Hyunjin of Stray Kids faces renewed controversy as fans demand his withdrawal from the group. On March 14, images of a protest truck targeting JYP Entertainment surfaced online, urging Hyunjin’s departure from Stray Kids.
The truck was sent to the JYP Entertainment office building and displayed messages such as:
- “Hwang Hyunjin, get out.”
- “Who gave Stray Kids the image of bullies? You’re so cool, Hyunjin.”
- “If you can’t fix it, throw it away! Stop holding back the team, and get out.”
- “This is the third controversy. All 3 times it’s been about Hwang Hyunjin. What’s JYP’s standard to kick him out.”
Korean netizens were surprised by the protest trucks and commented,
- “The company needs to file a lawsuit. These were just rumors but people are having their moments of stupidity.”
- “JYP should just sue them. The company is at fault for this endless fabrication (of rumors). They should protect all the members. They haven’t protected all their members and they’re always neglected. Every time.”
- “There’s nothing else Hyunjin did wrong except that school bullying controversy.”
- “The money for the protest truck is such a waste.”
- “I feel bad for Hyunjin. I feel like he’s hated on so much just for the bullying controversy.”
The protest trucks were dispatched following the controversy involving the notorious former idol trainee Han Seo Hee.
Messenger chatroom logs purportedly featuring conversations between Han Seo Hee and another individual went viral recently. In the Instagram direct messages and open Kakaotalk conversations, Han Seo Hee discusses dating and encounters with multiple male idols.
In the open chat conversation, Han Seo Hee shared,
“I wanted to make E cry but he showed up with cologne on. So I sniffed him and took off his hoodie, telling him he smelled nice. He had nice abs but I still didn’t get excited. E is really not my style. When you see celebrities, you get excited but E is really r***ded.”
Following the circulation of these conversation screenshots, some netizens speculated that Hyunjin was the idol involved in a supposed “one-night stand” with Han Seo Hee.
However, these rumors were rooted in unfounded information, and the original poster of the chat log confessed that they were fabricated.