Korean Public Sentiment Against Jessi Shift After Recent Response To Controversy
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Soloist Jessi was recently implicated in a controversy when her acquaintances assaulted a teenage fan on the streets. She had been hanging out with a group of friends when a young fan approached her for a photo. Her acquaintance got riled up and swung a punch at the fan. Jessi tried to intervene at first but ended up leaving the scene. Later, she denied knowing the attacker prior to meeting him that very day.
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Following the incident, Jessi had been at the mercy of criticism and malicious comments. One particular one raised alarm bells due to their harsh words. She personally responded to it via Instagram stories.
The best news would be a happy one where she ate pills and committed suicide, so I’ll be anticipating it.
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While public sentiment in Korea had been negative towards Jessi initially, it seems like even netizens have acknowledged that things are crossing a line. They blasted the malicious comments for hoping for her death.
- You have to sue that person… That’s crazy.
- Crazy, she has to sue them. They wouldn’t be able to squeak in front of her IRL.
- From the way things are going, you’d think Jessi was the one who hit the victim.
- This sort of comments really have to be sued.
- That person needs to have their comment tattooed across their forehead. This is how malicious comments should be punished.
- F*ck, are they insane? What’s going on inside their heads, f*cker.
- There’s also so many people here that leave hate comments in the name of justice. Whether or not the wording is harsher or weaker, whether or not they search things up to leave comments here or there, they really need to be sued.
Jessi has since issued an apology regarding the matter. More can be read below.
