Here's TWICE Jihyo's Emotional Weight Loss Journey

K-Pop idols receive a lot of backlash from netizens and people in the entertainment industry, due to their weight, as a lot of times, idols are expected to be thin. This has led to a lot of idols dealing with heartbreaking situations regarding their weight. One idol who has had to deal with this is TWICE‘s Jihyo.

Mnet‘s TMI News took a brief look at Jihyo’s weight loss journey and found that it was a heartbreaking one. Even before Jihyo debuted, she received a lot of heartbreaking comments regarding her weight.

When Jihyo was participating in SIXTEEN, which is the show that created TWICE, a photographer told Jihyo that she “looked fat.”

Even after Jihyo debuted, she still heard a lot of heartbreaking comments. During a fan meeting, a “fan” yelled out that Jihyo would suit weightlifting, and this broke Jihyo’s heart.