Up to now, there are many male sasaengs who have been accused of having harassive practices
towards female idols.
But have you ever heard of male idols getting entangled in similar accusations and receiving
severe backlash?
While some of them are deemed worthy, others are said to be unjust.
So in this video, let’s see who these male idols are.
1.
Hyunseung (YOUNITE) accused of harassing Chaeyoung (TWICE)
Recently, on August 19, a photo said to have been posted by Hyunseung (YOUNITE) prior to
his debut, started to make the rounds across various Korean online forums.
In the viral image, Hyunseung can be seen looking skywards while placing a sticker of
Chaeyoung (TWICE) over his head.
According to what viewers of the picture are claiming, the YOUNITE member was implying
that he was gazing up at Chaeyoung's skirt.
Not only that, ONCEs also noticed that Hyunseung even tagged the photo with "Kimochi" - a Japanese
word that is frequently often used to allude to pornography in Japanese Adult Videos
Immediately after the photo went viral, netizens pointed to Hyunseung's choice of language
and the direction of his gaze as evidence that the picture is an egregious attempt at
sexual harassment of Chaeyoung.
Worst of all, Chaeyoung was still a minor at that time.
Therefore, Hyunseung is down in criticism by both Korean and international Kpop fans.
They started calling him out for his past disgusting intentions towards Chaeyoung and
demanded an apology from him.
Some even contacted Brand New Music, asking the agency to kick the male idol out of his
group.
In response to this issue, Brand New Music gave its official stance, claiming that netizens
were wrongly accusing Hyunseung as his circulated picture had been fabricated to be used against
him.
The company further stated that they will take tough legal action to stop the dissemination
of false and misleading information about their artists.
However, netizens are skeptical of Brand New Music's assertions, pointing out that if they
claimed the contentious image was edited, they would need to publicize the original
image to prove.
Others said that as YOUNITE was a rookie at the time, there was no reason for anybody
to attack them and bring them down like that.
Also, according to ONCEs, this Chaeyoung sticker was created during the group's 2016–2017
collaboration with SNOW app.
Currently, the sticker is no longer available so the possibility that the photo is an editing
product of some haters is zero.
In contrast, there are a few defending comments, saying that netizens should give him a second
chance because everybody makes mistakes.
Plus, it’s not fair when people always look at one’s wrongdoings in the past and turn
a blind eye to the good things he or she is doing.
2.
Jonghyun (CNBLUE) accused of harassing Yoona and Hyejeong
After having been exposed to his true colors in news reports that showed a chatroom conversation
about him asking for girls, Jonghyun’s troubles didn’t end just there as netizens uploaded
photos and videos alleging the male idol of sexually harassing 2 female idols, Yoona (SNSD)
and Hyejeong (AOA) in the past.
Particularly, at an award ceremony in 2015 with the appearance of both CNBLUE and SNSD,
on the way to the front stage to greet the audience, Jonghyun was seen leisurely walking
right behind Yoona and all of a sudden, the female idol got startled, turning her head
to glance at Jonghyun before backing off.
Looking at Yoona’s quick reaction, it seemed that Jonghyun's hand had touched some parts
of her body.
At first, people just thought it was just an accident because no idol would do such
an obvious disgusting act right on stage.
But after Jonghyun’s shocking sex scandal broke out, this situation was evaluated from
a very different perspective with many netizens believing that the male idol had deliberately
harassed Yoona and that was not an accident at all.
Some even noticed that Yoona then told Tiffany about the incident, proving that she was also
sure that Jonghyun did it on purpose.
Another equally offensive case was Jonghyun's premeditated groping of Hyejeong's chest during
an event by FNC Entertainment.
According to the footage uploaded by netizens, Jonghyun was seen trying to touch Hyejeong’s
chest while walking behind her, causing her to annoyingly push the male idol's hand off
her body.
Regarding the action of Jonghyun which was caught red-handed by netizens, FNC Entertainment
finally confirmed the incident to not let the controversy get out of hand, stating that
Jonghyun had acknowledged and was reflecting on his mistakes.
However, the rumors that were circulating among some netizens were obviously false,
so they would re-check the information and prepare for legal action.
3.
Leeteuk accused of harassing Irene
So, in the SM Town Concert in Chile back in 2019, Super Junior had a collaboration performance
with Irene from Red Velvet as they were performing the song Lo Siento.
Things were going very smoothly when suddenly, some fans noticed a short part where Irene
had a solo dance with Leeteuk and his hand was seen touching her waist.
Many eagle-eyed netizens were quick to assume that the male idol did this action with ill
intention and even accused him of sexually harassed Irene.
At that time, Leeteuk was bombarded with loads of malicious comments, some of which criticized
him for being so obsessed with Irene to the point that he couldn’t help himself and
did such an inappropriate action right on the stage.
Many even went further to prove that Leeteuk was indeed a weird person by comparing his
performance to that of Siwon’s at SMTown Osaka 3 months ago.
They pointed out that when performing the same choreography, while Siwon always kept
his hands away from Irene’s waist and just slightly held her wrist, Leeteuk just happily
took advantage of the choreo to touch her body.
This had strengthened the opinion of some Reveluvs that Leeteuk was disrespectful towards
Irene as some even straightup said that “Leeteuk is disgusting!”
As the male idol was under fire all of a sudden, his fans had stood up against this nonsense
and baseless accusation.
They believed Leeteuk was totally innocent by explaining that he just simply followed
the original choreography of the song.
To prove that, they brought up loads of photos of Leeteuk doing the same choreo with other
female dancers with his hand always on their waists, not only Irene’s.
Plus, there’s no way Leeteuk could do that move without Irene’s permission and during
the performance, he was also trying his best to keep a distance with her to avoid unwanted
misunderstanding.
Besides, Leeteuk’s fans also said that if Leeteuk really sexually harassed Irene, then
Irene wouldn’t hesitate to spoke about this as she’s mature enough to know what should
be done when facing such a irritating matter.
So needless to say, there’s no problem with him and the real problem was the hasty and
childish action of some Reveluvs when jumping right to conclusion without a second thought.
So obviously, they were the one who had to apologize for all those hurtful words they
had mindlessly thrown at him.
So many people who were on Leeteuk’s side had trended the hashtag “ApologizeToLeeteuk”,
which soon reached the top search on social platforms.
So, which case do you think is really serious and which case is just an exaggeration?