A Filipino ENGENE Addressed ENHYPEN’s Weight Shaming Controversy To Jake During A Fan-Sign Call, Netizens Have Conflicting Opinions
HYBE‘s latest boy group ENHYPEN has recently been promoting their latest EP, “MANIFESTO : DAY 1.” During a fan-meeting call, ENHYPEN’s Jake was speaking to a Filipino ENGENE when the fan brought a past controversy to light.
Twitter profile @EN_REACH announced they had a volunteer who wanted to discuss the controversy with the ENHYPEN members.
Greetings, everyone.
We are here to deliver positive news! For the fansign schedule today, we have a volunteer that has been in contact with us for planning to directly inform a member.
— ً🫂 (@EN_REACH) August 14, 2022
During the call, the fan mentioned that some people in the ENGENE fandom feel uncomfortable with the members speaking about each other’s weight.
for those who needs the transcription, https://t.co/EifKKB8zw9 pic.twitter.com/XYzRm5kyov
— ヴラド (@scionyphen) August 14, 2022
This issue arose after ENHYPEN members joked about member Sunoo‘s weight during a live broadcast.
After the fan addressed the issue, Jake can be seen intently looking into the camera and listening. Jake did not comment on the matter, though it is believed to be because of the strict time limit on these calls.
After the @EN_REACH Twitter account posted the fan-sign call on social media, many netizens had conflicting opining on the topic. While some believed that Jake should have made more of an effort to apologize, others thought that a fan-sign call was not the right time or place to address these issues.
he look like he don’t give a damn js smiling n nodding https://t.co/q6g440MIyL pic.twitter.com/HKI9gSgMCN
— pink venom lake (@SOOYASTEPH) August 14, 2022
i thought antis wanted this issue to be addressed? now that it’s addressed you’re still finding a way to hate on them 😭 jk’s obviously trying to listen carefully to fully understand the concerns and the fact that he knows BETTER than anyone else how shitty the staffs can be https://t.co/gI0dBjrZwl
— َ (@tfrwon) August 14, 2022
Another tweet was posted on the @EN_REACH Twitter that another fan attempted to have the same conversation with ENHYPEN member Niki, but the fan-sign call was cut 8 seconds short.
Another volunteer (v#2) also tried to relay the key to our indirect project to 🐆 in this same fancall schedule. However, before she could fully show it to 🐆, the staff already covered the camera to end the call even though there are still 8 seconds left on their allotted time. pic.twitter.com/8WS95HmiPZ
— ً🫂 (@EN_REACH) August 14, 2022
As the quote tweets regarding the original tweet @EN_REACH posted continue growing, netizens still show division over the issue.
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