Luvies are currently discussing Red Velvet Irene's hate train in an online community forum.
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ReVeluvs Discuss Red Velvet Irene's 'Relentless' Hate Train, Recalls Idol's Attitude Controversy
On March 6, Luvies gathered in an online thread, titled, "Am I the only one who finds it questionable that Irene still gets dragged?"
In the post, OP recalled the time when Irene was embroiled in an attitude controversy in October 2020.
The issue involved a stylist calling out the idol for her "poor" behavior during a heated exchange, sparking numerous forums about the controversy and even escalating in the media.
OP stated that Irene is still getting hated across online platforms, and claimed that it led to her stopping all solo schedules. The author also expressed frustration over the endless hate Irene has been receiving.
"She has been hated on by all communities and media platforms, and she had to stop all of her individual promotions. When will people be ever satisfied with their hate towards her? I don't know. She has never committed a similar mistake after that incident either."
"She has reflected and has been living quietly, but the fact that people will start typing hate comments every time they're bored is such a bad practice."
The post's comments section drew divided reactions from netizens. On one side, some were still affected by Irene's past actions and expressed that the issue, alongside the idol, should always be dragged out.
- "She power trips, isn't it obvious?"
- "No, we need to keep dragging her."
- "If power trip is a form of bullying, then it's no different from school violence."
- "A power-trip girl should always be dragged."
However, other netizens expressed how tired they were of the hate train ever since the incident.
International fans were pragmatic with the post, saying that the controversy would always stick to Irene's image indefinitely. Here's how they reacted:
- "Me too. I don't like it when people blindly swear at others, but what's with the 'she reflected and has been living quietly' claims?"
- "She already apologized. What more do you want her to do?"
- "Unfortunately, that image will stay with her. Also, she's mainly known for her visuals and not singing or acting, so her image matters even more than other idols."
- "Besides an obvious bait post to get her dragged more, it's obviously never going to go away since she's such a popular and well-known female idol."
- "It's been nearly 3 and 1/2 years now though and some people really do care more about this than actual criminals and that's weird."
- "If she was in a small company, she would have been extinct from the idol industry. Her scandal was honestly pretty serious that even an actress wouldn't have survived."
- "What she did was inappropriate but the way she gets cussed out after three years, you'd think she did a Seungri or Kris. It's safe to say that the reactions against her are relatively overblown."
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