On April 6, during a birthday live broadcast with fans, Seventeen's Mingyu hilariously clarified(?) the rumor that he ate two hot dogs at a soccer game.

Back in March, fans spotted Seventeen members Mingyu, Seungkwan, and Joshua attending a special soccer match between the national teams of South Korea and Uruguay, held in Seoul. What especially created a buzz online was that typically, when fans unexpectedly run into K-Pop idols, fan accounts usually consist of comments like "They are so handsome in real life". However, fan accounts from this game stated, "Kim Mingyu is on his second hot dog," or "Seventeen ate so much food". 

Therefore, Mingyu felt that he had to clarify the rumors surrounding his "hot dog incident". 

The idol said, 

"There were some people saying that 'I ate two hot dogs', and that 'They did not stop eating the entire time'. Technically, it's true that we went and ate well. But you see guys, I didn't eat such an excessive amount of food, although it's been made to seem like that. I ate a normal amount. I swear, I didn't eat two hot dogs. I only ate one hot dog... I ate one hot dog, and then I ate a chicken skewer, a shrimp skewer, and then I ate pizza, oh and also fried chicken bites. But I ate a bite of this and that here and there, it's an exaggeration to say that 'all I did was eat'. Do you guys get what I'm saying?"

In response, netizens commented, "But actually, Carats were thinking, 'He only ate two hot dogs? Is he not feeling well..? Lol", "I didn't believe it when they said he only ate two hot dogs lol. That's not our Mingyu", "I've never had the food at the soccer stadium. Is it good Mingyu kekekeke", "Exactly, he must have been disappointed that people thought he only ate two hot dogs, when he ate way more kekekekeke", "Aww Mingyu ate so little", "Why is he so cute kekekeke", and more.