JYP Treats TWICE’s Tzuyu Unfairly, Said Mother’s Friend after Jihyo “Parodied” Tzuyu’s Apology Video
A video featuring TWICE’s Jihyo “parodied” an old apology video of Tzuyu, angering the latter’s mother’s friend.
Recently, fans of TWICE were greatly bothered by a promotional video for Jihyo’s variety show, in which the leader of TWICE appeared in attire and mannerisms similar to those of Tzuyu in a past apology video. Particularly, Tzuyu had to filmed an apology video for political reasons after
holding the Taiwanese flag on the Korean TV show “My Little Television” back in 2016.
As Jihyo’s video is suspected to have “parodied” Tzuyu, the majority believe that such an action is extremely disrespectful and hurtful to Tzuyu. As fans’ opinions soured, the production team subsequently deleted the teaser video and issued an apology.
On April 30, when discussing this controversy, a friend of Tzuyu’s mother, a former singer and current MC Matilda Tao, expressed frustration and criticized JYP Entertainment, TWICE’s management company, for treating Tzuyu unfairly.
Appearing on screen with Tzuyu’s merchandise, Matilda Tao briefly recounted the controversy, then commented, “When making that teaser video by parodying Tzuyu’s pain, do you think that’s fun? Are you happy? I don’t think anyone would find it amusing. Or do you think that doing so would attract more attention?”
Matilda Tao also expressed frustration, stating that Tzuyu was unfairly treated by JYP Entertainment, “Do you know what rank Tzuyu is among the 9 members in terms of followers on Instagram? Tzuyu has 13.22 million followers on Instagram. If you were their boss, how would you arrange activities, such as releasing a solo album?”
To this, the co-host with Matilda Tao responded, “Of course, more schedules should be arranged for those with higher rankings.”
At this, Matilda Tao lamented, “That’s right, but according to fans, currently Tzuyu is not an ambassador for any brand. The number of Tzuyu’s personal activities ranks last in the group. Since 2021, Tzuyu has never appeared on the cover of a magazine on her own. The duration of Tzuyu’s solo segments in the group’s songs since debut is also among the bottom 3. These treatments do not match Tzuyu’s fame.”
“Except for Jeongyeon and Tzuyu, the others have all participated in fashion weeks. With her figure and appearance, Tzuyu is like a goddess. She is very suitable for fashion week-related activities but has never truly participated. So I think fans will agree that Tzuyu is being treated unfairly”, Matilda added.
Matilda Tao then mentioned TWICE’s contract renewal in 2022, saying, “People should also know that even in such circumstances, Tzuyu is still willing to renew her contract – why? Tzuyu considers everyone’s interests. If she were the only one not renewing, TWICE would become an 8-member group. Furthermore, she specifically told me that the sisters (TWICE’s members) treat her very well.”
The close friend of Tzuyu’s later pleaded with JYP to treat Tzuyu better, stating, “Wouldn’t that increase the company’s revenue? She has fans all over the world. She sings quite well. Tzuyu has covered many English songs, her voice is very good. And needless to say, all the members are good dancers. So why does the management company do this?”
Finally, Matilda Tao delved into the controversy surrounding Jihyo’s aforementioned teaser.
“They (the production team) apologized to the fans, but why didn’t anyone apologize to Tzuyu? Don’t they think Tzuyu would feel hurt?”, she said.
Then, responding to the co-host speculation that the production team wouldn’t apologize since doing so would be an admittance of them targeting Tzuyu, Matilda Tao sighed and expressed, “Ah, so they definitely can’t apologize to Tzuyu. I wonder how many people were ‘careless’ enough for that teaser to be released publicly? Or more accurately, how many people had to agree for it to pass.”
“That’s right. For all performances, videos, scenes, advertising/promotional schedules, and other activities of TWICE, they must first be approved by the TWICE’s boss, right? So does that mean they all approved this teaser video? What about the managers who accompanied Jihyo to the photoshoot? Did they all agree to this? Did any of you ever think this was a mistake? And of course, the production team. All these parties must agree for this teaser video to be made”, the MC complained, adding, “That’s why I wanted to talk about this issue today. Why was Tzuyu treated like this? Why?”
On the other hand, Matilda Tao has over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry and is known to be a close friend of Tzuyu’s mother. Last year, Matilda Tao’s family and Tzuyu’s mother visited the female idol in Korea, demonstrating the closeness between the two families.
Source: K Crush
