In a variety show, Red Velvet main vocalist Wendy opened up on an experience she had when she was a trainee and got scolded by SM Entertainment. Here's what happened.
Red Wendy Reveals Time She Got Scolded by SM Entertainment
In the show, Red Velvet main vocalist and solo singer Wendy shared her story in the past.
When she was still a trainee, she celebrated her birthday with her parents who made her a cake, which she refused to eat because she was on a diet. Her mother, however, insisted she eat.
Moreover, her parents even removed the sugar and got her a custom-made cake, knowing she was on a diet. She gave in and took only a tiny bite.
Unfortunately, SM Entertainment found out and scolded her.
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN: NCT Jeno Followed THIS TWICE Member on Instagram - Here's What Happened
Red Velvet Wendy narrated:
"They [parents] were sharing [food] with me but then I got scolded. Because I was supposed to be on a diet. They'd ask me 'why are you eating this?'"
Over the post on Instiz, the author and fans shared their two cents on the matter, with most of the commenters saddened at Wendy's situation.
"I would've been so sad about it...ㅠㅠㅠ"
"This is just sad, it's not even a cake."
"The trend nowadays is healthy diet and rather than starving yourself, they tell everyone to just 'lose weight through work out~' meanwhile, most of the kids still survive on sweet potatoes and salads as main meals."
The author also said that Wendy must've felt wronged by SM Entertainment since she only ate a tiny piece of the pumpkin cake but still got scolded.
Fans understand that there is a certain weight idol need to maintain when they are promoting or even before their debut. But it seems like it was too much to scold Wendy when she did not even eat that much.
Fans React To Red Velvet Wendy's Revelation
Plenty of commenters expressed various opinions on the matter, while some mentioned Wendy's labelmates.
Fans think about their idols' health, especially for newly-debuted groups from SM Entertainment as the staff tend to get strict about dieting.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: f(x) Luna Updates on Mental Health Battle: 'I'm not going to live like that anymore'
There are comments about how SM Entertainment was stricter with Red Velvet during their debut days.
Some were saddened by Wendy's story. Others recalled that one time, during a broadcast where Wendy and Seulgi were with Taeyeon and they went out for ice cream. At that time, Red Velvet's manager did not permit the members to eat a scoop of ice cream, so Taeyeon scolded the manager to stop staring at her junior idols and let them eat in peace.
Other fans of other SM Entertainment groups commented on the article too saying that their idols were put on a very strict diet, too. A MeU (f(x) fan) shared a story about how the members wanted to eat kimbap but it was not allowed, so they asked EXO Sehun to buy it for them.
An NCTzen shared their story too about how the members themselves said to them that the forced and strict dieting has alternated their bodies and now they cannot gain weight.
Here's how people are reacting to Red Velvet Wendy's anecdote.
"Maybe because dieting is the most fundamental? Not even within the company, but even for people who go audition, they would already diet a lot before going."
"There's that gif of RV circulating during their debut days when they were asked what they wanted to eat, and they were all staring at each other, and Taeyeon was watching them next to them."
"The skinny members of NCT also said that they were forced into dieting so much during trainee days that their bodies' compositions almost changed because of it."
What do you think of the stories shared by idols and the strict diet implemented by their companies?
KpopStarz owns this article.
Written by Jaswin Singh
