“These Ingrates”: THE BOYZ Face Harsh Criticism From Own Fandom For Questionable Fansign Behavior

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Korean fans of THE BOYZ have had enough, so it seems. Several tweets about the idol group have since gone viral on X (former Twitter), all calling out THE BOYZ members for their “ungrateful” behavior toward the fandom during fansign events.

User @zecxxxz‘s most viral tweets—now with over 6.8M views—were one of the first to unveil the issue at hand:

더보이즈 단체 오줌 못참아병 사건
: 더보이즈가 팬싸인회에서 빠순이랑 오래 있기 싫어서 자꾸 화장실을 가야겠다며 엉덩이를 들었다놨다 안절부절 똥 못 싸는 개가 된 사건이다 :)

— 🛑 (@zecxxxz) March 2, 2025

THE BOYZ’s “Can’t Hold It In” Incident: During a fansign event, THE BOYZ kept fidgeting and getting up, saying they needed to go to the bathroom—like restless dogs that can’t find a good spot to poop—all because they didn’t want to spend time with the fangirls.

— @zecxxxz/X

더보이즈 화장실 가는거 << 사람인데 그럴 수 있지 근데 1분 대화하는 팬싸 50번 내려가자마자 한명씩 일어나더니 절반이 없어짐 그러고 5분 있다가 들어옴 항상 나가는 멤버 영훈 현재 등등 고정멤버 딱 있죠? 현재는 퇴장도 젤 빨리함 진짜 하남자들 제발 반성하시길 바랍니다

— 🛑 (@zecxxxz) March 2, 2025

Going to the bathroom? Sure, THE BOYZ members are human, too. So, of course they can. But during a fansign event where each fan only gets one minute to talk? As soon as we got to Fan #50, they started getting up one by one and walking out of the venue until half of them were gone. Then they came back about five minutes later. It’s always the same members who leave—like Younghoon, Hyunjae, etc. In fact, Hyunjae left the event the fastest, too. These ingrates… I hope they reflect on what they did.

— @zecxxxz/X

Then, a tweet from user @cdisodkjchdhxh shared pictures from the fansign venue…

…where only a few of the 11 members of the group were seated, interacting with the fans attending the event.

Another user, @1ovnue, shared a video—also showing the members’ seats left empty while the event was still ongoing. @1ovnue wrote, “At first, I thought all fansign events go like this.”

저는처음에팬싸가원래이런건줄알았어요 https://t.co/EfEqRg9sR3 pic.twitter.com/0glBqMeuCl

— 이코 (@1ovnue) March 2, 2025

When the tweets went viral, harsh criticism from long-time THE BOYZ fans (who claimed to have witnessed such behavior repeat over and over again) came pouring out.

팬싸 끝난 줄 알았어요ㅜㅜ https://t.co/3f02LCgEW2 pic.twitter.com/RBc7qYXlx9

— 소파감자🥐 (@juyeonppang) March 2, 2025

I actually thought the fansign was over.

— @juyeonppang/X

These fans alleged THE BOYZ members of mistreating and, ultimately, not “valuing” the fans who show them support by showing up to the events. Some of the most disapproving tweets got thousands of Likes as it openly attacked THE BOYZ members in the name of love.

가장 무서울 때
네임드언니들이 단체로 더보기가 생길 만큼 장문의 트윗을 남김. ㅅㅂ

— 멍순 (@mongsunims) March 2, 2025

You know what’s the scariest thing? When all the big name fan accounts start posting REALLY long tweets that come with a “Show More.”

— @mongsunims/X

더비들이 이렇게 말하는 것은
더보이즈를 싫어해서가 아니라는 것
무대 위 더보이즈를 더 보고 싶다는 점
팬들에게 의사소통을 더 많이 해 주기를 바라는
글 쓰면서도 피눈물 나는 팬들이 있다는 점 기억했으면 좋겠다
영원이라는 건 없지만 그 영원을 만드는 건 서로가 있어야 가능할 테니까

— 달리아ಇ (@dallia0826) March 2, 2025

I hope THE BOYZ remember that THE Bs are calling them out not because we dislike the members, but because we want to see more of them on stage. There are fans writing these messages with tears in their eyes, hoping for better communication. Nothing lasts forever, but creating something lasting is only possible when both sides work together.

— @dallia0826/X

As Korean THE Bs became more and more emotional over the tweets, the complaints became more generalized—accusing THE BOYZ members for “hating their own fans.”

더보이즈는 더비 덩어리를 좋아함
더비 한 명씩 만나면 끔찍해서 막 미칠라함

— jjj (@ghjauu) March 2, 2025

It seems like THE BOYZ loves the idea of THE Bs, but when it comes to spending time with each fan, they hate it.

— @ghjauu/X

항상 느꼇던 거지만
더보이즈는 필요할때만 더비야…
투표하고 상받고 모델되고 컴백할때만 팬들을 찾고 그 외에는 전혀 … 제가 아무것도 아닌게 되잖아요 난 아이돌이 팬들 필찾하는거 여기와서 처음봣어요… 나는 그냥 님들이 찾으면 와서 부둥부둥해주는 사람이 아니라구요

— swa (@xxgangoz) March 2, 2025

I’ve always felt this way, but THE BOYZ only seem to need THE Bs when it benefits them—during voting, winning awards, getting endorsement deals, and making comebacks. Outside of that, it feels like they don’t acknowledge us at all… It makes me feel like I’m nothing. I’ve never seen an idol group exploit their fans like this before. I’m not just someone you can summon whenever you need support and expect to always be there to comfort you.

— @xxgangoz/X

더보이즈 팬싸 가봤으면 이거 공감 오천만번한다

맨날 바쁘다함 나도 돈내고 시간내고
팬싸온 팬인데ㅜ 그 1시간이라는 시간에 눈 감았다뜨면 맨날 누가 화장실감 ㅜㅡㅠ 정말 한참 뒤에옴 ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ1시간도 못참아? ㅠㅠㅠ

정말 매 팬싸마다

설사여서 못앉아있는거면 인정하겟어요.. https://t.co/SPzxYivEQy

— 😎수아짱😎 (@hj_716) March 2, 2025

If you’ve ever been to THE BOYZ’s fansign, you’ll 50,000,000% understand this. They always say they’re busy, but listen. I also paid for the ticket and made time to attend. Yet, within that one hour, I blink once and someone’s gone to the bathroom. These bathroom breaks are long and the members only come back after a good while. What, they can’t even hold it in for an hour? Every fansign, this happens. The only way I’d excuse it is if they had explosive diarrhea and could not sit through the whole event no matter what.

— @hj_716/X

예전부터 조금씩 느꼈던거지만.. 매번 말로는 엄청 사랑한다고 하믄서… 가져오는 결과는 아닌게 서운하거임. 이렇게까지 다들 한마음으로 말하는데는 이유가 있겠죠. 이제 막 데뷔한 팀도 아니고 7년차면 충분히 회사에 건의를 할 수 있다고 생각하는 위치인데 안 하는건 그냥 진짜 안 하는걸로밖에…

— 💭 (@swyouthis) March 2, 2025

I’ve felt this way more and more over time… They tell us they love us so much, but their actions don’t reflect that, and it’s really disappointing. There must be a reason why so many fans are saying the same things all at once. They’ve been around for 7 years now, so they should be in a position to voice concerns with the company, but it feels like they’re just not doing it. All fans want is communication and to see them more often, but it’s frustrating when they don’t even want to do that. Yet they want their fans to stick through it all? As opportunities to see them dwindle, who will stay and keep supporting? Words are nice, but it’d be great if their actions matched. 🥹

— @swyouthis/X

영통도 3분에서 당일에 2분으로 줄이고 인원도 10명으로 줄이고 폴라도 10명중 랜덤 1명이였는데 이젠 폴라 멤버 마저 랜덤임 왤케 점점 싸가지없어지지

— 마비。 (@newmewo) March 2, 2025

THE BOYZ reduced their fan video call duration from 3 minutes to 2 minutes on the day of the video calls, decreased the number of participants to 10, and even for the Polaroids, it is now all at random. Why have they become so b*tch a*s inconsiderate toward the fans?

— @newmewo/X

Amid all, fans outside Korea voiced concern over the growing backlash, pointing out the “unreasonableness” in condemning the members for something as minor as “going to the bathroom”…

ok there always has to be a problem with you guys, seriously you never settle for anything. the boyz always do everything they can to make deobi happy and they come to want to turn that into a problem??? be realistic, my loves

— luana (@wuchunsan) March 2, 2025

…though, one fan @hj_716, responded by posting a picture of a different fansign, same “problem,” to highlight that this has, supposedly, been an ongoing issue for the Korean fandom.

구라라고 생각하시는 분들 있는고같아서^^^ ….( 이날은 진심 너무 화나서 찍은거임………… 다른 날들도 거이 이럼 ….) pic.twitter.com/23pq9UpAnz

— 😎수아짱😎 (@hj_716) March 2, 2025

For those who might think we’re all making this up… (I took this photo on a day when I was really uspet about this… Happens at almost every fansign event.)

— @hj_716/X

Other K-Pop fans also reacted to the outburst from THE BOYZ’s fandom, noting how the “walk out” is indeed a sight unseen at different fansign events.

“The fact that their fans have kept this under wraps until now…? Real fans. THE BOYZ must be the first in K-Pop history to pull off leaving in the middle of a fansign.”
“What?! I have never heard of any idol group leaving their own fansigns before.”
“Seriously, though. I’ve never heard of this happening anywhere else.”
“An idol group leaving their own fansign in the middle of the event…? This is honestly a first for me.”
“I mean, I’ve seen idols quickly excuse themselves to the bathroom and come back, but they’d be super sorry about it. I’ve never seen half the group walk out like this.”
“I usually don’t get any idol-related content on social media, but I suddenly started seeing all these posts about THE BOYZ’s bladder issues, so I had to look it up. Pure wow.”
“What are they even doing outside?”
“THE BOYZ at it again, huh? I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard about this group’s problems.”
“Wait, are we sure it wasn’t the members who finished the fansign first? Just going to the bathroom before the photo session? How could idols leave in the middle of their own fansign event?”
“At this point, I have to assume that they stepped out because they needed a smoke break.”

Meanwhile, THE BOYZ is yet to address the growing criticism.

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