On Thursday, South Korea’s MP Ryu Ho-jeong apologised after intense backlash from BTS followers when she used photos of tattooed singer Jungkook to help a invoice she is drafting to chill out legal guidelines round getting tattoos.
As the BTS fan ARMY is especially protecting of their idols, followers attacked her for dragging him into politics although Ryu Ho-jeong hadn’t even claimed that she had Jungkook’s help. The South has inflexible restrictions on tattooing, which whereas not unlawful is categorised as a medical process, and might solely be carried out by a professional physician.
Even although tattoos have gotten extra widespread in recent times, celebrities nonetheless want to cover theirs earlier than making tv appearances.
Ryu, who’s a BTS fan, shared pictures of Jungkook on her social media accounts, that had symbols and the phrase ARMY, a reference to BTS followers, tattooed on his proper hand, and others by which he lined them with an extended white sleeve.
“Have you seen your favourite celebrities covered in bandages on their bodies?” she wrote. “This hideous sight is the result of television stations’ regulations on tattoos.”
Ryu is proposing a invoice to permit educated tattooists to be legally licensed. However, her social media accounts with flooded with indignant feedback from the BTS fan military. “Don’t use a celebrity for your political agenda,” stated one fan. “I’m glad I had already stopped supporting your party.”
“I’d like to apologise if anyone is offended,” she added. Yet, regardless of the heavy flak and criticism, she didn’t delete the pictures from her accounts.
