Dispatch Names 4 Famous Idols Jung Kook, Eun Woo, Jaehyun, and Mingyu as Visiting Itaewon Club in Late April during COVID-19 Outbreak There

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• Majority of the fans are defending the idols and getting mad at dispatch. At first they accused them for lying and then when the idols admitted their faults and apologized the fans started to throw other accusations at dispatch. It’s really sad that certain people judge idols differently than they would towards a non-famous human. The pile of defenses they made for the idols is remarkable. I want them as my defense lawyers in the future LOL

  —I love majority of the idols mentioned here but I’m not going to excuse them from their actions. It’s great that they admitted fault and apologized, hopefully they and others people (famous and non-famous) who do the same things during this time will be more mindful of their actions. —there are so many people violating the social distancing rules, so many, it just shows that people in general don’t really care for their fellow humans :(

  • I understand idols made mistake but what about govt and thousand of people who went to clubs? Why to open clibs at the first place? Idols r easy target thats it.
    Yes they deserve to be callrd out but making them scapegoat for govt as well as 10000 of citizens mistake is wrong as well

    • I agree, other people deserve to be called out too but they’re not famous and people don’t care, it’s a downside of being famous.

    • government made issue that they are "suggested to close the operation" since SK is controlled environtmen, government can't easily close private ownership unless it's really really dangerous or they'll called dictators, the government take the measure they can, now they can force stop the club because of the outbreak, see the difference

      blaming the government is easier than idol right?

    • the bar ignored the suggestion to stay closed

      also government can't issue or forced private sector to close unless something really bad happened or they'll be called dictatorship, see the difference? covid was contained in SK so they can only suggest it

      the government tried their best but it's easy to blame them right? because govt=bad
      but the irresponsible idols who'll interact with way more people than normal citizen and actively promote social distancing
      just need to be shielded because they just 22 years old man who don't know any better, poor them

    • yup he is innocent. And outbreak happened week after. Outrage is fake. BTS antis finding scraps lmao. Most 22 years old guys r immature.

• FYI - Winner's Mino wasn't even in Itaewon.

  • Its obviously a cover up for these idols.I feel so sorry for mino.He was not even in the club,its a guesthouse with an entertainment room.dispatch release mino's first to redirect the hate to him.I am so angry..

    • U guys need to stop with ur bs conspiracy! U said bighit owned dispatch then y jk jamr got revealed, yg groups r problematic and whole company is shady

  • Yes! It’s so far from Seoul. And he wasn’t in the club “club”.

• They went early though before outbreak. Problem is it was irresponsible on their part. But also govt shouldn't open clubs this soon.
  On the other hand citizens should follow distancing for this year atleast. Backlash is expected. All top idols. He is young and pampered by other members. So it is gonna be tough lesson. But stop blaming them for outbreak. Thousand of people went in itaewon. So stop using them as scapegoat lol. They did what thousand of people were doing. At same time people said dispatch was owned by bighit and they r using it against pimp company yg lol. Now that crap is over atleast. Dispatch is nooone's relative.

• Jungkook is a kid. Spare him. U haters

  • 22 years old is not a "kid".

    • He is not mature yet. And most men become mature after 25 or so. He is most pampered. So basically he is like a teenager. Please understand he is golden maknae baby of group. He doesn't deserves bashing

    • Seeing all these clowns infantalizing & bending over backwards for a grown ass man who didn't have the common sense to stay home during a pandemic is hilarious. Kpop Stanning is one helluva drug.

  • Seungri used to be the golden magnae, and look at what he has done.

    In bts, only jk has the scandals, his name again and again. 22 isn't a kid.

    But then, for fans, oppa is never wrong.

    • R u comparing this with senguri. R u serious? I knoe u stan bb n yg artist but dont even comoare this to drugist and pimps. To call it even

    • How is this even comparable to serious crimes committed by bb members like taking drugs and one a pimp. Which whole world knows. What equivalency? This isnt a crime. 1000s of people went to cl8bs but 79 liners didnt went to club. They went to bar olus restaurant. Hoe do u even come up with this? Just bcoz u cant justify ur criminals oppas dont put jk on that level. Yg fans dream of seeing bts on has beens criminals is disgusting

    • Bb fans need to stop being salty about bts bts didnt ask them to cause crimes

    • I’m guessing what she means is that Seungri was the baby of the group so would always be excused and pampered for his behavior. But look how he turned out- the worst and though other members of bigbang has their faults Seungri completely dirtied the groups name.

      So I’m thinking in this way she is comparing to Seungri. Of course JK is no where on Seungri levels. But he is the youngest of the group and he has been in many “scandals” and always being forgiven because he’s the youngest. But like bigbang’s youngest the don’t want JK and his shenanigans to bring the group down.

      In most families, it’s usually the spoiled child who is always forgiven and shielded who brings the most shame to the family.

      Jk needs to wise up or else he will fall, and the higher up you are the harder you will fall.

  • Imagine calling a 22-year-old grown man "a kid" lmao. Another episode of fangirl Ady making 203928 excuses for her mediocre oppa LMH, who is on the downfall, and now BTS but will throw slurs and below-the-belt personal attacks on female idols lol.

    • We call him baby bcoz he is baby of group. Learn to read and defensive about jk has nothing to do with my fave actor? R u on drugs or u r airhead like ur fabe who is known as dumb idol. Mmy fave will keeo getting main roles as centre but ur fave. She is already a showpiece used for nothing. Eternal showpiece. Worry about her and u bash female idols all d time inlcuding jennie iu yoona. So shut ur crap lmaom. I bash openly ! And u make transphoblic comments on lmh and use kris jenner as an insult and keep insulting other women. So stop acting like saint lmaoo. Get a life obsessed creep

    • ofc 22 years old is a kid, for fans, even 40 years old is a kid
      they can never be wrong and the fans actively hide everything or start slander just to protect their "kid",

    • Never claimed not to have bashed them (Jennie, IU, Yoona), but I keep it on their acting and star power, not below-the-belt bashing on their "personalities" like you do. lmao you act like you know them personally and then claim your Jungkook as innocent baby boy? CRINGE. My fave is fine, sweetie. Her drama still had better ratings than your eternal chaebol who even has KES superstar writer backing him but got a low of 5% range. Wow what a successful return for the "king" lmao.

• I belong to a Kpop fandom myself but I've to admit, most Kpop stans can be embarrassing sometimes. Lol

• He went a week before outbreak. He doesnt have crystal ball koalas. Stop hating him aunty

  • I remember you said people calling your fave JJH "aunt" is ageist, but now you're here calling koala aunty. Just admit that you're no different than any other delusional fangirl: biased and overly defensive (but yours is next-level since you're the queen of vulgarities and foul language). lmao

    • Aunty is respect in my country for a women with children and in their mid age. I m young girl who will call aunty an aunty. It id ur mentality which u take as negative. Change ur mindset
      Rofl u r fan of eternal showpiece. That i@ blind fangirlish behavior! And u want me to bash u. I have done enough on NB where u did d same. Why acting h9lier than thou? It is not gonna save ur faves career. Eternal showpiece

    • Nobody's buying your act, hun. You obviously wanted to drag Koala with an ageist comment because she dared to not praise your king in previous articles. Pathetic. Guess what? Only his delusional fangirls will praise his mediocre acting of 17 years and claim him as the same level as Kim Soo Hyun and Park Seo Joon. Sorry to burst your bubble, but he's not lol.

    • Who cares if u dint buy my act. U r a nobody for me.and i have nothing to justify to u lmao and i dont get what he has to do hereM u r despo for him or what? When u stan eternal showpiece u shouldnt talk about him. He wilm get that offers all over again. He is that big but ur fave? Her drama already looks a low level production and her movies roles. Yikes. Eternal showpiecem my fave wont do thatm worry about them
      And aunty is respect. It is ur problem and disgusting mindset. Get help for it

    • As I said, nobody's buying your excuses hun. Go check the most recent article on your eternal chaebol. Your foul mouth, toxicity, and lack of grammar is well-known. And I repeat, my fave's drama had better ratings than your eternal chaebol despite your claims that TKEM would reach 20% because of combined power of a megastar writer and so-called "king of his generation." lol embarrassing.

• Damn that's irresponsible. The authorities shouldn't have allowed clubs to be open at all but it's incredibly poor judgment on the part of these young men to have gone there in the middle of a pandemic, they must have known how poorly it would be seen and like I said in the last post about this - they would be a public health risk if they were exposed, especially if they didn't self-isolate after that.

  • Korea was not in quarantine anymore.
    Everything was going normal
    People were living their lives
    10000s of people went to itaewon clubd whereas 97 liners went ti bar aka restaurant
    They went a week before outbreak.
    Yes they were immature to do so but problem is whole country was not following rules anymore. So they are easy scapegoats

• Yes, they are humans too, and susceptible to lapses in judgement, but the fact of the matter is, they are also idols, and part of the job means being held to a higher-than-average standard of conduct, as many young people do look up to these idols as role models. I think that any parent would hope that the idol that their child loves sets a good example. Though it may seem unreasonable at first, I think that mindset is fairly understandable if you try to empathise with the parent.

  Furthermore, as idols, they come into contact with an inordinately large number and wide variety of individuals throughout their work daily. The chance (and scale) of community transmission through an idol who may be an asymptomatic carrier is MUCH larger than a normal Korean who was at those clubs too. So to some extent, I understand the backlash that these idols are facing. Going clubbing at that time, no matter whether social distancing restrictions had been implemented or not, was not the wisest decision.

  TL;DR: Clubbing at that time, though not illegal, was definitely not worth this trouble.

• To koala:mino is not even in Itaewon.he was on vacation with his friends in Yangyang,Gangwondo.His news was released first because people actually wants the name of celebrity that were caught going there after the Itaewon outbreak.Dispatch redirect the hate to him when in fact he was not even performing in real club, its a small entertainment room for guest in the guesthouse he was staying in.Its only consist of his close friends there. Nevertheless,he apologized since it is reckless to have vacation during this pandemic,but South Korea itself already relaxed their social distancing rule so he is not exactly breaking any rules.thank you.

• Why not own it (It’s been circulating) instead of waiting for dispatch to release the article.

  Sorry to the fans of these idols but I don’t believe one’s sincerity when they only apologize just because they got caught. That’s irresponsible of them regardless of the test result.

  And please don’t justify their action bec they’re young—they are of legal age and already know what they’re doing!

  • What about 1000s of people who partied? These idols didnt even go to club like those idiots. Thry r not evem close to those idiots. Why such hypocrisy?

    • ady please stop. just stop. you bullied everyone including koala the other day saying it was all an elaborate conspiracy against bts, and now you are derailing again. let's just take the L, wish he learnt his lesson, and move on. there's nothing wrong in admitting an idol fucked up, they are humans like the rest of us. you are objectifying him and taking agency away from him as well. he's AN ADULT and he has to face the consequences for his actions, especially in such a sensitive time (we are literally in the middle of a pandemic). once again, you bring shame to armys. grow up.

    • stop lecturing me. we armys r bts fans not kpop fans. remember that. we dont give a damn about what u kpoopies think about us. we stan BTS and the day they disband we will leave kpop. Armys dont give a damn about u and he didn't commit any thing illegal. so u take a L and move on. BB fan

    • Ady is correct this time. What about the 1000 people who partied? Armani, please stop. I work in the ER and see too many people not tested and think they are ok but not... people ranging from housewives to young children. So stop your stereotyping Guys and Gals. No one should isolate one specific group of workers but excuse others including those who do not work.

    • @md thanku. I am not justifying their act but itaewon crona breaout happened in clubs later on . not on that day. Why to put blame on idols for that? Only idols should follow duties? yes they should be criticized but dont use them as scapegoat for breakout when they had no contribution in it

    • There you go again ady

    • Nana whats wrong? I didnt say anything wrong here