ITZY's Ryujin called rude for mentioning Crush and Joy's relationship on Instagram live

Article: ITZY's Ryujin mentions Joy-Crush couple in the middle of live

Source: Wikitree via Instagram

Ryujin and Yeji were listening to a Crush song while on live and Yeji read a fan comment saying "Crush should pay more taxes" (a meme where netizens think Crush should pay more taxes in exchange for getting to date a beautiful idol) to which she asked, "What does that mean?" and Ryujin whispered in explanation, "Because Joy-sunbaenim is dating him". Some netizens thought it was rude to mention it at all, arguing, "It's not even her relationship to talk about, it's rude", "She should've known better than to mention it", "It's understandable to read fan comments out loud by mistake but they should've just changed the subject", "She's a girl group member, too, so she should know it's rude to talk about relationships like that", "Joy fans are going to get mad", "Crush and Joy are both uncomfortable with that meme", "It's obvious the couple themselves are careful about mentioning their own relationship, why should someone else get to?", and "Would she have read it out loud if it was her own relationship being talked about? It was rude of her to."

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1. [+105] I can't believe people are calling this rude.. a member didn't know what the meme was so she quietly let her know. It's not like she was spreading an unconfirmed rumor or anything.

2. [+85] We live in a world where everything triggers someone

3. [+44] ㅋㅋㅋ It's not like Ryujin exposed anything about their relationship... what's so rude about just mentioning it?

4. [+7] If Joy and Crush have already confirmed their relationship, what's the issue here? And she whispered it quietly, it's not like she announced it out loud. 

5. [+24] Idols are going to have to walk around with their lips wrapped up at this rate

6. [+17] Is that meme a banned word? A secret? That's ridiculous. They're a public couple in a happy relationship, there's no issue here. 

7. [+16] It's not like the couple are keeping their relationship a secret. Everyone knows they're dating so what's the problem?

8. [+8] The fact of the matter is, Crush himself is the one who talked about the meme on TV and even used it to promote his own YouTube so why is it rude for a junior in the industry to mention it too? If Crush felt uncomfortable about it, he never would've mentioned it himself.

9. The meme has become even more popular because Crush himself mentioned it. There's no problem here... if you have a problem, go take it up with Crush.

10. The entire country knows they're dating ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ so what's the problem

11. Are you guys Crush? Why are you getting all offended on his behalf? This is hilarious

12. What's so rude about this when the entire world knows they're dating already ㅋㅋ and it's not like she lied... It's getting too scary for idols to go on live anymore

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