News of Hwa Young being thrown off from T-ara as well as the alleged bullying issues committed by the members of T-ara towards Hwa Young had captured the attention of many K-pop fans from all over the world.
T-ara had just made their long-awaited comeback when the K-pop world is suddenly shocked with the news that Hwa Young would no longer be a part of T-ara. The reason given is because of some disciplinary issues and the staffs’ dissatisfaction towards her dive-like attitude. However, the news didn’t stop there.
Netizens had come forward with evidence to support the fact that Hwa Young had been bullied while working in the group. Bo Ram was said to have ruined Hwa Young’s umbrella, Ji Yeon was said to have mocked Hwa Young on camera, stating that she had never seen Hwa Young touched a book all the time they had lived together, So Yeon was said to have offered Hwa Young a candy which she had dropped earlier, Hyo Min was said to have poked Hwa Young in the eyes and Eun Jung was said to have forced Hwa Young to eat some rice cakes on a TV program.
There were pictures that the Netizens had uploaded, claiming it to be the “evidence of bullying”. The bullying issues turned out to be something common in idol groups. However, no other cases are highlighted as T-ara’s. How far are the fans’ reactions towards this story?
The condition became so severe that T-ara’s largest fan café decided to close down its website a day after T-ara’s August comeback and many fans petitioned for T-ara’s disbandment. Furthermore, T-ara has to cancel a number of shows at certain locations due to this. But not everybody is on the same page.
Some fans still support T-ara, believing that they aren’t to blame and some fans are rooting for Hwa Young. The other members of T-ara is going through hardships right now especially when fans petition for their disbandment and demand them to be taken off from variety shows as well as edited out on the shows they have recorded. Furthermore, new member Areum was just starting out and not to mention, the soon-to-be official member, Dani.
Some fans reacted with disgust at the mere mention of T-ara and obviously displayed their distaste towards the group. Other fans might root for them. Meanwhile, a number of fans try to overlook the controversy and focus instead on their songs, claiming that the music had done no harm and should not be blamed or shunned because of T-ara’s controversy.
Right at this moment, it seems that more fans are turning their backs on T-ara and some might even continue demanding for T-ara’s members to be taken off from variety shows even if it is proven that T-ara is innocent and did not commit any act of bullying towards Hwa Young.
So, Citrines, what would you do?
Source: Own’s survey
T-ARA: 
T-ara is still T-ara .. with or w/out HwaYoung .. don’t judge them as if you know them personally ..T-ara members didn’t wish Hwayoung to be kicked out of the group its their company who decided it .. so don’t point fingers on who’s fault it was .. and So Yeon speaks all about what happened , watch it so you could understand the whole situation ..
Goodluck for their comeback ..
T-ara all the way .. FIGHTING ! ! !
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let’s give them a chance.i guess they’ll learned something from what had happened.success is sweeter the second time around guys.go T-ARA
Funny how people are already going and saying that T-ara are bullies when the truth wasn’t even revealed yet. They need to shut their fake mouth. RETARDED ASSES much. Anyways, I think T-ara will do a good job. Even based on the recent Gaon charts rankings, T-ara are still pretty high up there. That’s because all their hard work got them this far, while Hwayoung only got half of it; actually she put no hard work in it at all, since Hyoyoung was supposed to be in T-ara in the first place. But whatever.
FIGHTING, T-ARA. They’ll do just fine.
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I don’t think people should blame T-ara for “not doing appropriate actions” about the lost of Hwayoung in their group or about the bullying. T-ara’s movements are manipulated by their agency. They cannot react about that because the agency doesn’t want them to. They can’t disobey their agency because they might be also removed from the group. It’s unfair for T-ara to blame them like that. But, this is just my opinion you can agree or disagree..
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totally agree with you on your opinion and also believe the Girls in TARA are unable to do anything to help Hwayoung to stay on… as there are 280 staff members complain management had to take action on Hwayoung on her behaviour to the team… and team performance will be jeopardize.
True or not, Bullying is wrong. Like previous comments, T-ara handled the whole thing egregiously. They acted as if nothing happened, not even the loss of a band member. Just like Eunjung in sports, she keeps doing them. She has no idea she is not remotely athletic.
This rumored is not true, you know, there are Netizens who make a rumored about this, read this blog. The author is korean reporter, about the video is just an edited http://tjdmswns15.blog.me/80165908009
I can’t stand bullying so I will always support Hwayoung. However, if I hear T-ara’s new song and like it, then I’m going to listen to it. Shoot, good music is good music. But I’m just ashamed of Jiyeon & Eunjung because I wasn’t expecting them to do something like this.
Whether the bully is true or not, T-ara members didn’t take appropriate actions to contain the bully scandal. They should either come out to deny or apologize, anything will do to calm down the public. However, as usual, KKS was the only person who seems to take the “liberty” to hash out the “story” to the press. There were so many different and conflicted stories of why she being kicked out, how Hwayoung reacted, etc.. all coming to KKS who for most people do not trust at all. KKS also threatened Hwayoung to keep quite or things will get worse for her but at the same time bashing Hwayoung again and again on the media. A big CEO bashing a 19 years old girl who twitted only 3 times so far (“determination issue”, “Facts with no truth” and the “apology”). KKS keep putting foot into his own mouth by telling the presses with different conflicting reasons why he kicked her out, and it’s so unbelievable. Sometimes, they sounded like some fan-fictions story right from the Internet. All this time, T-ara other members remained quite except the “sorry” twit from Eun-jung with no much detail. That’s the reason why the public in Korea lashing out or CCM, KKS and T-ara too. I myself, don’t care much about the videos that some anti-fans put together. People are angry because T-ara members acted like nothing happened. Probably KKS threatened them too. Who knows?
I believe in T-ara! There are already many evidences on the internet refuting the baseless claims. Without T-ara, I would never have listened to K-pop. T-ara hwaiting! <3<3<3
Here is my point of view regarding this controversy:
Actually, what's happening now is exactly the same as what happened in 'the emperor's new clothes'.
People do not want to believe the bullying didn't happen because they have already attacked T-ara over baseless claims. If they agree that the bullying did not happen now, they will be seen as the bad guy.
Likewise, people do not want to admit that the emperor isn't wearing any clothes or else they will be seen as unintelligent.
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