Haters Come After SEVENTEEN’s Joshua Amidst The Recent Shoe-Swapping Controversy
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A clip of SEVENTEEN‘s Joshua’s behavior towards Na PD is seemingly trying to paint the idol in a negative way.
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Recently, Red Velvet‘s Seulgi apologized after she was spotted trading shoes with her manager during a recent departure to Taiwan.
At Incheon Airport, she was wearing stilettos, but as she arrived, she was in trainers, and her manager wore shoes. After seemingly being criticized for the issue, she apologized, but many thought there was no need and didn’t warrant “poor behavior” towards the staff.
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Due to the discourse around the issue, a video was posted of SEVENTEEN’s Joshua from the series NANA Tour that the group did with Na PD, where they were “kidnapped” and taken to Italy.
When Na PD surprised them, they were given a short amount of time to get ready and weren’t allowed to take any luggage or bags. It meant that the members only had what they were wearing, and the clothes came from the clothes they had packed for their tour in Japan. They were then given t-shirts by the crew, which they wore, and a certain amount of money to spend.
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The video posted shows Joshua asking Na PD his shoe size.
Due to the heaviness of Joshua’s boots, he swaps them for Na PD’s trainers, and it looks a lot more comfortable to roam around the streets of Italy.
The tweet gained a lot of attention as the OP wrote, “SEVENTEEN’s Joshua, whose feet hurt, exchanged shoes with PD Na Young Seok.” It didn’t seem like a coincidence that it was posted on the same day as Seulgi’s apology.
발 아파서 나영석 피디랑 신발 바꿔신은 세븐틴 조슈아 pic.twitter.com/eAxsLJ2ud0
— 마키 (@my_kpointt3) July 13, 2024
One fan commented, “Tsk tsk. He should be able to suck it up if he wants to be beautiful. Lacking in masculinity,” which seems to criticize Joshua for his behavior.
쯧쯧 아름다워질려면 그정도는 참아야지. 남성성이 부족하네.
— 순순히 수컷타락해라 그남들아 (@squareissleepin) July 13, 2024
When the tweet was posted, netizens quickly came to Joshua’s defense. In the episode, Joshua reveals there was nowhere to buy sneakers after they arrived.
With the English subtitles, Joshua seemed hesitant to swap the shoes, constantly asking Na PD if it was okay, but the producer was more than fine with the arrangement.
Na PD and the members even joked how he looked like he was ready to attend a fashion show.
Some pointed out that Na PD was more than happy to swap shoes and the context of SEVENTEEN having no time to really pick suitable outfits with the time given. Fans also added that the positive parts of the clip were cut out, showing Na PD and the members joking about the situation. One OP even pointed out that Na PD had other shoes, as shown in another scene, compared to SEVENTEEN, who only had the shoes they wore.
the fact how na pd was pretty much happy with this exchange like can't a man feel like a baddie in shua's shoes pic.twitter.com/OreW307kn0
— masonline (@kf1lm) July 14, 2024
The hate train against them is so forced. Wdym, You wasted your time to find videos of idols switching shoes just to throw tantrum when there's nothig wrong of changing shoes?? And Joshua here was asking Na PD's permission to borrow it but whatever fits your narrative 시발 새끼야 https://t.co/XMf57SSBRE
— 티티 ✍🏻 🍉 (@snowflakemlet) July 14, 2024
나피디님이랑 멤버들이랑 농담하면서 웃는 거 다 짜른게 개소름 돋음 어떻게든 욕해보겠다고 애를 쓴다ㅜㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ https://t.co/go6OgT2AOP pic.twitter.com/mujhIlX8IZ
— ★ (@dkeuporia) July 14, 2024
It’s so creepy how they cut out all the parts where Na PD and the members are joking and laughing together. They’re trying so hard to find something to criticize.
— @dkeuphoria/Twitter
If you don’t know the context of what happened prior to that, SVT had less than 30 minutes to prepare their things for the Nana tour. All their luggage had been packed to go back to Seoul because they had no idea about the ambush trip.
Get your facts straight!! https://t.co/U78GoHamRU
— . (@cheol2jihan) July 14, 2024
영석님 여분신발 있다고…애들은 납치당해서 당연히 여분이 없지
예전에 논란한번 터졌다고 물고뜯는건 참ㅋㅎㅋㅎ https://t.co/OJWcUZnF7n pic.twitter.com/d98k8AxcEK— 조슈아광기녀 (@Joshua_svt_123) July 14, 2024
Na Young Seok PD has extra shoes… The kids were obviously ‘kidnapped’ and couldn’t bring extras. It’s amusing how they keep attacking over a previous controversy.
— joshua_svt_123/Twitter
these people need to stop twisting the story. leave joshua alone 😠 pic.twitter.com/2OxIr8KtnU
— 🌙 (@shuacheols) July 14, 2024
In both cases, netizens believe there is no reason for idols to get hated because of situations like this and find it unnecessary to bring up clips of others when the topic is trending.