{"id":159555,"date":"2026-02-17T12:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=159555"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:57:09","slug":"katseyes-manon-opens-up-about-the-unfair-lazy-reputation-the-internet-has-given-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/katseyes-manon-opens-up-about-the-unfair-lazy-reputation-the-internet-has-given-her\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE&#8217;s Manon opens up about the unfair &#8216;lazy&#8217; reputation the internet has given her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent interview, <strong>KATSEYE<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Manon<\/strong> opens up about the unfair &#8216;lazy&#8217; reputation the internet has given her after their group dynamic was revealed from the &#8216;Pop Star Academy&#8217; reality show where they were formed.<\/p>\n<p>In conversation with <strong>THE CUT<\/strong>, they talked about the perception this show generates among fans who had the idea that Manon was &#8220;lazy&#8221; and &#8220;selfish,&#8221; due to showing moments she missed practice or other events with the girl group.<\/p>\n<p>Manon explained it was due to the work-life balance difference: <strong><em>&#8220;America has a very different culture when it comes to work-life balance. You guys are all about grind and hustle. In Switzerland, if you\u2019re sick, you take a day off. No one\u2019s going to expect you to work.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;Being called lazy, especially as a Black girl, is not fair. Now I feel like I always need to put in extra work to prove something, even though I really don\u2019t.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsKatseye\/status\/2023768902627721588\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In new interview with THE CUT, Manon weighs in on the unfair \u201creputation\u201d the internet constantly narrates about her <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing called lazy, especially as a Black girl, is not fair. Now I feel like I always need to put in extra work to prove something, even though I really don\u2019t.\u201d\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lxk4FT5SyG\">pic.twitter.com\/lxk4FT5SyG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KATSEYE News (@NewsKatseye) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsKatseye\/status\/2023768902627721588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On social networks, some fans <strong>support<\/strong> her,<em> &#8220;And I&#8217;m glad she&#8217;s speaking on it!&#8221; She don\u2019t need to prove shit to anybody,&#8221; &#8220;talk ya piece Manon ! especially during black history month ! we stand with u always \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffe,&#8221; &#8220;and fuck that stupid ass show, people were so hard on this talented and genuine girl :(&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leilickyy\/status\/2023771105756889241\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And I\u2019m glad she\u2019s speaking on it!!! She don\u2019t need to prove shit to anybody <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cR3SUY1LDy\">pic.twitter.com\/cR3SUY1LDy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; leilickyy (@leilickyy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leilickyy\/status\/2023771105756889241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other had <strong>opposite opinions<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;Girl it has nothing to do with being black theres always a weak dancer in groups and it just happened to be u \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f,&#8221; &#8220;You\u2019re just lazy and it has nothing to do with your race,&#8221; &#8220;unfair reputation? u literally missed out on a lot of practices on dream academy even though u were the most unskilled there. the only reason u won is because you were pretty.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/poetastros\/status\/2023782604487459131\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Girl it has nothing to do with being black theres always a weak dancer in groups and it just happened to be u \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XWBWIzdIwo\">https:\/\/t.co\/XWBWIzdIwo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0ec8 (@poetastros) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/poetastros\/status\/2023782604487459131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent interview, KATSEYE&#8216;s Manon opens up about the unfair &#8216;lazy&#8217; reputation the internet has given her after their group dynamic was revealed from the &#8216;Pop Star Academy&#8217; reality show where they were formed. In conversation with THE CUT, they talked about the perception this show generates among fans who had the idea that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2817,"featured_media":159562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[3392],"class_list":{"0":"post-159555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kpop","8":"category-news","9":"tag-katseye"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159555","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\/2817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}