On social networks, a Korean restaurant is under fire for eating BTS‘ Jungkook‘s leftovers, sparking outrage among fans worldwide who defend the idol.
On May 31st, the K-pop idol shared stories revealing he was visiting a teppanyaki restaurant at Itaewon Teppan, with videos of the table full of food, drawing the attention of fans who took these images as a recommendation from the idol.
📸 Instagram update- 260531#Jungkook's stories
"How beautiful is the back view of one who clearly knows when to go". pic.twitter.com/y34Pc6Ejl8
— BTS BASE (@btsbase07) May 31, 2026
Later, the owner of the restaurant shared through its official Instagram account that Jungkook even left behind a signed autograph expressing his gratitude; however, the next video regarding the singer’s visit was not well received among fans.
It was a video showing one staff member allegedly eating food left behind by the BTS member, accompanied by the caption, “Why are you eating Jungkook’s leftovers?”, going quickly viral and generating negative reactions from fans.
Why did the owner of the restaurant that jungkook shared today shoot such a video? Eat the leftover food from jungkook and make a video to share it on ig? What are you doing? Jungkook even left an autograph. Why don't you respect him?
📍이태원데판 서울 용산구 이태원로27가길 5⁉️ pic.twitter.com/qNWnv8g39H
— TAEKOOK CHN🇨🇳 (@TAEKOOK_CHN) June 1, 2026
On social networks, ARMYs pointed out the Golden Maknae’s support for the restaurant and accused the staff’s actions of crossing his personal boundaries and disrespecting him with comments like the following:
“Sick, that is not fan doing; that is disrespect. World is going crazy completely.” “if Jungkook ever sees this, I can’t imagine how uncomfortable it might make him feel 💔☹️,” “And he even kindly left an autograph… that’s so disrespectful to Jungkook.”
In response, the restaurant deleted the video, but when the negative comments continued appearing in the rest of their Instagram posts, they seemed to make their account private, preventing more fans from criticising them.
