BLACKPINK’s Jisoo hit with viral boycott threats due to her brother’s scandal

BLACK PINKsay Jisoo is now facing boycotts from Korean netizens due to her brother’s recent scandal.

The idol’s brother, Kim Jung Hun, was recently embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, and the fallout spilled over to Jisoo. Some people have announced that they will stop watching their projects and streaming their music in response.

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One such post went viral with hundreds of upvotes on Pann. However, the post also points out that it is wrong to bash and leave hateful comments about her.

Honestly, it is true that you will be put off by the family of a sex offender.

So personally, I won’t watch any movies or K-Dramas with Jisoo, won’t listen to her music, and will boycott her. But it’s just me who chooses not to spend my money on her or give her any attention. What I really can’t wrap my head around is people actively going out of their way to trash her and leave hateful comments. Celebrities make their living from attention, so if you really can’t stand them, stop boosting their profile by chasing them down and just block them when they pop up so they stop appearing on your feed.

– Viral post on Pann

In the comments, many netizens agreed with the OP. The general consensus was simple: if you don’t like her, stop paying attention to her.

• “This doesn’t just apply to controversial celebrities but to the entertainment industry as a whole honestly lol. If you want a celebrity to fail = cut them off completely and stop consuming their content completely lol. They say no comment is scarier than hate comments and if you really want them to fail you have to stop both but usually you have to stop both. haters and the fans are way too active so the buzz never goes away really not…”
• “Even if it was her brother who did it, if people lost their love for her just because she’s family, then that’s it, nothing you can do. But go around harassing her sister about a misogynistic crime committed by a Korean man is truly uncaring lol. It says a lot that even the victim herself posted a statement twice asking them not to go after her other innocent family members.”
• “But the people who are obsessed with hating Jisoo. What exactly did they want her to do? Was Jisoo, the youngest sister, supposed to follow her brother around – a man who is almost 40 years old – to watch his every move and run his life for him…?? lol. Why is it in this country, when a Korean guy always does something wrong, or blame? younger sister? And the fact that it’s other women to do that, to target his female family members instead of the man himself, is truly bizarre.”
• “Well, any reasonable person would think along these lines, that’s for sure. ‘But isn’t it wrong for the conversation to go off track with people going after his family? I really have no interest in this as a non-Jisoo fan, but this is a case of a Korean man doing what Korean men do. And now, just because his sister breaks, it’s all an idol, and it’s only an idol. focus on the real male perpetrator In my opinion, it’s not something that Jisoo deserves to be condemned by association, but because this situation needs to stay focused on properly supporting the victim and making sure that the perpetrator faces serious punishment. —to lose the plot completely and in the end, absolutely no help for the victim at all.'”
• “But putting all that aside. What’s the point of insulting a woman over a misogynistic crime committed by a Korean man lol. It just doesn’t make them better than that misogynistic man himself.”

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