According to Korean media outlet TV Report on January 29th, this incident happened at the “Superstar Red & White Entertainment Awards,” a special program for the Spring Festival in Taiwan that aired on January 27th (local time).
LE SSERAFIM was invited to the “Superstar Red & White Entertainment Awards,” where the group encountered Taiwanese singer and actor Huang Weijin while waiting for their performance.
The “Superstar Red & White Entertainment Awards” organized a tasting event, and the members of LE SSERAFIM said they were going to eat sweet potato balls with bamboo skewers. At this time, Huang Weijin said, “I want to put it in, too. The sweet potato ball underneath them.” It is not known what language he used at the time or how the members of LE SSERAFIM responded.
“Weijin, I think you made a mistake,” pointed out Sha Sha, a participant of the “Superstar Red & White Entertainment Awards,” who heard the statement. In response, Huang Weijin claimed, “I just wanted to eat the same meal as them, I had no other intention.”
However, after the incident became known widely, a number of netizens criticized Huang Weijin, and he eventually posted an apology on social media on January 28th. Huang Weijin said, “I wanted to instinctively react to Yunjin’s words that she would eat sweet potato balls. I didn’t want to make the eating process awkward.” “Everyone could say something that could be misunderstood sometimes, what I wanted to say in my heart was, ‘I’m happy to share delicious food with my favorite idol,‘” he explained.
Source: Wikitree
