Hyunjin of Stray Kids has found himself in the middle of a controversy again, and some fans are demanding that he withdraw from the group.
On March 14, photos of a protest truck sent to JYP Entertainment demanding Hyunjin withdraw from Stray Kids circulated online. The truck was sent to the JYP Entertainment office building and displayed messages such as "Hwang Hyunjin, get out," "Who gave Stray Kids the image of bullies? You're so cool, Hyunjin," "If you can't fix it, throw it away! Stop holding back the team, and get out," "This is the third controversy. All 3 times it's been about Hwang Hyunjin. What's JYP's standard to kick him out," and more.
Korean netizens were surprised by the protest trucks and commented, "The company needs to file a lawsuit. These were just rumors but people are having their moments of stupidity," "JYP should just sue them. The company is at fault for this endless fabrication (of rumors). They should protect all the members. They haven't protected all their members and they're always neglected. Every time," "There's nothing else Hyunjin did wrong except that school bullying controversy," "The money for the protest truck is such a waste," and, "I feel bad for Hyunjin. I feel like he's hated on so much just for the bullying controversy."
The protest trucks were sent in light of the recent controversy surrounding the infamous former idol trainee Han Seo Hee.
Messenger chatroom logs showing an alleged conversation between Han Seo Hee and another individual went viral a few days ago. In the Instagram direct messages and open Kakaotalk conversations, Han Seo Hee talks about dating and meeting various male idols.
In the open chat conversation, Han Seo Hee shared, "I wanted to make E cry but he showed up with cologne on. So I sniffed him and took off his hoodie, telling him he smelled nice. He had nice abs but I still didn't get excited. E is really not my style. When you see celebrities, you get excited but E is really r***ded."
After these conversation screenshots went viral, a few netizens speculated that Hyunjin was the idol who had a "one-night stand" with Han Seo Hee. However, the rumors were based on unfounded information and the original poster of the chat log admitted they were fabricated.