the worst part of this is the reaction of the fanbase in regards to leo possibly having a girlfriend whether true or not. why can't people just mind their business and be happy for him smh. no kidding idols break up with each other because of netizens and fans (i'm thinking seolhyun and zico, though i didn't like the pairing but i have no say in what they do and should be happy for them) so people can just sit on a cactus if they blow up like this for their "oppas" having a significant other
The real problem is that there was never any mention at all about the possibility of Leo having a girlfriend on the part of K-fans (that I have seen at least, and I’ve been reading Korean twitter quite a lot recently due to this incident). I’m not really sure how I-fans came to that conclusion. None of this issue even has anything at all to do with Leo potentially dating, but that’s what it’s been made into in the international fandom.
The lesson that people need to learn from this is to be careful who they trust when it comes to rumors about things in a language they don’t know. I’ve literally seen translations that are done so badly that I’ve wondered if the people doing them were actually trying to stir up trouble about things.
But yes, I am very very saddened by the reaction of the international fanbase about this (completely unfounded) rumor. I’d imagined that i-fans might be more open when it came to idols dating, and even though that part of the rumor was never even something that should have come up, I’m really really sad that people would leave the fandom over it.