Pentagon's Hongseok is under fire for allegedly making rude comments about ONF.

The Pentagon member held a V Live stream on June 2, and his comments are belatedly receiving negative attention. Pentagon and ONF are both competitors on Mnet's competitive reality show 'Road to Kingdom', and the groups are known for their friendship on the show.

Hongseok revealed ONF's E-Tion had recommended the songs "Moscow Moscow", "Asteroid", and "If You Dream" to him, and he wondered why he'd only recommended 3 of ONF's songs. He further commented on the track "Asteroid", which ONF released in October of 2019, as Pentagon have a track by the same title released in February of this year. Hongseok stated, "I honestly think our 'Asteroid' is a bit better even though ONF's is good too."

He further shared that when E-Tion asked for recommendations, he suggested 20-30 of Pentagon's tracks but did not recommend "Asteroid". Hongseok explained, "If E-Tion recommends his group's song 'Asteroid', and then I suggest ours to him, he could receive a shock and feel as if they were sheltered and couldn't see the big picture. He might have thought his 'Asteroid' was the best, but would realize that other people's 'Asteroid' was also good. I didn't want to shock him." He later added, "If I recommend people the song 'Asteroid', people would only listen to our song."

While some netizens criticized Hongseok's comments, others explained his comments were harmless and the two groups are friends. What are your thoughts on Hongseok's comments?