JYJ‘s Jaejoong was once an important member of TVXQ. As the group’s visual center, he was one of the most popular members. The group was so successful that they are still often considered the best group of their generation.
Things took a turn when the three members of JYJ filed an injuction against SM Entertainment in 2009 to suspend their exclusive contracts. They claimed unfair profit distribution, slave contracts, and non-transparency in finances. The court ruled in their favor with a partial injuction, but the boys were silently “blacklisted” for years due to SM Entertainment’s strong connections.
Although the boys are all doing well now, the legal battle period was a dark one for both the members and the fans. As such, an Instagram update from Jaejoong’s young niece went viral for the way she accidentally stuck her foot in her mouth. It is currently Chuseok in South Korea, where family goes to visit extended family. Jaejoong’s niece went to spend time with her uncle. She shared her love for NCT.
Niece: “Uncle, do you know NCT?””
Jaejoong: “Yeah, of course I do.”
Niece: “I like NCT.”
Jaejoong: ” Oh really? You know I was in SM Entertainment for 8 years then we had a court trial, right?”
Niece (Caption): “LOOOOOOOL I should just die.”
His niece accompanied the post with a photo of Jaejoong’s Mutizen Song trophy from his TVXQ years. A repost of her story quickly went viral online with over 1.9 million views on X.
개쳐웃긴데 안웃김 https://t.co/xK3fVdY5DL pic.twitter.com/nOlHnQdsoV
— 뇌지능0.00001KSH (@0_000001ksh) September 17, 2024
This is so damn funny, but also not.
— 0_0000001ksh
The choice of photo made it even more funny.
첨부한 사진도 웃김 ㅅㅂ https://t.co/ZTAtfpVm0A
— 쿠마 (@koomakunkun) September 16, 2024
The photo attached is also hilarious, f*ck.
— koomakunkun
Although the situation was posted in good humor, fans can’t help but look upon it with bittersweet memories.
웃안웃의정석이넼ㅋㅋㅋㅋ https://t.co/3TQqGcV2xE
— 아롬 (@r_0me_) September 17, 2024
This is totally what you would call ‘funny but not funny.’
— r_0me_
Others wondered if her bias was Taeyong. Taeyong is known to look like Jaejoong.
최애가 태용이었으면 https://t.co/LZEKEWKPSr
— 당밀 (@dangmil31) September 17, 2024
If her bias was Taeyong…
— dangmil31
It is precisely only during Chuseok that fans get reminded their biases are simply just family to their relatives!