Fan’s Intimate Photo With Popular Fourth-Gen Male Idol Triggers Major Discomfort

A fan’s intimate photo with Stray Kids‘ Han has sparked major concerns among netizens.

Stray Kids’ Han | @_doolsetnet/Instagram

While there is usually distance kept between idols and fans in interactions, a special kind of polaroid event sees idols being extremely intimate with fans who spend a large amount of money to meet their favorite stars.

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This type of event sparked even more shock when it was revealed that the price was allegedly $16,000 USD when it came to the NCT members.

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One OP shared a photo that a fan had posted of herself with Han, which was extremely intimate, featuring the idol’s hand on her shoulder and the fan pulling on a tie he was wearing.

it's actually so over pic.twitter.com/4mbua00uth

— ellie ✦ (@hyunehans) November 2, 2025

While some fans shared their “jealousy,” many hit back at how weird and uncomfortable these kinds of events are, with poses that are “couple-coded” but with the idol probably having no say in whether they can do it, no matter how intimate it might seem. Others shared that it felt cringeworthy and just pushed the idea of para-social relationships between fans and idols that can become dangerous, with some directly calling it “weird.”

i don’t know why people don’t talk more about how uncomfortable those kpop polaroid events are. the poses are so couplecoded and the idol can’t even say no properly 🥶 it feels icky

— . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ (@jisunglows) November 2, 2025

nah man, either i’m too lesbian or this is cringe as fuck for real https://t.co/HZHc5b4cpS pic.twitter.com/euKFW5u5Ot

— juju ! 🍊 (@prodbymiso) November 2, 2025

So you pay them and they do things for you ? What is pola event if not glorified host club ? https://t.co/QoTI41y3mJ

— ming (@linogasm) November 2, 2025

this is deranged behavior but this fandom will never be ready for this conversation https://t.co/ssPvV355QZ

— ♡ MINHO DAY (@qu0kkari) November 2, 2025

this is weird like weird weird not normal weird https://t.co/oyblnBz8gd

— luna❤️‍🔥✨️ HAN OST 🎸 (@oddinaryalien) November 2, 2025