On October 6, the mothers of NewJeans' members spoke with Ilgan Sports in an interview to express their concerns.

The NewJeans' mothers talked about the latest issue regarding Hanni's mistreatment by another artist's manager and revealed that HYBE had allegedly deleted the surveillance footage of the incident.

Not only that the mothers expressed concerns as the new ADOR CEO, Kim Joo Young, seemed lacking consideration of the members. One mother explained, "At the meeting on September 23, Hanni reportedly told CEO Kim Joo Young that when she visited the security office to verify the CCTV footage, the security personnel couldn’t meet her gaze and their hands were shaking. Kim Joo Young responded, 'Well, I’m looking at you straight, aren’t I?' Leaving Hanni bewildered."

They also revealed that the CEO allegedly cried in front of the members during a meeting where the members wanted to address the current issues they were facing. 

One of the NewJeans members' mothers explained, "During the meeting on the 23rd, CEO Kim Joo Young suddenly started crying in front of the NewJeans members while speaking. It was so unexpected and made us feel uncomfortable. These members don’t have much social experience, and for the CEO, someone they aren’t even that close with yet, to display such emotional behavior during a discussion about serious issues made us worry that it might cause the kids to feel guilty. And this was supposed to be a conversation about the harm they had experienced. One of the members even cried, asking, 'Why are you making us out to be the bad guys?' So the mothers told them, 'You're at the age where you should be going to school, and we're sorry you have to go through this.'"

Korean netizens also found the CEO being emotional in front of the members odd and criticized her actions.

Korean netizens commented:

"That's gaslighting, emotional abuse."

"Why is she crying? LOL."

"Wow, she’s the one gaslighting them even more. This is seriously disgusting."

"Is she a comedian or something?"

"Why is she acting like that, seriously? LOL."

"I’m relieved the mothers seem to understand the situation clearly, and the members too."

"Isn't that gaslighting?"

"This is peak gaslighting, why is she like this?"

"Why is she crying?"

"That's what gaslighting looks like, and it's also a breach of trust."

"They talked about Min Hee Jin gaslighting, and now she's sitting there doing the same."

"The saying that 'the position makes the person' is a complete lie."

"What's with her?"

"It should be the NewJeans members who are crying... Why is she crying?"

"She's so crazy."

"Isn't she embarrassed to cry in front of kids like that?"

"Those were crocodile tears."

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