Recently, Kpop girl group Red Velvet (Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy, Yeri) was scheduled to fly from Incheon International Airport (Korea) to Taiwan (China) to perform a concert.
Seulgi immediately became a hot topic when she appeared with a stylish, sexy appearance.
While the other members dressed quite simply, Seulgi scored points with her Y2K-inspired outfit. On social networks, audiences praised Seulgi for her impressive style and like a model coming off the catwalk.
However, after Red Velvet landed at Kaohsiung airport, Seulgi suddenly got into controversy.
In videos circulating on social networks, Seulgi was seen exchanging high heels with her female manager. The female singer wore her manager's sneakers, and her manager wore the high heels that Seulgi wore at Incheon airport.
Many people said that the female manager seemed uncomfortable due to the size difference in the shoes, and they expressed disappointment that Seulgi made her employees endure such discomfort.
After the controversial opinions, Seulgi quickly apologized and explained the shoe exchange incident on Instagram.
She shared: "I'm sorry for disappointing my manager and many people because of what happened at the airport yesterday.
Recently, my foot was injured and blistered while exercising. The shoes I wore at the airport didn't have high heels so I thought it would be fine, then I was careless not to bring sneakers. As I walked, my feet started slipping and the pain became more and more painful.
After arriving in Kaohsiung, the manager saw that I had difficulty walking and thought it might cause problems for the performance. She asked me to change my shoes at the airport.
I felt like I made the wrong decision in a split second without being able to think of any other way when my feet hurt, so I apologize to those who were disappointed and to the manager who was hurt because This incident.
I personally apologized to the manager and I will be more careful to prevent similar things from happening in the future."
Korean netizens largely supported Seulgi's quick and sincere apology. They felt the matter was resolved satisfactorily after Seulgi clarified the situation and apologized to her manager.
However, international audiences expressed confusion when Seulgi had to post a separate apology just because of a normal issue like this.
They believe that many Korean audiences are too sensitive and overly "critical" of artists.
Recently, there was an incident in Kpop about Jennie (Blackpink) smoking in the house and not respecting staff, so it seems that Korean celebrities have received more attention.
