Popular NCT Member Encourages Dangerous Diet Tips, Sparks Backlash

Recently, NCT’s Haechan held a Q&A session on his Instagram story, answering fans’ burning questions.

In particular, his answer to a fan asking about how to lose weight garnered much attention online.

Fan: Please give me some diet tips. I need to lose 6 kg.

Haechan: If you just don’t eat, you will lose weight. I’ve tried everything, and there is no way to lose weight while still eating. Just eat enough to stay alive, and if you eat things that don’t taste good, the weight will just fall off.

As a result, he faced harsh backlash online, with many disappointed that he encouraged this to a fan.

WTF!?!?
NCT Haechan telling fans to just don’t eat to loose weight.

If this was a female idol koreans would end her career.
Do you know how badly this affects to people with eating disorders. pic.twitter.com/Ig2B9Qiom4

— mindyourscroll (@mindyourscroll0) July 20, 2026

I’m so diassapointed in haechan…why would you even recommend your fan to starve, this is truly heartbreaking

— ♡ (@Exo_FanCafe) July 20, 2026

does this group have any braincells?

— 🌸 (@JHSAS64) July 21, 2026

awful every time i see an idol encouraging this. it’s exactly why i can’t support y3ojin anymore either. even though it’s true they’re all victims of the harsh beauty standards it’s still upsetting to see them casually suggest dangerous practices to their impressionable audience

— 🖤 (@jjaejyeo) July 21, 2026

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