1. GOT7’s Bambam and Nichkhun
Recently in September 2021, a Thai MC named Moddam Kachapa was invited
to make comments on Lisa’s solo debut with LALISA and at first,
things were going all smoothly because everything he said about Lisa’s debut was extremely positive.
The thing is, while he could have stopped at saying she was the pride of Thailand,
the MC somehow had to continue his flattering speech to Lisa by saying in their history,
never once Thai idols made it to the world class like Lisa
and though there was Nickhun, he wasn’t that successful.
As if he was having a beef with all Thai male artists from JYP Entertainment,
Kachapa then called out BamBam, saying he wasn’t a pride either and what he did was mediocre.
However, do you know what was the worst and disrespectful part this MC did on that show?
He asked a girl to go out just because she played BamBam’s Ribbon around him.
Soon enough, netizens brought this issue on Twitter and made a huge fuss over the MC,
criticizing him for being ill-informed, biased and super rude toward the two idols.
They believed Kachapa was too senselDess to say that Nickhun and BamBam are inferior to Lisa
because had it not been for them,
KPOP would probably have never opened the gate toward younger Thai idols.
In fact, Nickhun had opened the gate to all foreign idols and proved that non-Korean
idols could also be super big in the industry, changing the prejudices of many big companies
about investing in foreign trainees. Moreover, KPOP itself would have also missed out on such
a profitable market like Thailand because it was also Nichkhun who brought Running Man
to the country in 2011, paving the way for many K-shows organized in the open arms of the country.
BamBam’s fans also fiercely criticized the MC for being so ignorant because while the President of
South Korea proudly recognized the contributions of BamBam and Nickhun to the Hallyu wave,
along Lisa of course, Kachapa was there, knowing nothing about their work but
still acted as if he knew everything about KPOP like the back of his hand.
Later, this MC also released a public apology to Nickhun and BamBam but many people believed he was
doing that for show, still trying to be the victim by writing “I have never had any bad intentions”
despite the fact that he also dismissed another person in the room for playing BamBam’s Ribbon.
2. BLACKPINK’s Jennie
Back to the beginning of 2020 where BLACKPINK was invited to a Samsung event held in Indonesia,
lots of fans were triggered after seeing how the MC treated Jennie
and ended up making her have teary eyes right on the live broadcast.
Basically when BLACKPINK appeared on the event that day, many noticed that there were
lots of hate comments aimed at Jennie, shaming, insulting and mocking her right on the livestream.
However, according to some fans, the MC was being unprofessional for not gauging the
audience’s reactions and even asking Jennie to read the comments very soon after that.
Still, that wasn’t the only bad thing about this interview because as some also noticed, the MC was
basically ignoring Jennie for the whole session and only focusing on the other three members.
The questions raised for Jennie were very limited and again, this indirectly directed
her attention more to the phone and seeing all those malicious words posted by antifans.
The MC then quickly posted a long explanation on Instagram, saying that it was Jennie’s staff
that asked him to not ask her many questions due to her unwell health condition that day.
Moreover, he didn’t mean to make her read hate comments either
because all every request was written on the script and he just did what he was supposed to.
Still, many fans kept their stance and continued trending the hashtag
#JennieDeservesBetter, criticizing the MC for being unprofessional and incompetant
for not knowing how to improvise considering the situation.
3. NCT 127’s Taeyong
Turning back time a bit to 2019, Taeyong was also another idol
disrespected by an MC while the group was having schedules in the States.
Things all started when the group appeared on Despierta America and all of a sudden,
the Latino MC thought it a good thing to force a female fan to kiss Taeyong right on the broadcast.
What’s even ruder was that, while the fan obviously expressed she didn’t want to kiss
Taeyong and she was totally uncomfortable with that idea, the MC still insisted on what he said,
pushing this fan closer to Taeyong.
Luckily, the girl was sensible enough to not touch him the way the MC wanted.
From another camera angle, you can see she was trying to get out of that awkward situation.
Even though nothing really happened, many fans still criticized the MC for not only
disrespecting both Taeyong and his fans but also prompting a mild sexual harrasment on the spot.
They believed as an MC for such a big group like NCT 127,
he should have educated himself better about cultural differences
and how South Korean people would never greet each other with a kiss like Hispanic people.
Actually, a Hispanic fan said that she was pretty sure that MC was well aware
of this cultural difference because as a Hispanic, she confirmed no rational
person around her would force a kiss on foreign people unless they were crazy.
Combining this with the fact that the girl was strongly against that idea yet he still pushed
her with force toward Taeyong also showed that the MC was merely disrespectful and ignorant.
4. No:ze
While No:ze is neither an idol nor ever intended to become one, she’s still one of the most popular
faces in Kbiz recently after her appearance on Street Woman Fighter. That's why I hope you can
see the reason her name was included along with other famous idols here on the list.
Anyway, let’s see how No:ze, despite all the fame and money, was still looked down on by
an MC with her recent appearance at the 2021 Korea Fashion Awards on December 12.
When it was No:ze’s turn to do her catwalk on the runway, she was introduced by MC Kim Hyun Wook as
“a famous star” of that night’s show. The weirdest thing was that, while he could have stopped there
to keep the positive vibe for such an important event and not hurt anyone’s feelings, he instead
added that “In fact, we have spent lots of money to bring her here but seemingly, all these efforts
don’t work really well as we expect,” implying that No:ze’s influences weren’t even that big
and it was their mistake to spend a bunch of money for the Internet overhype over No:ze.
As if that wasn’t unprofessional enough, he even nitpicked her outfit and asked
her to dance despite the apparent confusion written on No:ze’s face.
Without a hint of respect, he blatantly said: “She is wearing a hat but why is she doing it?
I’m quite disappointed because we could have asked her to dance but ended up not doing so.”
Then, he casually brought her down even more, asking No:ze “Why are you wearing a hat? You
are supposed to look cool when you come out wearing a hat, but no one knew that you were
No:ze even though you were the first model of the show because you walked out with your head down.”
So… he must have stopped here because he was still an MC for this huge fashion show, right?
Surprisingly, he didn’t and still decided to put on an attitude,
asking her to dance all over again and again despite No:ze's confused expression. His demand
gradually became so intense that she had to do it to get out of the disrespectful interview asap.
Of course, it’s hard to tell what he was thinking at that time but as some believed, the MC was
being passive aggressive, shamelessly blaming the low rating of the show on No:ze and using her as
an excuse as to why the whole thing didn’t come out as successfully as they expected.
Some also said the attitude of Hyun Wook at this point was unjustifiably rude
because while everyone knows outfits showcased on the runway were completely decided by the stylists
rather than the model, Hyun Wook’s dissing her for wearing a hat was impudent and only
showing he was an unprepared MC failing to acquire basic knowledge about this field.
So, do you think these MCs were actually rude or people were being overly sensitive and just trying
to make a fuss over nothing? Comment down below to share your thoughts with us. Also, remember
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