{"id":163990,"date":"2026-04-11T15:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=163990"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:02:30","slug":"bts-jungkook-apologizes-to-fans-after-a-controversial-live-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-jungkook-apologizes-to-fans-after-a-controversial-live-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 Jungkook apologizes to fans after a controversial live stream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jungkook of BTS<\/strong> has apologized to fans after his live stream on February 26, 2026, sparked controversy. During that broadcast, the \u201cSeven\u201d singer used an English profanity, made an obscene gesture toward an off-screen friend, admitted that he had smoked in the past, and spoke about frustration with his agency, BigHit Music. After that, some viewers advised him to end the stream, and he pushed back by responding, \u201cDon\u2019t tell me what to do.\u201d The moment quickly started criticism and led to reactions online.<\/p>\n<p>Following that infamous stream, Jungkook returned to Weverse on April 8 for another live broadcast and spoke openly about what happened. He said he was not fully sure whether his earlier behavior had crossed a serious line. He also said that some of the language and attitudes seen in that broadcast are common among YouTubers and people working in entertainment. Despite that, he admitted that many fans may have been uncomfortable because he had not shown that side of himself so openly before.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(Reupload) Jungkook&#39;s Apology over Recent Livestream Interaction with Friends:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc30: Ah, right. I should apologize to ARMY before I go. Regarding my recent live stream&#8230; personally, I\u2019m not really sure if I did something that wrong. But, I\u2019m not a public figure, and people in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/il1CKwbp77\">pic.twitter.com\/il1CKwbp77<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; bts memeories\u2077 (@btsmemeories) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsmemeories\/status\/2041643597108539621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cI want to apologise to the ARMYs (BTS\u2019 fandom) who felt uncomfortable in that regard, and I will exercise restraint in the future,\u201d the singer said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>The apology came shortly before the beginning of BTS\u2019 ARIRANG World Tour, which started on April 9, 2026, in Goyang, South Korea. The boy band will later travel to Japan and the United States for the following tour stops, comprising a global run with a total of 85 dates across multiple countries in Asia, North America, South America, Europe, and Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jungkook of BTS has apologized to fans after his live stream on February 26, 2026, sparked controversy. During that broadcast, the \u201cSeven\u201d singer used an English profanity, made an obscene gesture toward an off-screen friend, admitted that he had smoked in the past, and spoke about frustration with his agency, BigHit Music. After that, some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":163991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,933],"class_list":{"0":"post-163990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-jungkook"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163990","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=163990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163993,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163990\/revisions\/163993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}