Crush's recent Instagram story raised questions on whether he was referring to recent events related to ITZY member Ryujin's 'V Live' comments.

On October 5, Crush took to his personal Instagram and posted a series of messages. Crush wrote, "Happiness is attitude. No matter how you look, friendliness makes you into the most beautiful person in the world." Following his post, many netizens took to various online community forums to share their thoughts on whether they thought Crush was indirectly referring to earlier events.

Recently, Ryujin and Yeji held a 'V Live' broadcast where Ryujin read out a comment referring to Crush. When Yeji did not understand what this comment meant, Ryujin, in front of all their fans watching on V Live, told Yeji, "Because [Crush] is dating Joy sunbaenim." Following this, many criticized Ryujin for her thoughtless behavior in talking about another female idol's relationship in front of millions of fans. 

Netizens commented:

"She has nothing to say even if [Crush] targets her. Crush and Joy must have been so annoyed."

"What kind of idol is crazy enough to talk about another idol sunbae's relationship...She was thoughtless and ITZY's fans were attacking Crush with curses, so I think Crush is targeting Ryujin."

"Crush also uploaded something like this when he received hate after he was discharged from the military. So I think he is addressing the issue regarding Ryujin."

"If I were a celebrity, I would hate it if someone talked about my relationship, and a company junior at that too? Lol."

"Are Ryujin and Joy even close? Joy is the biggest victim here."

"Ryujin mentioned it so casually, so I thought they were in the same company for a moment."