Stray Kids’ Bang Chan apologizes publicly for criticizing disrespect of new K-Pop groups

After giving strong opinions on a live broadcast about the idols manners nowadays, the Stray Kids‘ leader, Bang Chan, has issued an apology for his words due to the great controversy they have created by being related to other K-Pop group.

During his usual live broadcast called ‘Chan’s Room‘, the idol mentioned that the new generation does not greet people when they arrive places, making themselves look a bit rude or that they do not care about it, according to the singer’s words. However, Bang Chan never said if he was talking about a specific group.

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Later, on social networks, fans of the K-Pop group IVE said that the Stray Kids’ singer might be referring to the girlgroup because the girls did not greet him back in the past, but the fans assured they did not do it with any bad intention; they did not notice it as they were busy greeting their fans during an event in Paris.

Due to the great controversy that was created in the networks by the singer’s words, Bang Chan decided to publish a sincere apology for the controversy caused in the networks, in addition to clarifying that his comments were not directed at the group mentioned in the social networks.

“Hello, I’m Bang Chan from Stray Kids. I apologize for the offense caused by the comments I made during a recent live broadcast. I thought about the impact my words and behavior can have on others and reflected deeply on myself. I would like to mention that it was not my intention to specify a particular artist and that my comments have nothing to do with the artist currently being mentioned. I would like to express my sincerest apologies to the artist who has been hurt by my careless words. I sincerely apologize. I’ll be more careful what I say to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Once again, I sincerely apologize“.