He had owned the handle galaxy_fanfan, but going to the page now only gives a message claiming the page cannot be found. Kris himself has not spoken up about it anywhere else, even on his Weibo. However, his friend and former SM Entertainment trainee Kevin Shin posted about it on his Instagram, writing:

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The news is particularly devastating to international fans, who have been depending on Kris' Instagram, though rarely updated, to give them hints to how Kris has been doing.