearance, some idols reveal their
true nature behind their fans' backs and act violently towards others.
In today’s video, let’s see who these allegedly guilty idols are.
1.
Nam Taehyun (WINNER) accused of assaulting his girlfriend Seo Min Jae
So a cast member of Heart Signal, Seo Min Jae, and the former main vocalist of WINNER,
Nam Taehyun have been the center of attention in South Korea as a result of Seo Min Jae's
series of illogical posts accusing Nam Taehyun of various offenses.
Particularly, on August 20, Seo Min Jae uploaded a selfie with the male idol and numerous other
posts accusing him of assaulting and drug usage.
She wrote, “Nam Taehyun does philopon.
Either in my room or my workplace cabinet is where I can find his syringe.
He also hit me.”
While the above post had been immediately deleted, she uploaded several other posts,
adding something new each time.
In the second edited post, Seo Min Jae wrote "Nam Taehyun, your syringe is with me".
Also, in the fourth post, she shared that she had a recording on her phone but didn’t
specify what was on the recording.
Finally, Seo Min Jae stated that at one point that they were having a romantic relationship.
However, it was worth mentioning that not only the content in the posts was very messy
and constantly being edited but also the Korean used was filled with grammar and spelling
gibberish, which was difficult to understand.
Therefore, it's impossible to decipher the authenticity of her claims.
Despite that, after Seo Min Jae's above accusations went viral on social media, netizens started
flocking to Nam Taehyun's instagram account and demanded him give an explanation and express
their outrage at his allegedly violent behavior.
To appease netizens' anger, the male idol eventually published an apology: "I'm sorry
for disappointing you all with what happened.
It is true that we had some quarrels but we were reconciled.
I sincerely apologize for making everyone worry about my personal matters."
According to TV Daily, Nam Taehyun only apologized for assaulting his girlfriend, but did not
explain the drug-use accusation.
2.
Hyoyeon (SNSD) accused of beating her friend up
This sounds like an April fools joke but it's true!
SNSD’s Hyoyeon was once reported to Seoul police for allegedly assaulting her male friend
on his face.
According to Seoul's Yongsan District Police Station, Hyoyeon and this friend had come
over to another male friend’s house.
The incident happened at midnight - around 12:30 when Hyoyeon joked that she would jump
down to the 1st floor, said “I'm going to fall to the first floor” and acted as if
she was going to do it.
Thinking she was not joking, her friend attempted to physically restrain Hyoyeon but the female
idol pushed his hand away and accidentally hit his face hard.
The poor man then went furious and immediately rushed to the nearby Yongsan District Police
Station and accused Hyoyeon of assaulting him without a second thought.
Both the female idol and the accuser were summoned to the police station.
However, at the police station, the male friend had changed his testimony, stating that: “I
reported the incident saying she hit me while we were playing around, but after I thought
about it again, I didn’t think she hit me on purpose”.
Besides, officers from the Yongsan District station informed that the man didn’t have
any particular or visible injury, and this was not a serious incident.
Despite all that, the incident still hit the headlines of many Korean news outlets and
online newspapers namely: Allkpop, Kpopstarz, which gained massive attention from netizens.
Many people immediately stood on Hyoyeon’s side.
They said that the other guy was so sensitive and petty that he accused his friend for a
minor accident.
They also said that people should stop exaggerating everything to put pressure on Hyoyeon since
she didn't mean to hurt anyone.
SM Entertainment also made an announcement to reassure netizens on this problem, claiming
that what happened between the female idol and her friend is just a misunderstanding.
3.
ACE (MASC) accused of attacking his groupmate
On July 26, 2018, Chibin (MASC) posted a vague but very disturbing post on his personal Instagram
account about being assaulted by a person he used to call "hyung".
Although Chibin did not name the attacker, fans have speculated that the male idol was
referring to another member of MASC.
Plus the fact that Chibin wrote: "You're the only one I unfollowed" in his message, many
people were sure Chibin wanted to mention ACE because this was the only MASC member
that Chibin unfollowed on Instagram.
The next day, Chibin detailed the incident.
He explained that in March, one of his groupmates got mad at him and brutally assaulted him
with a broken umbrella.
Specifically, this groupmate was said to have smashed an umbrella to the wall, then used
the sharp shards of the broken umbrella to hit Chibin’s face and head.
When the other members tried to stop him, the attacker even pushed them away as well
as kept punching and kicking repeatedly until Chibin started bleeding.
2 days after Chibin's post, ACE confirmed that he was the perpetrator of the assault
that Chibin revealed, and announced that he had left the group to take responsibility
for the serious altercation.
In a very long Instagram post in both Korean and English, ACE apologized for the incident,
but stated that not all the details told by the victim were true as he only hit Chibin
with his hands rather than a broken umbrella.
As netizens' anger towards ACE's violent action against his own groupmate became more and
more intense, 26 - another MASC member, decided to speak up to give a more objective view
of the incident.
He asserted that Chibin was also at fault for this as he got into a heated argument
with ACE and drove him mad, and that ACE using the broken umbrella as a weapon was real.
In addition, 26 also revealed that the internal conflicts within MASC have existed for a long
time, and the case of Chibin and ACE was just a last straw that breaks the camel’s back.
So, do you think these alleged idols are really to blame or there is something fishy in the
testimony of the victims?