BLACKPINK Jennie's agency responds to criticism after smoking on stylist's face allegations; backlash continues
But before this apology, she received a lot of backlash for not showing appreciation for the artists who worked for her.
Updated : July 09, 2024 03:39 PM ISTBut before this apology, she received a lot of backlash for not showing appreciation for the artists who worked for her.
BLACKPINK's Jennie
After facing considerable backlash for not just smoking indoors, which is illegal in many countries including South Korea, but also blowing smoke on her stylist's face, BLACKPINK's Jennie acknowledged and apologized for her actions. For those who are unaware, a now-deleted YouTube video had a scene of Jennie using a vape pen indoors. In the video, Jennie seemed to be smoking, but the main issue was that she was seen releasing smoke on the makeup artists who were working directly in front of her.
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While the idol may face real-life consequences for smoking indoors, her agency, OA Entertainment, released a statement saying she apologizes to everyone who felt uncomfortable with the content. She also apologized to all the staff on-site who may have been affected.
However, the public response to her apology has been largely negative. Many netizens feel that the apology was insufficient and that Jennie’s actions reflect poorly on her as a celebrity.
안녕하세요.
— OA (@oddatelier) July 9, 2024
OA엔터테인먼트입니다.
지난 2일 공개된 콘텐츠 내 제니의 행동에 불편함을 느끼신 모든 분께 진심으로 사과의 말씀을 전합니다.
제니 또한 실내에서 흡연한 점, 그로 인해 다른 스태프분들에게 피해를 드린 점에 대해 반성하고 있으며 당시 현장에 있던 스태프에게도 직접 연락을 취해… pic.twitter.com/pAQnXOBg19
But before this apology, she received a lot of backlash for not showing appreciation for the artists who worked for her. Numerous media sites questioned how a channel with Jennie's size could commit such an expensive error.
Blackpink Jennie kim trending on weibo hot search under the topic "Jennie suspected of smoking". Some people critized jennie for smoking indoor and for smoking too close to her stylist face calling her immoral while others trying to defend her and call it normal behavior. https://t.co/LQvzVxXaUA pic.twitter.com/zxFK3HmOLP
— Maddie 💟 (@herismaddiew) July 8, 2024
"don't worry because she doesn't like smokers"
— •_• (@kkb_000) July 8, 2024
jennie herself is a smoker lmfao 😭 btw a disrespectful smoker smoking in a closed place and in the faces of staff https://t.co/JGFlCgD8nI pic.twitter.com/UxF9Nv7gPc
passive smoking is extremely unhealthy as much as smoking is , am glad they apologised to the staff involved.
— rubyy (@hunningblu) July 9, 2024
Jennie is a grown woman, even though vaping shouldn't be normalized , it's her choice, but smoking right infront of the staff face worsened the incident. https://t.co/MBwqeWKXIO
At least, her fans would be more humble now after dragging male idols for years just because they smoked OUTDOORS, while queen Jennie was busy smoking into the face of workers. Karma is real. Also, I thought blonks claimed it was a "Diffuser" 😅😅 always the delulus
— NRE Ancine⁷ (@nr_ancine) July 9, 2024
We care about her smoking in staffs damn face indoor...every artist has been shamed bcz of smoking but here she had done something worser...so why would people leave now?is it bcz it's Jennie?
— magicalwonder (@MickeyL45640) July 9, 2024
According to Wikitree, "The fact that her smoking controversy was sparked by friendly fire is a cause for pause. The fact that a channel that is watched worldwide would include footage of her smoking indoors is causing audiences to do a double-take".
Jennie smoking Vape 💨 in her vlog pic.twitter.com/yi3DH8DsQW
— no na (@nona15648321) July 8, 2024
About Jennie:
The rapper recently achieved a remarkable milestone in her solo career when the song she sang in collaboration with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp 'One of the Girls' became one of the few artists whose at least one solo track has surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify. Released on December 8, 2023, the song is featured on the soundtrack of HBO's series 'The Idol,' which also faced backlash for its storyline.
Her fans were also criticizing her label for its lack of promotions, such as updating social media, posting press releases, and so on. They also couldn’t understand why they would post low-quality images on her official social media accounts when there were high-quality versions of it.