Being an idol is obviously not an easy job as many netizens assume since idols always
have to follow strict rules set by their agencies, especially be careful with everything they
say to avoid trouble.
However, there are many idols who forgot to pay attention to their words, leading them
to be put under harsh criticism from netizens.
In this video, I’ll name 4 idols with their slips of the tongue moments.
1.
Somi was said to write inappropriate caption about her father
Recently, Somi has caused a fever as soon as she uploaded a photo on the story of her
personal Instagram account to show off her handsome father, Matthew Douma, when he was
young.
Many were shocked when seeing the well-proportioned body with muscle and six-packed abs of Somi’s
father.
However, the thing that makes netizens even more blush is the caption of the photo.
Specifically, the young female idol wrote that “I know this sounds weird but my dad
is hot.
Pheeww”.
Along with that, she even attached the getting-hot-and-sick icon, which according to some, is usually
used to express one’s feeling to things sexually attractive.
They soon noticed something unusual and said that it was so weird of Somi when posting
her father’s half-naked picture saying that he was hot and even adding “Pheeww”, an
exclamation used to describe an increase in heart rate and body heat.
What’s more, people believed that Somi shouldn’t use such a provoking emoji to talk about her
father like that as this could make some netizens misunderstand everything and cause trouble
for the female idol.
However, others stated that maybe she Somi just simply wanted to compliment her dad for
being cool, but some toxic-minded people viewed it in another perspective and conceptualized
her viewpoint in a sexual way as theirs.
Additionally, Somi’s fans said that the female idol has always been carefree and straightforward,
plus she and her father are really close to each other, so it’s totally normal when
she does so.
Th here is that some netizens need to stop overthinking and exaggerate every detail to
make an excuse to dig up dirt on Somi.
2.
Treasure’s Haruto was said to make homophobic statement
Not long ago, Treasure had a livestream on Weserve to celebrate their 2-year anniversary
of debut, where they had a lot of fun moments together.
However, Haruto was said to have ruined the atmosphere by putting his foot to his mouth
when making a statement which allegedly discriminates against gay people.
To be more specific, in the circulated cut, the young male idol frankly said that: “Doesn’t
it (the name of TREASURE's web-drama) belong to the rom-com genre?
Then it's weird when it comes to relationships between men".
At that time, other members seemed to realize what Haruto’s going to say is sensitive,
so they tried to make noise to signal him but he still continued to finish his talk.
The cut soon went viral and got the male idol under fire due to his allegedly low EQ and
conservative mind.
Many netizens, after watching the short cut, expressed their disappointment and anger toward
Haruto as they couldn’t believe what he just said, saying that his words really hurt
his gay fans who have always loved and trusted him.
A gay fan of Haruto even expressed that it hurt him a bit when the male idol said “man
to man is weird”, however he hoped that the English sub wasn’t correct and Haruto
was not such a persona.
On the other hand, Haruto’s supporters defended the male idol by saying that netizens were
taking his words out of context by extracting a shortcut, and the translation is incorrect
as well.
Haruto, actually, was talking about Treasure’s web-drama parody, which has some intimate
scenes between him and other members, and he found it super weird.
Besides, as Haruto is just too honest and straight, he just speak up what was in his
mind at that time right away, but he definitely had no bad intention to gay people.
Fans also claimed that people who uploaded the short video are trying to make netizens
misunderstand Haruto and throw dust to his image.
They even left the full translation of his conversation to help non-fans have an objective
view of the problem, and asked netizens to not jump right into conclusion while not knowing
the whole situation.
Accordingly, this is not the first time Haruto himself asked for trouble.
Previously, he sparked a controversy due to his leaked video before his debut.
While other members were listening to BlackPink’s song, Kill This Love, the male idol was seen
to stand in a corner and pointing up his middle finger toward them with a caption on the video:
“Today is my birthday but other members are watching BLACKPINK sunbaenim”, which
made him under criticism from netizens, especially BLINKS for not respecting BlackPink, and other
fellow members because most of them are older than him.
3.
StrayKids’s BangChan self-proclaiming him as daddy and calling his fans babygirls
Another male idol that is also said to have made a weird statement is BangChan, who called
himself a babygirls’ daddy.
Specifically, in a Vlive broadcast, BangChan said “Hello STAYs who are also my babygirls.
If you are my babygirls, that would mean I’m your…daddy?”
This saying immediately received mixed opinions on many online forums with people believing
that BangChan was trying hard to act like a lady killer and was being disrespectful
to all his female fans.
To be fair, if he was a non-English speaker, it’s understandable for him to get confused
using English words, but everyone knows that BangChan is a native English speaker and knows
what “daddy” means.
Although fans know that he's being open about his characteristics as “dominant”, the
only thing that matters is that he needs to put a brake on his habits of flirting with
fans that way because it might offend some female fans because not all girls desire him
and want a romantic relationship with him.
However, there are still fans defending BangChan, saying that his words were simply meant to
be a joke and he didn’t intend it in a malicious way as he is now an adult and well aware of
his surroundings and what’s going on.
Moreover, it is just the way he made STAYs happy when watching his Vlive because who
wouldn't want their idols to flirt with them at least once or twice?
Besides, BangChan was born in Australia, where jokes like that were considered normal and
fun, while Koreans are quite conservative so they took his words too seriously.
4.
Wonho saying he will upload a picture of his…butt on Instagram
It was the time when Wonho (MONSTA X) made an appearance on BuzzFeed’s raunchy segment
‘Thirst Tweets’, where he engaged with playful and flirty responses to fans' racy
tweets about his attractive body.
At that time, when Wenees (Wonho’s fandom) expressed that whenever they felt depressed,
they often reached out to pictures of Wonho’s butt, which was said to make them feel better.
While other Kpop idols often felt so awkward and either tried to play innocent or ignored
such inappropriate words, Wonho immediately responded that he could upload his butty pictures
on his Instagram account for fans to admire.
As soon as this episode went on public release, Wonho became the talk of the town on all fronts.
Many netizens flock to online forums to criticize Wonho, saying that the male idol was increasingly
addicted to showing off his body in an offensive way, making viewers feel really uncomfortable.
They believed that an artist like Wonho should've focused on singing and composing rather than
posing for provocative photoshoots like that as this would really exert a negative influence
on Wenees who were still minor and might think it's okay to post inappropriate pictures of
themselves on social media because their idols do the same.
On the contrary, some burst into laughter and left compliments on Wonho for being extremely
funny and straight-forward, saying that such flirty boys like Wonho would never be born
on Earth anymore.
What’s more, they also emphasized that Wonho has the right to post his favorite photos
on his personal account and whoever doesn't want to see them can totally unfollow him
anytime.
So, how about your viewpoint?
Do you have the same opinion as those who criticized these idols for having weird statements
or not?