Viral Clip Accusing Male Idols Of Rude Behavior Ignites Hugely Split Reactions

One of the biggest discourses in K-Pop is the difference in treatment of male and female idols.

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Amid the ongoing discourse, a video compilation seemingly showing rude behavior from idols including ENHYPEN‘s Sunghoon, CORTIS‘s James, Stray Kids‘ Hyunjin, BTS‘s V, and others, has started to go viral.

The clip, which has over 1.2 million views, has garnered a huge range of reactions from netizens.

oh this just pissed me off?? pic.twitter.com/uE387DrBxV

— 👼 ❤︎⁠. (@722LHS) May 20, 2026

In the comments, netizens hit back at the behavior, noting that if any female idol had done it, they would have been canceled or faced hate. They seemingly wanted to point out the double standards in K-Pop between male and female idols that have continued to be a topic of debate.

can’t sing, can’t rap, can’t do anything and yet so arrogant. this is all bcz of hybe stans over glazing their fav that they become proud dozen. the hate ahyeon get if 0.1% was directed towards them they wouldn’t be this bad. pic.twitter.com/xFfLHDIVCb

— 𓆩춤𓆪 (@asaccelerator) May 21, 2026

Everyone acting like this isn’t a big deal but it is.
This IS misogyny and neglecting accountability just because they are men.
A women would’ve gotten slut shamed, body shamed, bitched over the internet, cancelled to hell and what not if she did even 1 percent of any of this.

— Hazie⁵ (@kvntxyzel) May 21, 2026

holy shit if this was a woman

— emmi ୨ৎ (@neopilld) May 21, 2026

all of these would be career-ending for female idols

— hyein shady facts⁵ 🐇 (@leehyeinified) May 21, 2026

the comments.. if the roles were reversed yall would’ve still been tearing ahyeon into shreds but ok

— riri ꣑ৎ | CHOOM (@ribaerl) May 21, 2026

Whereas many defended the idols, explaining that some were taken out of context and that it was just to push a negative narrative.

Y’all just post anything for likes huh pic.twitter.com/JENAm6tird

— Nobel 🤍 (@nobelknowbell) May 21, 2026

y’all are so jobless 😭😭😭😭😭 get off twitter and tiktok for a while and go outside

— ؘ (@acekeonho) May 21, 2026

Beomjun can’t joke around now because of woke

— A (@rinaselles) May 21, 2026