MBC he was accused of whitewashing ENIPENE‘S Jungwon AND Sunghoon, together with YOU‘S Minjuin recent photos. Jungwon and Sunghoon were the last guests at Minju’s Minju’s pink toilet show for MBC.
The show’s official X account posted photos of the three idols ahead of the episode that aired on December 5.
OH MY GOD MINJU WITH JUNGWON AND SUNGHOON SELCAAA 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/4yOYArHrWI
— Jiwon ꨄ︎ (@illieseom) December 4, 2024
However, the shared images initially appeared to have been deleted and new ones were later posted. While it might be easy to miss the difference, netizens noticed that the new images featured Jungwon, Sunghoon, and Minju being “whitened” as their skin looked lighter in the new post.
When the new tweet was shared on the show’s account…
💝Fourth guest of Minjoo’s Pink Cabinet
Enhyphen Garden and Seonghoon 🐧🐱Are you curious to know the inside of Jeongwon and Seonghoon’s super realistic bags?
December 5 (Thursday) 7pm EP. 4 First public release🌟#democracypinkcabinet #Studiok #democracy#hyphen #ENIPEN #garden #Sunghun#JUNGWON #SUNGHOON#Without a doubt pic.twitter.com/ND1Mtsfmud— Minju pink cabinet (@minju_cabinet) December 4, 2024
Netizens noticed what had happened.
not them reposting so they can whitewash jungwon 💀 https://t.co/fSa5PmKXwf
— hoonmonth (@hoonkarma) December 4, 2024
only the real ones know this is a repost https://t.co/tOWv7SBqss
— 🐰 (@wonivory) December 4, 2024
A fan even shared the side-by-side differences, and it attracted a lot of attention as netizens criticized the account for blatantly whitewashing the idols.
so they deleted it because they forgot to put a filter on??? 💀 pic.twitter.com/j87QVKJsiX
—Tari (@sakaicunt) December 4, 2024
Whitewashing is an issue constantly raised by netizens.
