'KBS Gayo Festival' criticized for making Wanna One cry before their performance

Article: [KBS Gayo Festival] "I love you, son" Wanna One explodes into tears at video messages from parents

Source: X Sports News via Nate

1. [+448, -7] Was it necessary to make the kids cry before putting them up on stage to sing?

2. [+435, -6] How are you going to make them perform after showing them something like this?

3. [+417, -10] We all know that they're disbanding, why make it so depressing for them at a year-end ceremony;; why not make things more fun for them. We're all going to be crying about their disbandment at their last concert anyway.

4. [+53, -0] KBS was too obvious with this one ㅋㅋㅋㅋ that was cruel of them to make the members sing after watching that. How thoughtless of them to plan something like this.

5. [+51, -0] I was surprised to see them walking towards the stage after watching those videos... Why would you make them cry and then make them sing live? I'm glad they were fine but I can't imagine how they must've been feeling on the inside.

6. [+51, -0] Let's keep the sad stuff for our own concert. Why shouldn't our group be allowed to enjoy themselves at a gayo festival? Why should they be crying?

7. [+49, -0] Really? Making them sing live right after showing them parent videos and making them cry? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

8. [+48, -1] These broadcast companies are disbanding this group over and over before the kids themselves have even called it the end yet. How is it fair that they're crying while everyone else gets to enjoy the festival?? Talk about psychopaths

9. [+44, -0] Whoever planned this is a psychopath, no????? We'll be the ones handling their disbandment, who are you to go ahead and make them cry????

10. [+41, -0] It was a live broadcast and they had cameras on them while showing them the parent videos... I bet the producers are giggling over this brilliant idea of theirs ㅋㅋㅋ Could've spent this time on giving them more stage time instead of cutting the only two songs they have at a year-end show.

11. [+39, -0] Total manipulation of human emotion, and then to make them sing live... too harsh

12. [+36, -0] This was basically an SM festival, no consideration for the singers from other agencies at all ㅋㅋㅋ The key groups of 2018 were Wanna One, BTS, and Twice and yet all three got disgustingly short times while the ending group got three songs when they did nothing all year ㅋㅋ

13. [+29, -1] I assumed this segment was pre-recorded but then I realized that Park Jihoon had cried to the point of his make up wiping off and realized it was a live reaction...

14. [+25, -1] I mean, I get the sentiment but why not show it to them after they had already performed? How do you expect them to perform after seeing something like that?

15. [+22, -1] I'm not a fan but I did feel that it was really cruel. The way they were crying made it seem like this wasn't something they had rehearsed or been told about... I could also tell that their singing was a bit unstable because of how emotionally charged they were. Whoever planned this... really? ㅋㅋㅋ How selfish of them.

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