Aespa’s Giselle Appears To Address Claims Of Disrespecting BLACKPINK’s Jennie
aespa’s Giselle is under fire for allegedly disrespecting BLACKPINK’s Jennie at the 2025 Melon Music Awards.
The controversy began after the December 20 event where both BLACKPINK and aespa performed. Fans quickly started pointing fingers at Giselle’s behavior during Jennie’s stage, accusing her of being rude.
Soon after, Giselle went live on December 21 and talked directly about the awards show. She revealed that aespa’s seats were in a corner with poor views — no stage, no monitors, and no big screen in sight. That, she said, caused some disappointment.
“자리가 완전 구석이라 무대도 전광판도 모니터도 다 안보여서 아쉬웠대”
— Twitter user @mywtae
Fans took Giselle’s statement as a defense against the “mean girls” backlash, pointing out that aespa couldn’t actually see Jennie’s performance from their spot.
“Giselle said MMA was fun but it was a little disappointing bcs aespa’s seats were in the corner so they couldn’t see the stage, the monitor in front or even the big screen. Now kpop stans can stop nitpicking every aespa action and pushing the mean girls allegations”
— Twitter user @ujiminphoria
“giselle said they were a bit disappointed with MMA because aespa seats were in the very back corner so they couldnt see anything. they couldnt see the stage or the screen but they still tried to have fun. yet kpop stans are out there overanalyzing every little of their reaction…”
— Twitter user @icurina
“Giselle said the girls they couldnt see the stage on MMA yesterday because they were at the very back. The hate was already so forced and ridiculous but now there’s literally no excuses to hate on them, everyone spread this across every SNS asap!”
— Twitter user @sp1derinae
aespa as a whole got heat, but Giselle’s live stream is her first public response to the backlash.
The seats controversy seems to be a major factor fans are now using to defend aespa against the accusations of disrespect and “mean girl” vibes.
More updates expected as the situation develops.