Today, the hug and meet event for 1,000 lucky fans that Jin personally planned took place. While fans were happy and enjoyed the first event with Jin since his discharge from the military, an incident occurred that affected the atmosphere of FESTA 2024.
Specifically, some videos went viral on social media showing the rude behavior of some ARMYs towards Jin while attending his hug event. Fans could not help but express their anger towards those who put him in an uncomfortable situation during this highly anticipated event:
As fans all know since the beginning of this month, there are 1,000 lucky ARMYs who will be able to meet and hug Jin in person at the "Free Hug" event within the framework of FESTA 2024. Jin held a special hug event to create a positive experience for fans to interact with the idol after his discharge from the military. Likewise, fans were excited and enthusiastic about the event.
Today, the event finally took place as part of '2024 FESTA', held at the Jamsil Sports Complex. At the beginning of the event, Jin took the time to personally thank the fans who have been by his side during his military service. The most anticipated part was when Jin started hugging his fans one by one.
However, during the event, some female fans got too excited and acted inappropriately towards the BTS superstar. Videos of these moments quickly went viral on social media, causing a huge wave of outrage among fans.
Netizens were outraged when they saw an ARMY hugging Jin and trying to kiss him. Luckily, Jin promptly tilted his head, his face seemingly trying not to show any discomfort. Jin ended the hug without any emotion and welcomed the next fan. However, other fans at the event screamed when they saw this action.
In another clip, a fan tried to hug Jin and although her intentions were unclear, she got very close and seemed to be about to kiss him. Another angle showed a fan trying to kiss Jin (with some believing it was her whispering something and the angle couldn’t confirm anything), another photo was shared that seemingly showed an ARMY actually touching his neck.
When the photos and videos were released, fans were extremely angry and ѕнσ¢кed at what they saw. While most ARMYs have a lot of respect for Jin, fans were angry that some people acted inappropriately towards him. At the same time, they also pointed out that ARMYs had a great opportunity with Jin but they took advantage of him, making him feel uncomfortable:
- If it was a kiss on Jin's cheek, it could be ѕєχual harαѕѕment
- Most fans are well-behaved but some fans are embarrαѕѕing the fandom
- It's not a kiss party, it's a hug party, it's unreasonable behavior
- omg i didnt realise that army tried to kiss him ???? i thought she moved her head that way by mistake what the fυ¢к ???? jin does this event out of the pure love in his heart and people exploit him you fяєαкs dont deserve bts
- Did that 2nd person try to kiss Seokjin…? Girl, if I find you… Seriously ARMY, please know your boundaries. Respect Seokjin and don’t make him feel uncomfortable.
- So, apparently she didn’t try to kiss him, but whispered soмєтнing into his ear. Ok, hopefully this is the truth. Still, whispering wasn’t part of the event. It may seem harmless but put yourself in SJ’s shoes, would you feel comfortable w/some stranger whispering into your ear?
- that вιт¢н that tried to kiss jin needs to get the fυ¢к away from him and respect him
- someone tried to kiss his cheek??? eeewwwwwww
- that's straight up harαѕѕment omg just look at her giggling after what she did! it makes me so sick
- Seriously, what is wrong with her?
- What’s wrong with her?
- Wow, I hope my bias doesn’t have a similar event.
- She’s not the only one to try this? Crazy.
- I knew soмєтнing like this was going to happen… The label and fans who said this wouldn’t happen are the weird ones.
- F*cking hate this.
- I don’t even want to call her a fan. She crossed a line.
- This is why I’m against hug events.
- Isn’t this ѕєχual harαѕѕment?
