Likely because of that ktalk going around pretending to be an employee having a chat with him that was proven to be fake and to try and quell fans
missingumissing on
Not to sound like a conspiratorial lunatic but I’m starting to believe SM orchestrated all of this. They iced Seunghan out for almost a year and provided him with virtually no legal support against the leakers at the height of his hate train. They announced his return randomly with no preemptive measures taken to rehab his reputation amongst k-ot6ers knowing that he would be torn apart online. And then immediately sent the other guys abroad so they couldn’t discuss Seunghan’s decision to leave the group in person with him.
It feels like they manipulated everything so that Seunghan was isolated and demoralized and felt like he had no choice but to withdraw to save everyone else’s career. I think SM decided months ago they didn’t want him in the group anymore so they engineered a situation where they could be like “look at least we tried to bring him back :(” to international fans and keep it pushing. Now they’re dealing with the consequences of their fucked up management and Seunghan is traumatized for life.
Edit: at least we now know for sure that SM is getting nervous about the backlash. We’ll have to see if the upcoming irl protest moves the needle further.
cmq827 on
They should’ve been doing this since the first Seunghan leaks came out before RIIZE even debuted. Just saying.
yseeveskerev on
Should have done that from the beginning of the year
dctrash on
10 months late.
So much of this could have been avoided if they stood by Seunghan and protected him in the first place.
KazVanilla on
start with the k-briize who sent funeral wreaths 😘
neocitywayv on
Too late. SM should have taken legal action from the start, they shouldn’t have erased him. The members probably weren’t able to mention him, which is exactly what enabled the OT6 stans. They dragged the hiatus for no reason because they couldn’t make a decision. This will go down in history as the worst “scandal” they managed. It’s absurd.
Every time SM claims to take legal action against hate/malicious comments no one is gonna believe them. SM is the boy who cried wolf.
inconclusion3yit on
The statement for Seunghan is shorter and less concrete than riize’s and is really just a rehash of what they said 10 months ago. This is SM’ plead go stop international fans from making so much noise and I dont trust it one bit
soundofcherry on
i already said this but making a separate post for Seunghan is vile. im actually appalled at how badly theyre handling this… making a clear distinction between the Riize members and Seunghan as if they are two different things is.. a choice. Everyone who is already boycotting and angry at this situation is even more enraged now. Add on the fact that they officially deleted Seunghan’s weverse profile a couple hours ago and you got yourself a shit show.
ringdingdong19 on
2/10 damage control. should’ve done this 10 months ago
Wonkislay on
This should been done before all of this happened, when his photos were leaked and before he went on hiatus, SM is late and now protecting them very late
ApolloAchille on
okay… how about doing this like a year ago??? or earlier? not to mention the way sm handles things actively contributes to this behaviour by, you know, simply ignoring it or by playing right into what these people want. sorry but unless there is actual action and a change in the way the company operates, these are just empty words. sm doesn’t care about riize and for sure doesn’t care about seunghan.
icyhotquirky on
Wow SM is on time as usual /s
RegretEat284 on
Not gonna lie this hole shit kind of makes me want to stan Riize out of support. I really hope Seunghan is able to get his career back on track at some point.
anamcara_ on
They better sue the long list of insane people who funded the thousand of funeral wreaths.
KeinkoMusic35 on
about 4 days too late.
well actually a year too late if you consider the fact they could’ve done this when the hate started, and actually tried their best to protect him, but knowing SM….. yeah.
SevensAddams on
Too little too late, your inaction to the harassment he has endured for almost a year has probably traumatized this young man for life and his loved ones as well.
I recall a comment on here when his removal was announced, saying his hiatus should’ve only been 2-3 months at most. Him slowly being erased from the group for a year while still within the group’s rookie period, allowed this idea to old and new fans alike that his absence had no consequence. People got used to his absence leading to OT6ers.
OtherwiseTank4885 on
they’re just posting this now cos international fans are boycotting. they always say that they’ll be suing but it’s still the same, the sasaengs still prominent in their bgs, they don’t do anything unless money’s at stake lmfao
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Likely because of that ktalk going around pretending to be an employee having a chat with him that was proven to be fake and to try and quell fans
Not to sound like a conspiratorial lunatic but I’m starting to believe SM orchestrated all of this. They iced Seunghan out for almost a year and provided him with virtually no legal support against the leakers at the height of his hate train. They announced his return randomly with no preemptive measures taken to rehab his reputation amongst k-ot6ers knowing that he would be torn apart online. And then immediately sent the other guys abroad so they couldn’t discuss Seunghan’s decision to leave the group in person with him.
It feels like they manipulated everything so that Seunghan was isolated and demoralized and felt like he had no choice but to withdraw to save everyone else’s career. I think SM decided months ago they didn’t want him in the group anymore so they engineered a situation where they could be like “look at least we tried to bring him back :(” to international fans and keep it pushing. Now they’re dealing with the consequences of their fucked up management and Seunghan is traumatized for life.
Edit: at least we now know for sure that SM is getting nervous about the backlash. We’ll have to see if the upcoming irl protest moves the needle further.
They should’ve been doing this since the first Seunghan leaks came out before RIIZE even debuted. Just saying.
Should have done that from the beginning of the year
10 months late.
So much of this could have been avoided if they stood by Seunghan and protected him in the first place.
start with the k-briize who sent funeral wreaths 😘
Too late. SM should have taken legal action from the start, they shouldn’t have erased him. The members probably weren’t able to mention him, which is exactly what enabled the OT6 stans. They dragged the hiatus for no reason because they couldn’t make a decision. This will go down in history as the worst “scandal” they managed. It’s absurd.
Every time SM claims to take legal action against hate/malicious comments no one is gonna believe them. SM is the boy who cried wolf.
The statement for Seunghan is shorter and less concrete than riize’s and is really just a rehash of what they said 10 months ago. This is SM’ plead go stop international fans from making so much noise and I dont trust it one bit
i already said this but making a separate post for Seunghan is vile. im actually appalled at how badly theyre handling this… making a clear distinction between the Riize members and Seunghan as if they are two different things is.. a choice. Everyone who is already boycotting and angry at this situation is even more enraged now. Add on the fact that they officially deleted Seunghan’s weverse profile a couple hours ago and you got yourself a shit show.
2/10 damage control. should’ve done this 10 months ago
This should been done before all of this happened, when his photos were leaked and before he went on hiatus, SM is late and now protecting them very late
okay… how about doing this like a year ago??? or earlier? not to mention the way sm handles things actively contributes to this behaviour by, you know, simply ignoring it or by playing right into what these people want. sorry but unless there is actual action and a change in the way the company operates, these are just empty words. sm doesn’t care about riize and for sure doesn’t care about seunghan.
Wow SM is on time as usual /s
Not gonna lie this hole shit kind of makes me want to stan Riize out of support. I really hope Seunghan is able to get his career back on track at some point.
They better sue the long list of insane people who funded the thousand of funeral wreaths.
about 4 days too late.
well actually a year too late if you consider the fact they could’ve done this when the hate started, and actually tried their best to protect him, but knowing SM….. yeah.
Too little too late, your inaction to the harassment he has endured for almost a year has probably traumatized this young man for life and his loved ones as well.
I recall a comment on here when his removal was announced, saying his hiatus should’ve only been 2-3 months at most. Him slowly being erased from the group for a year while still within the group’s rookie period, allowed this idea to old and new fans alike that his absence had no consequence. People got used to his absence leading to OT6ers.
they’re just posting this now cos international fans are boycotting. they always say that they’ll be suing but it’s still the same, the sasaengs still prominent in their bgs, they don’t do anything unless money’s at stake lmfao