Jennie. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Pictures
Blackpink’s Jennie issued an apology on Tuesday, July 9, after followers noticed her smoking a vape indoors in a current YouTube vlog.
Smoking indoors, together with using vape gadgets, is unlawful in South Korea, in line with France’s AFP information company.
“We sincerely apologize to everybody who felt uncomfortable with Jennie’s actions within the content material launched on the 2nd,” mentioned OA, the document label and firm Jennie arrange final 12 months, in a press release through X on Tuesday.
“Jennie acknowledges and deeply regrets her mistake of vaping indoors and inflicting inconvenience to the employees. Jennie has personally apologized to all of the employees on-site who could have been affected,” the assertion continued. “We apologize to her followers who’ve been disillusioned by this incident. We hope to forestall this from reoccurring sooner or later.”
안녕하세요.
OA엔터테인먼트입니다.지난 2일 공개된 콘텐츠 내 제니의 행동에 불편함을 느끼신 모든 분께 진심으로 사과의 말씀을 전합니다.
제니 또한 실내에서 흡연한 점, 그로 인해 다른 스태프분들에게 피해를 드린 점에 대해 반성하고 있으며 당시 현장에 있던 스태프에게도 직접 연락을 취해… pic.twitter.com/pAQnXOBg19
— OA (@oddatelier) July 9, 2024
In keeping with AFP, in a vlog that has since been deleted, Jennie, 28, will be seen smoking a vape whereas sitting in a make-up chair as hair and make-up artists work on her face. Regardless of its elimination, the clip has since recirculated through social media.
South Korea’s Ministry of International Affairs instructed the information company on Tuesday that it had acquired a criticism to research the incident.
Jennie is a part of the chart-topping Okay-pop group Blackpink together with Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa. In 2023, they grew to become the primary Okay-pop group to headline Coachella.
Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie, and Rosé of BLACKPINK. Emma McIntyre/Getty Pictures
In South Korea, Okay-pop idols are sometimes beholden to excessive behavioral requirements, studies AFP.
Within the 2020 Netflix documentary Blackpink: Mild Up the Sky, Jennie opened up in regards to the restrictions imposed on the members of Blackpink when the group was fashioned in 2016.
“It’s actually harsh,” Jennie mentioned within the doc.
“We weren’t allowed to drink, or smoke or get a tattoo,” she added of her coaching interval.
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Whereas Blackpink are set to proceed as a gaggle after renewing their contracts with document label YG Leisure final December, Jennie additionally arrange her personal firm to pursue a solo profession.
“Hello, that is Jennie. This 12 months was full of many accomplishments, and I’m so grateful for all of the love I’ve acquired,” she shared through her Instagram Story in December, per Billboard. “I’m additionally about what’s to come back, as I begin my solo journey in 2024 with an organization that I’ve established known as OA. Please present numerous love for my new begin with OA and naturally Blackpink. Thanks.”
Jennie additionally made her performing debut in 2023, showing alongside Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd in HBO’s short-lived music drama The Idol.
