Starship Entertainment Reposts IVE Deepfake Update Mentioning “Sl*t” Yujin And “Good Baby” Wonyoung
Starship Entertainment recently came under fire for reposting a fan-generated post on Weibo. The post in question contained insults pertaining to IVE’s Yujin. AI-generated photos of Yujin were also included in order to criticize her.
#JangWonYoung good baby. #AnYujin sl*t that loves kissing old men.
— Post
Fans immediately raised concerns about Starship Entertainment’s repost.
스타쉽 미친새끼 아니야 뭐하는 짓이야 악플러 ai합성으로 만든 사진을 공식 계정으로 알티 하는거는 뭔 뜻이야 머리에 똥 찬거야 사람이 할짓이야#StarshipProtectANYUJIN @STARSHIPent @IVEstarship pic.twitter.com/o4mVg24GmQ
— 安宥真_AnYuJin0901 (@anyujinbar) January 9, 2025
Isn’t Starship a crazy b*stard? What are they doing? They’re RT-ing an AI photo made by a hater on the official account. What do they mean by that? Is their head filled with poop? Is this what a human would do?
— anyujinbar
Fans wondered if it was a mistake or a mole, for Weibo requires a double-prompt before reposting.
ain’t no way it could be a mistake bc you get prompted twice when reposting on weibo @STARSHIPent explain yourselves pic.twitter.com/Z9sIFzCb6r
— ✌️ (@yujintwo) January 9, 2025
The post was allegedly created by a Wonyoung akgae.
Starship shared a post from toxic Wy fans that had large followers that spreading fabricated rumors and maliciously edited vulgar images of Yj. Is this really something an official entertainment company would do? Isn’t this going too far?🤮#StarshipProtectANYUJIN @STARSHIPent https://t.co/c6dfkoG8nb pic.twitter.com/qzqrwCL2Zh
— YuJinie_A (@anyuyu0901) January 9, 2025
Starship Entertainment issued an apology a few hours later.
Hello, this is Starship Entertainment. We would like to update on the incident that happened on Starship Entertainment’s Weibo today. The incident happened when our staff was reporting malicious posts, and the post has since been deleted. We would like to sincerely apologise to the artist and fans who may have been affected by this incident. We will work on managing our account better, to prevent similar mistakes from happening again. Once more, we would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused.
— Starship Entertainment