According to Allkpop, fans of Blackpink and Kpop in general are outraged to discover that Rose (Blackpink) was cut from a group photo posted on the official Instagram account of ELLE UK Magazine (UK).
The controversial photo was taken at Saint Laurent's Spring Summer 2026 show in Paris recently. The original photo features 4 guests sitting in the front row, model Hailey Bieber, model and actress Zoë Kravitz, singer and actress Charli XCX and singer Rose (Blackpink).
However, ELLE UK took a straight cut from the photo, and did not post any more personal photos of the "APT." singer. like other guests.
In the entire post, not only was Rose's name cut from the group photo, but Rose's name was not included in the caption, as if she was completely absent from the show.
This caused a wave of outrage, as Rose attended the event as Saint Laurent's official global ambassador.
She has been with this fashion house for 5 years as an ambassador, known as "Human Saint Laurent". In January 2025, Rose was also appointed as a global ambassador for YSL Beauty, further strengthening her position as an iconic face of the brand.
In addition, Rose has appeared on a series of the company's global campaigns and has always sat in the front row at shows. The female singer is also favored by Saint Laurent when always having the brand's VIP Director - Emmanuel Tomasini accompany her to the show venue.
ELLE UK's actions were met with fierce criticism from the online community, saying that this was a lack of respect for the Kpop star and even discriminated against Saint Laurent's global ambassador. Fans asked the magazine to edit the post or apologize to Rose.
The topic of discussion on this issue on the Korean online community theqoo attracted nearly 70,000 reads with hundreds of comments.
On the contrary, some other opinions said that ELLE UK cut Rose out of the photo because she looked like she was wearing a peanut and looked ugly compared to the other 3 people.
However, this view is refuted that ELLE UK could have chosen a completely different approach, such as choosing a photo with just 3 people, or posting a personal photo of Rose alone, instead of the controversial photo cutting action.
Meanwhile, many other major magazines and media outlets such as Vogue, Vanity Fair France, Dazed, Rolling Stone, W Magazine, Harper's BAZAAR USA, Perfect Magazine, MTV UK all posted complete photos and mentioned Rose in the show.
