IVE’s Yujin Exposes The Harsh Reality Of Getting Internet Hate At Age 15 On “Produce 48”

IVE‘s Yujin recently opened up during an episode of “Yoo Quiz On The Block” about the hardships she endured on “Produce 48” and beyond.

She shared that this was her first experience with hard times. She went in thinking others will have a positive reaction to her.

What I still remember to this day is how hard the audition program was for me. I think it was the first real struggle that I experienced. I went into it thinking, ‘I’ll get a lot of love and support.’

— Yujin

Though she had many fans, there were also haters. This was her first time dealing with these types of people.

But it was on that show that I realized there are people who don’t like me.

— Yujin

She was only surrounded with love from fans, though that didn’t stop any hate from surfacing on the internet. At a young age, she accepted the fact that people will always have something rude to say.

 I mean, in our day-to-day lives, we don’t really come across people who would tell us to our faces something like, ‘I don’t like you.’ You know? I think I needed some time to digest the fact that there are some people who just hate me even if I’ve done nothing wrong.

— Yujin

She felt a sense of being “trapped” by what people said about her online at the time.

Every week, the viewers voted on our ranks and we’d have to stand in that order. I think that’s when I started feeling trapped by all the reactions on the internet.

— Yujin

Netizens supported her wholeheartedly in the comments.

• “The adults who claimed to make dreams come true for these genuinely passionate kids, only to put them on display for evaluation and use them for their greedy money-making schemes, are truly legendary in a bad way. I think Yujin would have succeeded no matter what, even without Produce 101! I love seeing her working awesomely with great members 👏💗 Yujin’s smile is my favorite.”
• “Produce 101 really… Regardless of ranking, it made kids of that age endure way too much criticism they shouldn’t have had to face.”
• “Even going forward, they won’t be entirely free from reactions and judgments like this, but I hope they overcome it well.”
• “The Produce 101 madness really is something else.”
• “Please know that there are far more people who like and support Yujin than keyboard warriors leaving hateful comments.”

At age 15, Yujin was extremely young to deal with such harsh criticism. However, it seems it has made her grow stronger and develop a positive mindset moving forward.