So, there are some edited videos making rounds here on Reddit about Winter supposedly being ignored by MYs at the red carpet of Gayo Daejeon, and lots of people pitying her, saying her career has been ruined, and just general discourse getting out of control. But the situation is not quite like that, so I want to address some points so we can better understand what actually went on.
First of all, let’s address the claim that it’s korean fans doing this to her: there were close to no korean fans at the red carpet. Nor were the red carpet attendees exclusively MYs either: The 2025 SBS Gayo Red Carpet was targeted to foreigners through the sale of different travel packages, which included concert tickets, red carpet access, and hotel stay. For example, here is one of the sites that sold the bundle tickets with red carpet access included.
In some sites, you could pick the basic package, with no red carpet, and the more expensive package, with red carpet. In consequence, and as something that happens in most K-Pop related shows in Korea, most of the red carpet attendees were chinese fans.
That’s why cheering was loud when idols spoke Chinese and quieter for korean speeches; this can be noticed across all groups from that night. That’s specifically why the cheering was extremely loud when Ningning spoke chinese, to the point even Karina and Giselle got startled. Karina also didn’t receive cheers when she spoke (also in korean). This is not new in the aespa world either; if you watch some of their concerts, you can hear the chinese fans in the crowd go crazy whenever Ningning speaks chinese.
Also, this wasn’t a Winter specific thing, because it also happened to other groups. You can hear the crowd quiet when it was Ateez turn to walk the red carpet, which also received a lot of criticism… and as far as I know, they aren’t involved in any dating scandals (?)
So no, korean fans did not “turn their backs” on Winter, they also aren’t “punishing” her, considering they weren’t even at the red carpet.
I understand that some of her korean fans have been acting very dramatic towards this whole rumor, but in the end they stayed next to her, her fansites are still attending her events as usual, and they’re even planning a huge event for her birthday in the upcoming weeks. You’ll probably see her face plastered all over Seoul in the next few days. So please, I understand that sometimes drama is something we all want to take part in, but let’s try to approach things carefully and not simply react to the first out of context video we see on our feeds.
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