Reporter Wu Ruici/Comprehensive Report
As one of the members of the girl group BLACKPINK, South Korean diva Jennie is sweet and cute, and has a high international popularity. However, she was caught smoking e-cigarettes in the room in July, and she also swallowed clouds and smog at the staff, which was criticized by Yan Shang for not having public morality. In response to the indoor smoking, she later apologized through the company, saying that she was reflecting on it and had apologized to the staff member. After 2 months, she recently accepted an interview with a magazine, once again mentioning the apology, and frankly said that "if Koreans feel wrong, then I have to make up for it", but this sentence caused public dissatisfaction and was once again inflamed.
Jennie recently gave an interview to the magazine about the reason for the apology. (Photo/Retrieved from "Harper's Fashion" magazine)
Jennie近日接受美国杂志《哈泼时尚》（Harper's Bazaar）采访，谈及日前在义大利室内抽电子烟的争议，她立刻透过经纪公司致歉，坦言「我该怎么做才好，如果韩国人觉得错了，那我就得弥补（What can I do? If Korean people think it’s wrong, I’ve got to make up for it.）」，强调要从粉丝的角度去理解，「我理解为什么你们会这么不开心，这是文化性、历史性、时代性的事情，而我无法违背时代（It’s like, I get why you guys are upset. It’s cultural, it’s history. It’s time. And I can’t go against time.）。 」
Jennie apologized a few days ago for smoking e-cigarettes indoors and spitting cigarettes in the faces of the staff. (Photo/Retrieved from Korean Network)
From Jennie's interview content revealed that South Korean culture cannot accept indoor smoking, this statement was transmitted back to Korea and was once again inflamed, some netizens thought that she did not understand the point, "She doesn't seem to know what she did wrong", "Spit cigarettes at the person in front of you when applying makeup, is this normal, this is not only Korea, it is something that the whole world will hate", "Follow Korea culture? The vernacular text is "Let's make Korea money", "What, isn't she Korean", "I'm also an overseas faction, but from what can I do?" I started answering, and the whole sentence didn't sound good."
The Korean network believes that Jennie did not sincerely apologize. (Photo/Retrieved from theqoo)
But some netizens hold the opposite view, thinking that Jennie herself is not not sincerely apologizing, it should be a difference in English grammar understanding, "If you think her interview seems to be more real, English should be relearned", "Jennie answered very handsomely", "Her original intention is to explain that "foreigners may not understand, but Koreans think so", Korean Internet set off positive and negative discussions.
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