Zico's Past 'Disgusting' Remarks Resurface Amid Ongoing Controversy: 'He Trashed His Own Image

Zico is currently in hot waters from the K-pop community, as the idol is being accused as the alleged "thief" who broke into the house of the late Goo Hara. Netizens have also stitched the hate train with the idol's suspected ties to the infamous Burning Sun scandal in 2019.

On June 24, netizens established a community post titled, "Isn't Zico So Disgusting?" The thread contained a screenshot from MBC's "Radio Star," which featured Zico and Jung Joon Young. The episode was released way back in 2016.

For additional context, Zico shared that Jung Joon Young had a secret "golden phone," which he only used for KakaoTalk. Netizens then began to suspect that the "golden phone" stated in the talk show was the controversial phone used to share private footage of the Burning Sun victims.

This was later clarified by Zico himself on March 13, 2019, when he released a handwritten letter explaining that the "golden phone" remark had nothing to do with the Burning Sun scandal.

"All I saw on the phone was a list of contacts from my acquaintances, and it had been a long time since I had communicated privately. Please refrain from premature speculation, and we will respond strongly to malicious comments and the spread of false facts."

OP shared:

Translation:

• "Hyung, where's your golden phone?"
• "He uses it as if it's his"
• "If you think of Zico, you'd think automatically of his golden phone. He's the one who trashed his own image so why is he blaming others? And his fans are a bunch of mentally ill gang."
• "He's the one who wanted that rough gangster-like image for himself and now he wants to pretend he's all innocent and trying hard to rebuild his image. He's freaking disgusting."

The post currently garners a total of 1,034 upvotes, gaining attention from netters. Netizens in the comments section expressed their disgust towards Zico and how revolting it was to see him having been associated with Jung Joon Young.

Meanwhile, others were sickened by his past conversation with Choi Taejoon about the topic of pornographic material.

• "I honestly want to vote up this post 100 times. You've said everything I wanted to say."
• "Aside from the fact that he's suspected of stealing Goo Hara's safe, he's the one who went around talking about how he's Jung Joon Young's best friend, he's simply trash."
• "Why does he feel like the victim now?"
• "The fact that he was one of Jung Joon Young's closest friends is already disgusting."
• "For real, his group's fangirls need to stop calling him Zi-father of whatever bulls**t to praise him."

Zico: "Last time there was a porn you wanted me to show you, do you want me to show it on my phone?"

Zico: "Hyung likes the 'imprisoned' stuff."

Taejoon: "And you like the 'tied' stuff."

Taejoon: "But the site you sent me was closed down!"

• "I truly hope there is a hell for these people to burn in."
• "Can't believe they made a porn talk on national TV and people watched this, found it funny, never criticized and continued to support with full heart."

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Written by Israel Monte