Bong Joon Ho Invites Scathing Criticism For Mentioning All BLACKPINK Members Except Lisa

Netizens are not happy with his answer.

Director Bong Joon Ho, best known for his Oscar-winning work Parasite, recently named BLACKPINK as his favorite K-Pop group, but not everyone is happy with his response.

Bong Joon Ho | Yonhap

Bong is currently promoting his movie, Mickey 17, featuring Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson. As a part of the promotional activities, he appeared in the popular Buzzfeed series, The Puppy Interview.

The video, which was released on March 4, KST, revealed many unexpected facts about the director, including his Twilight loyalty toward “Team Edward.”

The interviewer then asked Bong if he had any favorite K-pop group. The director, without missing a beat, answered, “BLACKPINK.”

When he was again asked about his favorite member in the group, he started his reply with “Rosé…,” only to follow it up with, “Jisoo, Jennie, everyone!”

Parasite Director Bong Joon Ho said that his favorite K-pop group is BLACKPINK and choose Rosé ,Lisa, Jisoo and Jennie as his favorite members pic.twitter.com/tAqbsxAtej

— ً🧋 (@Spicycults2) March 3, 2025

Though Bong seemed to be a fan of the entire group, his exclusion of Lisa‘s name in his answer has ticked off many as they saw it a deliberate omission, possibly fueled by racist intentions. However, many netizens also defended the director, arguing that at his age, it was expected of him not to remember the names of idol group members.

bong joon ho cries to the academy about asian inclusion, but wont bear to pronounce the name of a southeast asian woman. pic.twitter.com/h8oamfGSsy

— LISA AT THE OSCARS (@lisaleaveygent) March 4, 2025

nah im not even a fan of lisa but this is crazy. the way he said 3 members and he didnt even want to say lisa’s name properly just crazy. i know korean men patriarchy and the level racist xenophobic is insane. oh God, please save our foreign idol esp asean idol from korean men https://t.co/5VvwLRPOOq

— ara (@libraryane) March 4, 2025

Don't be mad at him , he's just representing his country xenophobic culture toward a sea woman , it's in their blood https://t.co/wCDhofoQbb

— ExoShinhyeLalisaJisoo (@EXOSSINZ7LISOO) March 4, 2025

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• “The fact that he even knows the names of the three members is impressive, isn’t it?”
  — “Exactly!”
• “Leave Bong Joon Ho alone, you crazy people.”
• “I think it’s fascinating that the old man even knows three of the members.”
• “I watched that video and when he was asked about K-Pop idols, it looked like he couldn’t remember properly.”

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