BTS J-Hope‘s recent interactions with the French First Lady Brigitte Macron have invited quite a backlash from fans.
J-Hope recently performed at the charity event, Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes, at the invite of Brigitte Macron. Apart from his power-packed performance, the BTS rapper’s multiple interactions with the French First Lady have sparked some heated discussions online.
Brigitte Macron was seen walking up to J-Hope after the show to greet him personally, and the two shared a cordial hug. They also clicked backstage with French President Emmanuel Macron.
BRIGITTE MACRON??? GIRLLL WHAT ARE U DOING 😭
LE PRINCE J-HOPE AU GALA
J-HOPE AT LE GALA DES PIÈCES JAUNES #jhope_at_GalaDesPiècesJaunes#GalaDesPiècesJaunes #jhope_in_paris#jhopepic.twitter.com/Qw8hZx3W94
— 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 | 🎈👜 (@MapOfTheHoseok) January 24, 2025
#JHOPE with Macron ( france president) and the first lady of France! 🇫🇷#jhope_at_GalaDesPiècesJaunes#GalaDesPiècesJaunes pic.twitter.com/3LzJP8yDh9
— BTS Charts Daily (@btschartsdailyc) January 24, 2025
While some fans were delighted to see J-Hope enthusiastically appreciated by someone of Macron’s stature, a large number of fans have expressed their disapproval of this association. While there were multiple reasons cited for this keen dislike of Brigitte Macron with the BTS member, including her political and personal history…
Ohhh-errrr….
That lady is a p3do…. https://t.co/JJ8sHtiUeS pic.twitter.com/WTXkKYE97L
— 🌸⁷ (@Bora_Flwr_Thrwr) January 26, 2025
Is it only French army that understands how her and the president are using those popular artists to sway people in their favors ??? Wake up we keep saying how bad it is to associate them with the tannies. Idc if they took a pic with him repost or wtv but don’t write stupid thing https://t.co/qrBUK1OCxD
— 🐋🍇MariaJin⁷ | 𝙱𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 (@bemypebble_) January 24, 2025
Mind you she is a fascist, Islamophobe and a pedophile
STOP HYPING UP EVERYTHING AND GET OUT OF YOUR BUBBLES https://t.co/wUANzY2uG2— ⟭⟬ᴮᴱEllie💜⁷⟬⟭🐋🔍⍤⃝🔎 (@purpleshop_7) January 24, 2025
We hate her btw, she is using him for her image, and to get french youth lmfao https://t.co/XkTPpHLw8T
— Hoopki 😀 (@hoopki) January 24, 2025
…the general criticism appeared to be over the fact that a BTS member was being used once again as a tool for propaganda by a politician.
This is how it feels looking at y all praising any weirdo just bcz they breathed the same air as bts https://t.co/tKhQOkPFoa pic.twitter.com/vW5EXvbTSc
— mervet⁷🔻☕ (@maroualovie) January 26, 2025
BTS is being used a political tool AGAIN . We seriously need to stop glazing these fking politicians. She’s not an ARMY she’s just trying to use them to sway gp opinion on her and her bum ass husband https://t.co/ZKOH713KPQ
— YWAHYOOO⁷🔞 (@greenbicycle5) January 24, 2025
what happened to “not a fucking diplomat”??? why does this have so many likes? when we asked them to speak up we got booed bc apparently they’re not allowed to have anything to do w politics & now yall are hyping a pic of him w a p3do z!0nist pos???? this is INSANE https://t.co/J7vg0LQw9z
— 🏐 ♡ paris !! ⁷ ꪜ (@jooniekisser) January 26, 2025
y’all are some smooth brain bitches cuz this is exactly what namjoon meant when he said not a fucking diplomat but oh well as long as daddy yt genocidaire and mommy yt groomer use hoseok it’s okay https://t.co/sJWWbid8Ds
— mehtaab 🍉 (@badnam_mehtaab) January 25, 2025
Read more about BTS’s view on politics as musicians here.
