On October 12, a topic titled “The video of Wonbin smoking has been leaked” was posted on Korean forum Pann Nate, garnering attention with over 50,000 views after just a few hours.
The topic attached to a video posted on the SNS X (formerly Twitter) platform, which included the caption: “241008 Smoking Wonbin assisted”suggesting that Wonbin was seen smoking on October 8th.
After seeing this topic, however, many remain vigilant, believing that the video was fake and even provide their own opinion and evidence.
They also suspected that the video was maliciously posted to attack other RIIZE members amid the controversial reactions to Seunghan’s return.
Below are some comments from netizens:
- It’s so funny. Only the back was shown in the video, so how do we know it’s Wonbin?
- The clothes Wonbin wore that day were different and the original post has been deleted, so this video is probably fake
- RIIZE is so pitiful. Due to Seunghan’s controversy, the other members are facing all sorts of criticism.
- As soon as Seunghan’s return is announced, the other members are attacked
- No, if the poster wanted to take a photo, they could have secretly taken a photo of the front too, why did you only upload the back?
- It’s so transparent that as soon as Seunghan’s return is announced, the antis start making such fabrications about the other members.
On the other hand, SM Entertainment recently announced that Seunghan will return to RIIZE after a 10-month hiatus.
Before this, the male idol had to deal with various controversies related to his personal life. As a result, his return was met with strong protests from Korean fans.
Source: Pan Nate
