Diet is a sensitive topic for many people.
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Some of the most sensitive topics when it comes to idols are those surrounding body image and weight. By extension, this includes discussions about their diet and eating habits, which some stars have revealed include dangerous practices.
The weight of a famous singer reached 30 kg as a result of an extreme diet
Lately, EXO’s Baekhyun sparked mixed reactions from netizens after speaking out about her eating habits. .
On January 14, Baekhyun held a shoutout party where he responded to fans’ tweets. In one of his replies, Baekhyun shared his plans for that day which included skipping lunch and just having dinner.
Hahaha, I’ll have dinner later!
So I’ll skip lunch and just have dinner once~~
Happy travels to Kyungsoo Pop-up! Have fun with friends!!❤️ Dress warmly!— Baekhyun_EXO (@B_hundred_Hyun) January 15, 2025
Haha, I have dinner together later!
So I skip lunch and just think about having dinner~~
Have fun at Kyungsoo’s pop-up! Have lots of fun with your friends!! ❤️
Make sure you dress warmly! Haha.—Baekhyun
Another fan responded to this tweet, asking Baekhyun how he managed to skip meals, and the idol replied that after a while the hunger goes away.
Does there come a time when hunger disappears? Then you can last a long time! lol
— Baekhyun_EXO (@B_hundred_Hyun) January 15, 2025
Fan: Baekhyun, how can you skip a meal…?
I’m also skipping lunch right now and feel like I’m about to starve. It’s serious: I’m so hungry it really hurts…
Baekhyun: At some point, hunger goes away, you know?… Once that happens, you can hold on for a while! Haha.
The idol’s response left many fans with mixed feelings about the diet “tip” he shared. On the one hand, many felt that Baekhyun’s openness might encourage a negative relationship with food, regardless of his intentions.
continually encourages unhealthy habits as if he could have responded differently https://t.co/ctvtVBzDjv
— 🌻🐚 (@zihaosworld) January 16, 2025
yeah this is not… 💀 do what you want with yourself but telling your fans (young and impressionable) to engage in unhealthy behavior to a dangerous degree is incredibly irresponsible, this shit edtwt needs to stop fr https://t .co/u7FOudkwqp
— she was eternal (@taemponytail) January 15, 2025
As for his eating habits, it’s been really hard to continue to see him constantly encourage such unhealthy relationships with food. even if it’s unintentional, his words and attitudes as someone with such a massive fan base, end up influencing them one way or another (1/3) https://t.co/yDXdos86t1
— j 🙂 (@niniboxian) January 16, 2025
In response to the harsh criticism, some netizens recalled that Baekhyun was affected by hard-to-achieve beauty standards, leading him to thoughts about food and diet that may not be healthy.
Sometimes I feel like a lot of you Stans forget that these idols are also products of the environment in which they were molded. https://t.co/vRSih0IMIl pic.twitter.com/UHd9HeXWq1
— `gia (busy) (@jekyllchen) January 16, 2025
qrts is so unserious that everyone cries and screams about the toxic standards of the kpop industry, but god forbid a man who has been at it since he was a child develops an eating disorder and fails to recognize that behavior as unhealthy after years of which was validated and encouraged https://t.co/n04tn0yn8r
— mau 🍉 (@jellyiren) January 16, 2025
bbhls defends himself by posting photos of him eating… He doesn’t have a healthy relationship with food 😭 he is definitely not an evil person as some people want to say with this, but please if you care about him you will see that he is a bad mentality for him AND his fans https://t.co/PenMJjJgjv
— EXO STOP GOLFING STOP GOLFING STOP GOLFING PL (@xiurballz) January 16, 2025
Some felt that the idol’s comment was not promoting unhealthy eating habits, but rather simply sharing his personal anecdote for that occasion.
Baekhyun is the only ex member who takes time to hang out with exol, who tells you all to prepare dinner so you can all eat together and always orders a big and complete meal, but the moment he limits the Does his intake just like everyone else does at some point, promote ED?
— Hi, Risse🍍 (@moncoeurbbh) January 16, 2025
Baekhyun promotes harmful and unhealthy eating habits
meanwhile baekhyun: https://t.co/LNJz09KsxU pic.twitter.com/8rVa2NcF6b— Ciao100 (@CEO_BBH) January 16, 2025
To all the fucking “body positive” bitches, see: 1.) Baekhyun is eating well, he eats healthy food
2.) he is on a diet because his body is uncomfortable when he is plump, he eats little, but he eats well.so, stop forcing YOUR eating habits on him, his body is different. pic.twitter.com/ZiMz37Jeej
— ☆ (@rendezvousluv) January 16, 2025
Since diet is a sensitive topic, it’s understandable why Baekhyun’s comments sparked such reactions.
