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Super Junior's Shindong badmouths fat girls

Posted by xvntbk3 pts Saturday, January 30, 2010

Popular boy band Super Junior just can't seem to avoid undergoing controversy as another one of their members, Shindong, has faced criticism for a comment he made during the broadcasting of MBC radio station Shim Shim Tapa. On the 29th, a female listener revealed to the radio station that she recently fought with her boyfriend because of her decision to go on a diet. When she shared with him her diet plans for the new year, he told her, "Don't start if you're only going to quit after a few days. Your body isn't the type to change with a diet." Kim Shin Young, who co-hosts the radio station, stated, "To a girl, a negative comment about her weight is equivalent to asking for a punch." The Super Junior chubster then commented, "If someone had to lose weight, I would tell that person to lose weight. Lose some weight, why can't you take care of yourself. When I say this, the person might think, 'Look who's talking,' but I would reply, 'I'm a boy and you're a girl.'" To this, both Kim Shin Young and announcer Gu Eun Young retorted, "Why does gender matter in this situation? So girls have to be skinny and boys can be..." Taken aback by their remarks, Shindong quickly explained, "I'm just saying. Honestly, I would want the person that I love to be more pretty or more handsome." This issue brings up a previous episode of MBC 'Quiz to Change the World,' wherein fellow Super Junior members also expressed their distaste in "larger" women. Yesung stated, "I think obese people are lazy" while Leeteuk confessed, "I really dislike fat girls. I don't think they take care of their bodies well." In response to Shindong's remark towards overweight females, netizens commented, "I don't understand the reasoning behind how men are allowed to be fat but women are not," and "How can he say something like that when his own chubbiness is being well-received?" His statement, which has been deemed as offensive by the majority, transcends a simple issue with obesity to that of sexism. Do you side with the Super Junior member or was Shindong completely in the wrong this time?

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Soneyushidae-354 pts Thursday, June 13, 2019 1
Thursday, June 13, 2019

I hate him with all my heart

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zcarat1 pt Sunday, August 2, 2020 1
Sunday, August 2, 2020

i just want to know if he apologized o not because that is such a disgusting thing to say and i cant look at super junior the same

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