'Produce 101' PD says he constantly pleaded the trainees to not read negative feedback

By KpopJoA Monday, July 10, 2017 17,387 888 0

With Mnet 'Produce 101' Season 2 wrapping up successfully, PD Ahn Joon Young recently sat down with Sports World for an exclusive interview.

"We were always thrown under the bus the entire time the program aired. There were even times when life-threatening comments were made, but I feel like that was clear evidence the show was receiving much attention from the masses," PD Ahn Joon Young explained.

"I don't get upset when I receive hateful comments but I felt really bad when such despiteful words were geared towards the trainees. So every time that happened, I would warn the trainees 'don't read negative feedback, but only read the positive ones.'"

The PD went on, "After reading the negative comments, the trainees would feel intimated and lack confidence...Regardless of the hate, I was really proud to see the trainees not give up in the midst of all the attention and practice hard." He also mentioned Wanna One and the fellow trainees, "I wish Wanna One and the others would only read positive feedback and hope for the best."

faithkeeper • Tuesday, July 11, 2017

It was because of all the evil editing that made the trainees gain negative comments though. Like when dongho was evil edited, many people thought he was rude and blunt. And some of the negative comments were read out directly to the trainees, eg. Jonghyun's balding issue. That poor kid isnt even balding, he just has a high forehead and he brushed his bangs to the side. Whats with all this shaming of looks ><

peach_peacha • Tuesday, July 11, 2017

i think he 's the one who need to stop reading negative comments.at one point i feel bad for him but the hate won't come out of nowhere..would it?

blub2606 • Tuesday, July 11, 2017

he looks like myungsoo...you know from happy together?

B2UTYCARAT • Tuesday, July 11, 2017

but one thing i can make sure that during pd101 s2 mostly all the hate comments are addressed to the PD regarding abt how good your evil editing skill -.- i cant find any hate comments addressed to the trainees. and if we do find any hate comments all its because of the PD. so better stop to have any interview and tried to be an angel for the trainees