I’m late to the party, but after the MHJ’s latest public crocodile tears, I honestly just felt so bad for every single group involved with this mess, but I’m also glad she did it so NewJeans can realize what kind of person she truly is. I feel so bad for Leserrafim and Illit who had to through that awful hate train and smear campaign, but most importantly I feel extremely sorry for NewJeans.
I stand by the logic that bullies can be victims too. I will always see the situation for what it is and that’s five young girls being groomed and emotionally manipulated by the adults around them. They were young and denied a lot of space to act like children while in the trainee system which is emotional and physically draining. Mother Gothel acted like a savior, and their parents are just as bad for encouraging any of this behavior.
No that doesn’t excuse their behavior, like at all and I hope that they are being held accountable and apologizing to people they hurt, including the staff. But it sucks that they had to go through any of this and be betrayed by the ones they trusted. I hope with the recent cry fest from who shall not be named, they realize how crappy of a person she is, and aim to move forward.