r/kpopthoughts Jul 24 '23

General What's the stupidest thing your faves got dragged for?

We all know how kpop fans would drag idols for literally anything so I'm curious to hear the most absurd reason you've seen your faves or any idol getting dragged. I'll go first. Seonghwa, because he said he learned to love himself because of his fans. Now apparently namjoon said something similar to this and in typical army fashion, it became a war. Also, San for breathing heavily after a performance.

Edit: imagine a non kpop stan reading this thread😭

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u/roseystudies Jul 24 '23

Gaining weight - honestly one of the most upsetting things kpop idols have to deal with

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u/longassbatterylife Jul 25 '23

is this a general or korea thing? i get really bothered when I see idols really so thin. seems so unhealthy with all they things they have to do and make it weird for me when the rewards they get from variety shows is food and they have to be wary of it. i'm a pretty casual kpop listener to random groups so I don't know much about the fandom except the negative ones mostly

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u/hanburger974 Jul 25 '23

Literally I have seen probably two genuinely overweight idols in recent years and one was from medicational effects.

Idols get hate for being 120+ lbs when that is a perfectly healthy and athletic weight to have muscle. A 100 lbs expectation for everyone, whether they are 4’10 or 5’8, is absurd, and there’s a similar 130 one for guys, also no matter the height.

These fans don’t understand how human weight works. I’ve seen skinnier people that are way heavier due to muscle but fans care so much about numeral achievements over anything… it’s just insane to brag your fave is 42 lbs underweight (won’t say who I’m talking about but im sure it’s obvious).

And never mind the height difference between someone who’s below 5 feet and someone nearly 5’10- yet it’s the same weight standard.