MHJ, NJ, and NJ parents accuse Illit of bullying via noodles

[RussianRoulette]

Please take a seat and allow me to tell you about the biggest BS I have ever read in my life



There was apparently more NJ vs Illit stuff going on in Korea than overseas.

This is all apparently old news but it's trending again and I felt compared to share all of this with you because this is the stupidest fight i've ever read in my life.
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To begin this story:

Months ago (I think end of last year?) New Jean's Minji was in a scandal over this dish kalguksu.
During a broadcast (or show?) New Jeans were asked about kalguksu and Minji responded "What's kalguksu?" and Korean netizens went rapid.

Kalguksu is a common Korean dish so there's no way Minji would not know what Kalguksu is. Many netizens attacked her and felt she was acting stuck up/entitled for saying she did not know what kalguksu was (they pretty much interpreted the event as "what's kalguksu? I am too rich to eat commoner food like that")

What didn't help was in reaction to the hate from KNetz Minji then went onto live broadcast and ranted:
"Do you think I don’t know the meaning of kalguksu? I know how many types of kalguksu there are, what goes into it, and what materials it’s made from.”"

This reaction brought even more hate from Knetz, saying she has an attitude problem.

Minji later had to release a handwritten apology over the event.

I'm not sure if this blurb was from her handwritten apology or not, but here's a translation of part of her apology from this source:​

I’m truly sorry to Bunnies who were surprised and hurt by the not-so-good attitude I showed during the live broadcast, where I naturally and comfortably communicated with Bunnies."
“I know what reactions there were to my words last winter when I said I didn’t know what kalguksu was. Because I have severe food preferences and have never tried kalguksu, I unintentionally muttered to myself ‘What is kalguksu?’ while thinking about the types and tastes of kalguksu. I didn’t realize that a misunderstanding could arise from my muttering, and I wanted to explain clearly, but I thought it might be like spilled water, and I believed it would calm down over time.”​

For timeline reference: I believe the event happened in december-ish of last year and Minji going on live broadcast and her apology happened during the month of January.

How Illit got involved:

Time passes over this. Illit debuts.

As part of an Mnet segment Illit plays " Favorite Food World Cup" where the girls are presented with two food dishes and share which one they like more
(ex: Do you like pizza or french fries?)

One of the questions was "galbi-jjim or kalguksu" and 4 members choose kalguksu while 1 member chooses galbi-jjim". The Mnet editors also added a caption:
: "trending item: kalguksu" (I assume because the majority of the girls chose it).

This causes a massive shit show online.

Tokki's accuse Hybe of media play and think Hybe intentionally told Illit to choose kalguksu to attack New Jeans.

New Jeans parent's and MHJ both accuse Illit of bullying New Jeans because they said they liked kalguksu.

MHJ goes on a spree on instagram liking posts and videos of people who say Illit are bullying New Jeans by liking kalguksu.

When someone in Korea posted a screenshot of MHJ liking their post it went viral online and MHJ later released a statement that she "must have liked it by accident"


NJ's parents then start being vocal about how both them and their children (aka the New Jeans members) firmly feel Illit was bullying them buy choosing kalguksu in the game. They believe this was an intentionally jab by Belift/Hybe to humiliate NJ online and filed a formal documented complaint about it.

Their argument was that galbi-jjim is a more "luxury" food so there is no way the illit members would have chosen a more lowly common food like kalguksu over the luxurious galbi-jjim.

*Something I would like to shout out here is that while MHJ and NJ/NJ parents are accusing Belift/Hybe of adding that "kalguksu trending item" caption, this was something Illit filmed for Mnet so they did all the editing.*

Why this is being brought up again now:

Jin is releasing an album soon and I guess during his daily promotions he said he liked kalguksu, so Knetz brought up this controversy again.
Knetz were joking that they wonder if Korean celebrities will be allowed to publicly talk about or eat kalguksu again without being attacked.

I'm personally waiting to see if NJ/MHJ/NJ Parents/Tokki's will soon accuse Jin of bullying NJ as well by him saying he likes kalguksu.
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NGL every day I find it harder and harder to keep supporting New Jeans but I think this really hit the nail on the coffin for me.

I understand how being told to be ignored in the hallway is considered bullying, but how is illit saying they like a food you dislike considered bullying???

I've sort of lost some respect for new jeans over this.​

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[llamabean]

I mean... it is a stretch, but I can see it? In the sense of dog whistling.
If I was in their position at that level of paranoia, yeah, I can see it.
Either way, they need to contact a PR firm, already.

 

[Polaris_Tae]

I remember this non-issue controversy where it was m-net and not the girls (Illit) that fed into the kalguksu drama. This was legit just a this-or-that game
Do NJ & their parents not realize that Illit are the same age and that they are also someone's children too? Or is this a "Rules for thee and not for me" situation



Hoping Jin doesn't get involved bc the tannies have been dragged over enough shit over the past year already

 

[RussianRoulette]

I mean... it is a stretch, but I can see it? In the sense of dog whistling.
If I was in their position at that level of paranoia, yeah, I can see it.
Either way, they need to contact a PR firm, already.

They just really be in a high state of paranoia

Minji’s incident happened December-January. This broadcast of Illit was in late May and they were asked several foods to choose from in the episode, not just kalguksu.

If the events happened close together I can totally see it? But not almost 6 months later.

 

[llamabean]

They just really be in a high state of paranoia

Minji’s incident happened December-January. This broadcast of Illit was in late May and they were asked several foods to choose from in the episode, not just kalguksu.

If the events happened close together I can totally see it? But not almost 6 months later.

Not logical, but if I was nutzo butzo (like MHJ), there would be no limit

 

[SirTim0thy]

Oh dear. Doesn't stop, does it? It hardly seems fair to drag Illit further into this whole mess.

I fear there will be no winners here. What's the saying? War doesn't determine who is right, only who is left.

 

[RussianRoulette]

Not logical, but if I was nutzo butzo (like MHJ), there would be no limit

Taking into consideration it was recently revealed MHJ tried to possess Krystal via a shaman, you definitely aren’t wrong there

 

[Master Of Species]

Funny. I'm in this life for 10 years and I never heard about kalguksu, the first time was when the media and haters started aiming Minji.

What is more funny, I never heard any idol talk about or chose kalguksu as their favorite food until Illit bring that shit up, I know HYBE have their finger on it but I don't know how much the girls are fcking around.

 

[Chiharu]

that controversy was so stupid...female idols rlly be getting hate just for breathing. And I remember the pann post about illit choosing kalgusku and shading nj's what is the source for the nj parents bring this up, tho? I must have missed that in this whole mess...kind of stewpid of true, but given how petty hybe has proven to be, I wouldn't be surprised if there is some truth to it

 

[llamabean]

Funny. I'm in this life for 10 years and I never heard about kalguksu, the first time was when the media and haters started aiming Minji.

What is more funny, I never heard any idol talk about or chose kalguksu as their favorite food until Illit bring that shit up, I know HYBE have their finger on it but I don't know how much the girls are fcking around.

Right, it's giving dog whistle and with everyone spiraling, they'd be inclined to react.

 

[yyShin]

The headache I'm having over this

 

[choively]

good time to use the Liz emoji

 

[RussianRoulette]

good time to use the Liz emoji

This emoji has honestly been such a huge contribution to the forum, especially in this mess

 

[boo]

I remember NJ getting hate for this, Illit getting hate for this, and it doesn’t surprised me that MHJ liking those posts. But I don’t remember NJ mentioning anything about this and I must have missed NJ parents reaction? because I don’t remember hearing about it.

 

[Chiharu]

I remember NJ getting hate for this, Illit getting hate for this, and it doesn’t surprised me that MHJ liking those posts. But I don’t remember NJ mentioning anything about this and I must have missed NJ parents reaction? because I don’t remember hearing about it.

yea, I didn't see this in any of the posts on this whole drama, but maybe I've missed it...I haven't seen anything about Jin liking kalgusku either, but I avoid anything bts related like the plague, so

 

[RussianRoulette]

I will at one point try to post the OG article link about the parents complaining, the issue is the articles were from a few months ago and the sources I found have an English translation of the article title but not the Korean title so it makes it difficult to find the OG

Of what I understand from the sources the parents complaining (I believe on NJ behalf?) was lumped into one of the back and forth emails between them and adore/hybe and it happened in may

 

[Pandaa]

oh no : ( have u ever been bully with nooodle hallyuplsusuer ?

 

[RussianRoulette]

oh no : ( have u ever been bully with nooodle hallyuplsusuer ?

Being from NJ (New Jersey), if you have bad pasta preferences people will actually bully you right then and there to your face

 

[Your Biggest Fan]

Taking into consideration it was recently revealed MHJ tried to possess Krystal via a shaman, you definitely aren’t wrong there

Pardon?!

 

[SirTim0thy]

Being from NJ (New Jersey), if you have bad pasta preferences people will actually bully you right then and there to your face

Spoiler

(I was born in New Jersey and can unfortunately confirm this)