-Becomes a late addition member of T-ara along with other former member Areum.
-Fakes an ankle injury right before an important concert in Japan (went to two hospitals with staff, which said nothing was wrong, and then mysteriously shows up at airport with a cast anyways and demands to be taken out in a wheelchair in front of reporters and photographers).
-Hwayoung decides to skip out on rehearsals for the Japan concert in order to get some ~fancy nail art~ done, causing T-ara members and staff to do last-minute rearrangements of choreography/lighting etc., making their rehearsal last a full 6 hours longer than usual. All because Hwayoung just felt like getting her nails done.
-Several T-ara members throw shade at Hwayoung on Twitter, originating the iconic “it’s a difference in determination levels” line that plagues T-ara for years forward.
-Later, as the members are waiting to go onstage at a Music Bank recording, Hwayoung’s twin sister Hyoyoung sends physically threatening texts to T-ara member Areum (who was not part of the Twitter shade).
-At the same recording Hyomin attempted to make up with Hwayoung, but Hwayoung said “there’s nothing I feel sorry for,” ending conversation.
-Hwayoung then throws a tantrum and refuses to go on stage for the Music Bank recording
-On the way home, Hwayoung gets mad at Hyomin and Areum and angrily throws her crutches in front of reporters.
-Subsequently, “evidence” begins to surface on Pann and various other fan sites that T-ara are bullying Hwayoung. This “evidence” consists of manipulated gifs and pictures, and has been thoroughly debunked as libelous bullshit. Notwithstanding, the gifs and screencaps are widely disseminated among fan circles, eventually working their way into mainstream media, and embroiling T-ara in a massive bullying scandal.
-Hwayoung leaves T-ara. The CEO of MBK Entertainment tells the truth about the incident publicly, but naively phrases it so incredibly vaguely that no one believes him. He insists that Hwayoung is leaving due to “complaints from stylists and staff” and NOT due to the bullying scandal, but refuses to be specific, flaming the T-ara Hate Fire further.
-Over the next five years (2012-2017) unfairly get significant shit from the Korean public. However, they somehow remain unbothered and continue to churn out some of the best songs in the kpop industry, gaining massive success in China and earning hella yuan.
-However, much to the chagrin of rational people everywhere, Hwayoung profits greatly off of the scandal. Although she initially put out a weak “yeahhhh there was no bullying….” statement in the very beginning, over the years she tacitly promoted the lie as truth, and essentially built her entire acting career off of sympathy points and lies.
-In 2017, Hwayoung and her twin Hyoyoung go on the variety show “Taxi” and start (literally) crying about how much they suffered in T-ara and through the scandal once more to shamelessly drag out extra emotional baggage for attention.
-A former T-ara staff member gets pissed watching the broadcast of “Taxi” as the Ryu twins fake cry for fame and pretend like they took the high road.
-Said staff member corroborates the “nail art rehearsal skipping fake injury” story as well as the “Music Bank crutch-chucking” incident and posts the text exchange in which Hyoyoung threatens to scratch Areum’s face.
-T-ara’s former manager confirms the staff member’s accounts as true. In a Dispatch article 6 staff members also confirmed the accounts as being true.
-Stylist Kim Woori comes forward on TV and states that Hwayoung was a real bitch to her hairstylists and staff, calling them disrespectful names such as “shampoo.”
-Hwayoung goes off on Instagram about how Kim Woori is lying, but several more former Hwayoung makeup and hair staff come forward with accounts that Hwayoung was indeed extremely disrespectful, berating and swearing at her staff to the point where several members quit.
-Finally, Hwayoung and Hyoyoung are thoroughly exposed as snakes and bullies by dozens of different accounts from… basically everyone who ever worked with Hwayoung during her T-ara days. After five full years of lies.
TL;DR The Ryu twins sat and watched as T-ara took massive amounts of shit all while profiting off of the scandal for years and being the bullies themselves. S n a k e s.