BTS’s J-Hope Touched In An “Inappropriate” Way At Recent Concert

Video of BTS‘s J-Hope being touched “inappropriately” at a recent show has sparked backlash.

J-Hope is currently on tour and has recently performed in Mexico.

[#오늘의방탄]
처음부터 끝까지 멕시코 아미의 뜨거운 열정에 감동 받았어요💜 아미와 함께 웃고, 함께 노래한 오늘을 잊지 않을게요!✨
#오늘의제이홉 #제이홉 #jhope #BTS #방탄소년단 #HOPE_ON_THE_STAGE_TOUR_CDMX#HOS_TOUR_CDMX #BTSARMY pic.twitter.com/KRiGf8I8LG

— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) March 23, 2025

There were rumors of a fan sliding her hander under J-Hope’s shirt during a show as the idol came into the crowd. It was then debunked, but a video went viral showing that a fan did touch J-Hope on the stomach without his consent.

So the girl DID NOT slide her hand under his shirt, like some were suspecting, she did feel on him though, which is still a BIG NO! pic.twitter.com/1wTmYvquPo

— Yoongi's 아아아, 안녕 in 134340; 보라해/아포방포 ⁷; HFH (@badgalcici920) March 23, 2025

In the clip, while fans were reaching for J-Hope to touch his hands as he interacted, one fan could be seen going for his stomach and touching it for a few seconds and even moving it down.

Comments shared their anger at how “inappropriate” the action was to fans and that behavior like this could lead to J-Hope not wanting to get so close to fans.

this is SO inappropriate, you can also see that he wasn’t comfortable with it since he pulled away right after she put her hands, i didn’t think someone would do this at his concert, his tour has been going so well but yea let’s not do this.. smh https://t.co/Wl3gMZbpmf

— koorire⁷ (@ggukcirclef) March 23, 2025

Omg… If i had GA and jhope walked up to me and just standing there i wouldn’t touch him. If i was sitting on a chair and he sit besides me, I still wouldn’t touch him. If bts came to my town i wouldn’t even take photos or talk to them!

— ⟭⟬ Paulina ⟭⟬ 🧈 (@Hobistapioka) March 23, 2025

At times like this I think we need to follow the lead of J-ARMYs who are so respectful to Tannies and make sure to keep physical boundaries.

This video needs to be the standard – https://t.co/52smv7hyLy

— ⟭⟬🍀Crystal Snow⁷❄️⟬⟭ (@CrystalSnow_B7S) March 24, 2025

Broo whyyyyy … seriously? He finally gets the chance to interact with army’s as he always wanted and wtf ??? Do you not want the boys to ever interact with us again ? You’re screwing this up. Imagine if all 7 would interact with us like Hobi did but in 60+ shows.

— MoNaLiSa 💜has SwEeT DrEaMs (@Lotus_Flower875) March 23, 2025

A TikTok was also posted showing what happened, but rather than focusing on what happened, it looked at all of J-Hope’s interactions with the fans.

Logré hacer el corazón con Hobi 😭😭😭😭😭 #hopeonthestageinmexico #hopeonthestage #hobi #jhope #kpop #palaciodelosdeportes #jhopeenMéxico

♬ sonido original – JTS

Yet, it didn’t stop comments sharing anger after noticing what had happened.

Idols love interacting with fans up close, but netizens worry that behavior like this could change that, making many feel uncomfortable with the physical contact that could happen.

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