Well-Known Male Idol Faces Fresh Backlash Over Poor MC Abilities Amid Girl Group Debate

Jaehyun of BOYNEXTDOOR is facing massive backlash over his behavior during music show promotions involving girl group Hearts2Hearts.

The controversy started when fans noticed Jaehyun only hyped up the Korean members of Hearts2Hearts, ignoring the Indonesian member Carmen and Canadian member Stella. This sparked outrage online as many felt it showed clear favoritism and disrespect.

Not them hating on canadians and indonesians too, they were all ‘wow yeay’ for every hearts2hearts member except the two from canada and indonesia
— Bunny Soodam (@soodaam_)

so, myung jaehyun hyped the korean members of H2H while intentionally ignoring the foreign members + cheered for his groupmate instead of the music show’s guests?
you tolerate this kind of disrespectful behavior & unprofessionalism from your group leader?
— ash #COLOR (@969901z)

On top of that, Jaehyun was criticized for disrespectful MC antics. Netizens pointed out he was dancing awkwardly during Xdinary Heroes’ performance—who are his seniors in the industry—and acting unprofessional.

Why was he shaking his hips while another group was being interviewed and singing?
— Twitter user @gogumakk36

BND’s fans show off, and the idols show off too. They’re just a perfect match.
— (@Tica_17s)

And even Xdinary Heroes are his seniors… LOL
— 운명 (@s1bq1)

The criticism extended to his interactions with TWICE’s Tzuyu, with some calling his tone annoying and tactless.

First he’s annoying tzuyu now h2h does he hate women? Just annoying and tactless
— Noireum (@shobamb1)

The situation worsened after fans shared clips from M Countdown where Jaehyun, while MCing, reportedly interrupted ZEROBASEONE’s first win speech to promote BOYNEXTDOOR’s comeback.

Can’t even be surprised anymore lol. He and his groupmate once even promoted their upcoming cb during ZB1’s winning speech on MCountdown. Mind you, this was ZB1’s very first win on MCA, it was such a meaningful moment for us but they just had to ruin it
— fabin (@gyubriksomohex)

Starting to lose respect for them when ZB1 just got their first ever MCountdown win, and one of their members who was the MC at the time, without any shame, handed the mic to his groupmates and shamelessly promoted their upcoming comeback during ZB1’s winning speech
— fabin (@gyubriksomohex)

Fans are now calling out Jaehyun’s overall manners and professionalism as MC and idol. Some defend him, but most are shaking their heads at the build-up of incidents.

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