{"id":143911,"date":"2025-06-19T08:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143911"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:08:12","slug":"erics-tears-did-he-know-ju-haknyeon-was-about-to-leave-the-boyz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/erics-tears-did-he-know-ju-haknyeon-was-about-to-leave-the-boyz\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric\u2019s tears: Did he know Ju Haknyeon was about to leave The Boyz?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans are now trying to connect the dots after <strong>The Boyz\u2019s Eric<\/strong> was seen wiping away tears on June 16, just hours before<strong> Ju Haknyeon<\/strong>\u2019s hiatus was officially announced. At first, everyone thought Eric\u2019s emotional moment was just him feeling the love from fans after a taping of Idol Radio. But with the recent scandal, it seems like something heavier was on his mind.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirrawk\/status\/1934614347575353367\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eric cried, don\u2019t cry my boyz\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d Thank you to deobi who came to idol radio, cheered for him and gave him so much love, I\u2019m sure it all reached him. Also, thank you to all the deobis who are still here, always supporting The Boyz and their work \ud83e\udec2<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IOXRFfpxVF\">pic.twitter.com\/IOXRFfpxVF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kimi (@kirrawk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirrawk\/status\/1934614347575353367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 16, 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>Eric greeted fans from his car window after finishing the shoot with DOUBLE ONE. What started as a sweet moment turned somber when he suddenly covered his face, clearly holding back tears. Now that we know Haknyeon\u2019s scandal was happening simultaneously,\u00a0 fans are speculating that Eric was already aware of what was about to occur.\u00a0 The Idol Radio taping aired later that same night, after the departure news hit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1935252211837120653\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ju Haknyeon has withdrawn from The Boyz due to his relationship with former AV actress Kirara Asuka. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GgX0gSrVs3\">pic.twitter.com\/GgX0gSrVs3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1935252211837120653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 18, 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>Haknyeon was removed from The Boyz after being linked with<strong> Japanese adult film actress<\/strong> <strong>Asuka Kirara<\/strong>. The group\u2019s agency, One Hundred, expressed that his exit from the group was carefully discussed and agreed to protect The Boyz\u2019s interests. Eric\u2019s tears now read as a goodbye and a quiet heartbreak for a member he knew would be leaving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans are now trying to connect the dots after The Boyz\u2019s Eric was seen wiping away tears on June 16, just hours before Ju Haknyeon\u2019s hiatus was officially announced. At first, everyone thought Eric\u2019s emotional moment was just him feeling the love from fans after a taping of Idol Radio. But with the recent scandal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[1046],"class_list":{"0":"post-143911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-the-boyz"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143911","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=143911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}