Yoo Jae-suk, angry at the short track bias judgment… Chinese fan club abruptly disbanded

When broadcaster Yoo Jae-suk remarked about his beliefs about the Olympic short track bias, Yoo Jae-suk’s Chinese fan club abruptly disbanded.

On the 20th, Yoo Jae-suk’s biggest fan club site in China officially announced the end of operation. When Yoo Jae-suk said, “I was so angry,” about the short track speed skating event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, criticism arose in China, and the Chinese fan club was also disbanded.

In the MBC entertainment program ‘What do you do when you play?’ broadcast on the 19th, Yoo Jae-suk mentioned the short track national team athletes who were disqualified due to an ambiguous decision, such as Hwang Dae-heon, and said, “On that day, I really couldn’t control myself.” He continued, “I was very upset, but I was happy to hear about the gold medal a few days later.”

After Yoo Jae-suk’s remarks were broadcast, there was a strong public opinion criticizing Yoo Jae-suk in China. Chinese media outlets such as Soho also reported that Yoo Jae-suk bit his molars tightly and made a gesture as if he had suffered an unfair event, saying, “(Yoo Jae-suk’s reaction) is excessive.”

‘Yoo Jae-suk Universe’ Weibo.

Then, the Chinese fan club ‘Yoo Jae-suk Universe’ announced the suspension of operation. “As a result of discussion with the management team, we are suspending the operation of this space, which we have been with for a long time, and leave a final greeting to our fans.” He said, “The most difficult people at this moment are our fans. No words can comfort them. Still, I love him in the past and Let’s not blame ourselves for the happy feelings.”

Yoo Jae-suk, who even disbanded his fan club for remarks about sports events. Some of these Chinese netizens’ ‘excessive’ reaction was previously directed at actress Park Shin-hye and others. Park Shin-hye said that she recently posted a photo of her wearing her hanbok on her social media account and thought she was wearing it without a circle when she was filming ‘She (movie)’ award-winning, but she’s still good. She wrote ‘Hanbok · Korean traditional clothes’. As a result, she was victimized by malicious comments from Chinese netizens, such as ‘stealed traditional Chinese clothes’ and ‘Hanbok belonged to China’.

Reporter Park Jeong-sun, Entertainment News Team park.jungsun@jtbc.co.kr (Content Business Headquarters)