Once famous, Kpop idols have to be careful with any of their actions and have to appear
with the best behaviors in order to not be under criticism.
Yet, as netizens have been always holding high expectations toward idols, some are considered
to be mean and ill-mannered just because their behaviors are not pleasing to netizens.
So without any further ado, let's jump into today's video and discover who these idols
are.
1.
Aespa’s Winter
Often receiving flattering compliments on her sweet, lovely visual and excellent performances,
no one could ever imagine that Winter once received many negative comments from netizens
due to her allegedly mean nature.
Things started at the end of 2020 when Aespa together played a game to celebrate Christmas
Eve.
According to the game’s rules from the beginning, the winner would be the one to choose gifts
for other members.
And though Giselle was the winner of the game, Winter was said to arbitrarily take over her
job without even asking for Giselle’s permission.
She was seen turning to Karina and saying: "Let me choose for you".
Winter then gave Ningning a cheesy bow sweater, which is said to be the ugliest one.
It’s obvious that Ningning was quite disappointed with the gift.
Giselle also experienced the same thing with a massive moose printed in front of her sweater.
Whereas, Winter was said to take the most decent one which is an elegant lilac purple
cardigan.
After this video was uploaded, many netizens assumed that Winter is a selfish persona who
only wants to save the best for herself without caring about others’ feelings.
On the other hand, some defend that it is normal for Winter to tease other members as
they are close friends because who on earth doesn’t do that with their besties?
Moreover, they said that Winter might be a bit competitive as she is straightforward
and has a strong personality but she is real and doesn’t try to fake it.
Another time, netizens pointed out that Winter took other members’ spotlight on purpose.
Controversy was sparked after a random video of aespa coming home after work and singing
their song “Black Mamba” was uploaded.
Specifically, many said that they noticed Winter constantly running up near the camera,
blocking other members' faces and trying to be the protagonist.
In another behind-the-scenes video, she was seen taking away Karina’s crown and wearing
it on her head without asking for Karina’s permission.
All of these actions have left a bad impression on many netizens.
They criticized Winter for being a rude and self-centered person who always tries to steal
netizens’ attention from other members.
Besides attitude controversies, Winter’s facial expression also received mixed opinions.
There were many times she was caught looking annoyed and rolling her eyes back and forth.
Some netizens said that when looking at these gifs of her, they were a bit scared as it’s
so irritated like there’s something getting on her nerves, which, according to them, leaves
a really bad impression.
When the female idol was flooded with many hate comments, fans protected her by saying
that people who judged her negatively actually didn’t spend time getting to know her more.
They probably just randomly saw a video on social media, and then jumped right to the
conclusion that Winter’s manners have a problem.
In fact, some also defended that people who throw spiteful words at her are just jealous
of her fame and talent.
That’s why they exaggerate every single thing she did and take it in the most serious
way.
2.
Bob Girl’s Migyo
Migyo, a former member of Bob Girls and LoveUs, has grabbed great attention for all the bad
reasons when some of her ex-staff members spoke out to "disclose" her true personality.
Despite being a less-known singer, the story of Migyo’s opposite personality on and off
stage has startled many fans and netizens.
Specifically, on April 22, 2018, a former staff member of Migyo said that the female
idol actually played an important role in the disbandment of both Bob Girls and LoveUs.
Initially, when working as a member of Bob Girls, Migyo was said to often take advantage
of violence to force other members to comply with her demands.
The staff member revealed that during a dispute with her roommate, Migyo even broke into a
fight with this person and threatened to kill her.
This dispute was so severe that the glass door in the room was broken, causing another
member to accidentally step on a piece of glass and get gravely injured.
Meanwhile, Bob Girls was about to promote their album in China, but because of Migyo’s
personality, other members felt too pressured and panic-stricken to cooperate with her.
Not long after that, the company found out that one of the members, Jina, had encephalitis
whereby the group officially disbanded.
However, netizens believed that's not the real reason.
Later in 2015, Migyo re-debuted with LoveUs while her personality and working attitude
were said to remain unchanged.
Her staff said that if Migyo was discontent with something, she would badmouth and backbite
others.
She was also said to often skip practicing because she didn't get along well with the
vocal coaches and choreographers.
After making a compromise with the company to rent her a new practicing room, she continued
to refuse to go there because it was far from her dormitory
Being an unknown artist, Migyo had unreasonable demands on the company such as asking to change
LoveUs’ lineup, complaining about how expensive public transit was, and even requiring a spectacular
MV filming.
According to the staff, they felt that Migyo was too arrogant as if she had been an artist
from YG Entertainment and a small company like Creative Us couldn’t meet her demands.
In the end, Migyo insisted on terminating the contract even though the CEO was hospitalized
at that moment.
The funny thing is, Creative Us didn't even file a lawsuit against Migyo because they
were too worn out and just wanted her to disappear from their lives for good.
Although some of her ex-groupmate namely Yujeong (Bob Girls) and Danbi (LoveUs) once denied
the claims with their sides of the story, Migyo still received harsh criticism from
both netizens and fans who believed what the staff said.
3.
TWICE’s Nayeon
Associated with a bright and cheerful image, no one could ever imagine that Nayeon has
been under fire for her allegedly cold attitude in the debut era.
With TWICE's rising popularity at the time, the frowning and annoyed expressions as well
as misleading words of Nayeon that accidentally got into the camera have drawn much attention
and received a slew of comments on Pann.
Since her pre-debut in Sixteen, Nayeon was one of the most outstanding trainees thanks
to her good-looking appearance and undoubted talent.
For that reason, many believed that she seemed to despise Tzuyu, a trainee from Taiwan who
has much less practice time than her.
What made Tzuyu’s fans irritated was the fact that Nayeon commented in an interview
that Tzuyu has nothing but a gorgeous visual.
They claimed that as Nayeon felt threatened by Tzuyu, who was also one of the most anticipated
trainees at that time, so she purposely put Tzuyu down to feel better.
Another time at the TWICELAND ZONE 2: Fantasy Park concert in Seoul, during a short break,
Nayeon introduced herself as the top member of TWICE, making some people feel quite uncomfortable.
The controversy was pushed to the peak when Nayeon directly mentioned Tzuyu and Jeongyeon,
saying "I'm No.1, Tzuyu and Jeongyeon are No.8 and No.9.
Now come here and introduce yourself, and please work hard!"
Nayeon's somewhat carefree statement really drove Tzuyu and Jeongyeon's fans mad.
They left many angry comments, saying that Nayeon was too conceited and arrogant when
sorting the members by rank.
Others suspected that as Nayeon often receives special treatment from JYP for being the center,
she is spoiled to the point that she thinks she’s superior compared to other members
and overestimated herself.
However, Nayeon’s fans claimed that those are just baseless accusations from haters
as Nayeon is kind of a competitive and self-confident person, whereas Tzuyu is timid and reserved,
so sometimes people may misunderstand their behaviors with each other.
When it comes to other aforementioned circumstances, fans also released evidence, showing that
those are just clips cut from a full-length video, which can't depict explicitly the whole
thing and could cause misleading.
Working with Twice for 8 years, Nayeon must have what kind of personality to be loved
by the group members and so many fans, so cutting a controversial scene or trying to
cite a few misleading gestures to criticize Nayeon is really an outrageous act on the
part of netizens.
So, do you think these idols deserve to be titled as "being mean" as many netizens allege?