We looked into netizens’ reactions to FreeZia and her recent controversies on the online community Nate Pann.
One netizen commented, “I feel bad for FreeZia. Seeing that she is criticized more than the man who killed his girlfriend, she seems to receive too much criticism for her fault. In the video (FreeZia’s apology), she looks a little precarious as if her mentality was shattered.”
This person continued, “She gets insulted on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram as well as other communities, and I think that’s enough. It seems she has received enough for her sins.” There were also many opinions concerned about FreeZia’s mental health, such as “I think she paid too harshly for what she had done. I hope you don’t push her into the corner anymore”, “It’s true that she did something wrong, but I don’t think it’s to this extent. I’m very scared for FreeZia. I’m really scared of malicious commenters who keep swearing at her even though they haven’t suffered any damage”…
Some argued that criticism is justified as FreeZia violated professional ethics. They said, “If you cheated for two years, you deserve to be criticized this much. What if Faker didn’t play games with his real skills but used hacks? What if a famous athlete used drugs? In these cases, all of them will be severely criticized. I don’t know why people keep surrounding only Song Ji-ah.”
Meanwhile, there were voices regretting the agency’s response. A Nate Pann user shared his thoughts, “If the agency has been branding for several years, they should come forward and explain it. When FreeZia was doing well, the agency’s representative appeared on TV saying “I raised her”. However, she hid behind FreeZia as soon as the controversy broke out. It’s the editor’s fault for translating kimchi into Chinese, but the agency said they have nothing to say. Is it really her agency?”
