GFriend's Sowon is under fire for posting a set of controversial photos on Instagram.
On January 31 KST, Sowon uploaded and then quickly deleted a set of photos taken with a mannequin. The plastic statue has been identified as a Nazi soldier, based on the military garments and the insignia. Some have commented that these photos might have been taken on a set.
tw// nazism, nazi
— a jewish person (@KOOSDOLLZ) January 31, 2021
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i'm disappointed of s0won but i'm glad she deleted.. she needs to apologize tho.. nazis are not friends or someone you can hug or look so lovingly at, they are killers, they killed 6 million jews out of them 1.5 million jewish children /srs pic.twitter.com/9GmWT8I60W
Furthermore, according to the fans, member SinB has Sowon saved on her phone as "Kitler", an alleged combination of her name and the former Nazi leader.
so from what i heard gfriend had a nazi soldier on their set then sowon decided to pose and take pics with it and only deleted it because 'the fans would be jealous' then sinb saved sowon on her phone as 'kitler' which is a mix of kim sojung and hitler, i honestly have no words. pic.twitter.com/vS9pOyYERX
— MINA (@CHENJlCUB) January 31, 2021
Although the motivations behind her actions are unclear, fans and netizens on Twitter are demanding an apology from Sowon and the company.
Due to this controversy, netizens are also splitting over the historical component of this issue. What are your thoughts?
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this isn’t about kpop, fanwars or whatever the fuck else people are spewing the
situation is. NO this is about insensitive, disrespectful and wrong behaviour that sowon and gfriend need to apologise for. there’s no excuse for it & some of you need to acknowledge that even if there is an apology people are NOT required to forgive them or accept the apology
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