{"id":142868,"date":"2025-05-28T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=142868"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:56:25","slug":"podcast-host-responds-blackpinks-jennie-and-ius-podcast-claims-controversy-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/podcast-host-responds-blackpinks-jennie-and-ius-podcast-claims-controversy-escalates\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast host responds: BLACKPINK\u2019s Jennie and IU&#8217;s podcast claims controversy escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast host <strong>Wootak<\/strong> has responded to his controversial comments about <strong>BLACKPINK\u2019s Jennie<\/strong> and<strong> IU<\/strong>\u2014and let\u2019s just say his apology didn\u2019t exactly hit the mark! After backlash erupted from the Above The Influence episode, Wootak posted a defensive Instagram Story and a lukewarm follow-up \u201capology\u201d following the intense backlash.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khiawings\/status\/1927435635821773243\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026u called jennie and IU both escorts from something you \u201cheard\u201d and got confused when people weirded out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2g3INCExh\">pic.twitter.com\/B2g3INCExh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u2606 (@khiawings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khiawings\/status\/1927435635821773243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In his Story, Wootak claimed he wasn\u2019t spreading hate, just repeating a story he \u201cheard.\u201d He insisted the viral clip that caused the fan outrage was taken out of context, and claimed, \u201c<strong>Hate all you want idc<\/strong>.\u201d According to him, the episode centered around the dark realities of the K-pop industry, which is why they used these examples of sexual arrangements with Jennie and IU.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Wootak posted an \u201capology statement,\u201d saying he didn\u2019t mean to defame anyone and encouraged people to watch the full podcast before jumping to conclusions. But that wasn\u2019t enough for fans, as many are convinced that the claims were just harmful rumors without evidence, especially when it involves real people.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenniebaras\/status\/1927448192053833931\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These people are playing the victim on their ig stories and saying kpop fans are overly sensitive, yet they\u2019re the ones who made serious accusations against Jennie and IU, calling them whores and making up stories pulled straight out of their asses. STOP ACTING LIKE A VICTIM. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kHHQIg3vht\">pic.twitter.com\/kHHQIg3vht<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u2018 (@jenniebaras) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenniebaras\/status\/1927448192053833931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As of now, neither Jennie\u2019s agency nor IU\u2019s team has commented on the controversy, but the pressure is growing. This incident has spotlighted the blurry line between \u201cjust talking\u201d and defamation, and fans are pushing for clearer boundaries and real consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast host Wootak has responded to his controversial comments about BLACKPINK\u2019s Jennie and IU\u2014and let\u2019s just say his apology didn\u2019t exactly hit the mark! After backlash erupted from the Above The Influence episode, Wootak posted a defensive Instagram Story and a lukewarm follow-up \u201capology\u201d following the intense backlash. In his Story, Wootak claimed he wasn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":142869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[17,1466,1259],"class_list":{"0":"post-142868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-blackpink","10":"tag-iu","11":"tag-jennie"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}