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On Thursday, August 10, BLACKPINK's Lisa posted some pictures from her Greece vacation on Instagram. The famous internet news outlet, Pop Crave, talked about how amazing the idol looked in the newly released photos.
While fans were elated to see Lisa's vacation pictures, the NewJeans Global Fanbase account's comment on the tweet shocked everyone. Followed by a bunch of disrespectful emojis, the comment read,
"She looks terrible."
As the incident garnered a lot of attention, the fan account responded to the heat by declaring that their account was hacked and the comments made towards Lisa were not their intentions or doing. However, fans refused to believe the statement, and because the account hasn't yet apologized for the harm caused, they have been demanding the same from the Twitter account's admins.
Fans demand a statement of apology from NewJeans Global Fanbase's Twitter account after its disrespectful comment toward BLACKPINK's Lisa
NewJeans Global Twitter account is a fanbase account that was created by and for the group's fandom, BUNNIES, to update about NewJeans' events, schedules, releases, etc. While its functions strictly stand within the relation of the rookie K-pop girl group, NewJeans, its interaction with Pop Crave's post, especially when it was about BLACKPINK's Lisa, confused the netizens.
However, the reactions soon turned into anger as fans found the disrespectful comment made towards her Instagram post. Many BLINKs expressed their disgust and unhappiness with the tweet and made it apparent that they were clearly upset by the position it puts the idol, Lisa, in.
As the issue gained heat, the NewJeans Global fanbase account released a statement declaring that their account was hacked and the comment was not made by the admins of the account. The statement read:
"Hello, We are NewJeansGlobal. Around two hour ago, we were hacked and some disturbing and provocative material were posted without the knowledge of any of our admins. The post were taken down shortly after and we have now managed to change our password. We are still learning everyday and our team thanks you for your endless support. Thank you to our followers who gave us advice on what to do, and we will continue to support NewJeans."
Regardless of the clarifying statement, fans were displeased. Firstly, some refused to believe that the account was actually hacked and said that this was the damage control they planned for their intended actions. Secondly, even after their statement, fans pointed out that the account still hasn't apologized to Lisa and her fans for their actions.
Given that the damage was caused by the account, regardless of whether they were hacked or not, fans believe that an apology is due from their side. However, as fans continued to trend the issue on Twitter, they noted that the Twitter account NewJenas Global has been blocking people who've been demanding an apology, which only further makes fans doubt the legitimacy of the account admins' innocence.
