Recently, a picture of MONSTA X member SHOWNU holding an electronic cigarette on the music show MCOUNTDOWN sparked public discussion.
Although the official quickly removed the picture and uploaded a new 'no-smoke version', it still sparked controversy. Unexpectedly, today(4th), EXO member D.O. was caught smoking indoors, making the issue of idols smoking indoor a topic of public debate again.
Today, South Korean netizens posted an animated image on a forum, showing a scene where EXO member D.O. is smoking in the waiting room of a program.
In the footage, member Baekhyun can be seen practicing the Challenge dance steps they are to perform with Zerobaseone. However, some netizens noticed D.O. in the background exhaling plumes of smoke, leading to speculations of him smoking, thus exposing this aspect.
After the post was exposed, it immediately became a hot topic on Korean forums. Previously, Shownu of Monsta X was also found in 2019 to have smoked an electronic cigarette in the rest room. Therefore, many netizens believed this time that the issue isn't about smoking, but they wondered why they always smoked indoors.
Netizens commented, "Isn't it difficult to not smoke indoors?", "There are so many people in the break room, why don't they consider others?", "Isn't the waiting room non-smoking?", "Are they afraid of being caught smoking outside that's why they smoke indoors? But the point is, indoor smoking is prohibited!", "What did the staff working in the same space do to deserve this?", "This has happened several times already, can male idols really not survive without cigarettes..?" The discussion was very heated.
