{"id":390139,"date":"2026-04-09T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390139\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:38:09","slug":"im-not-perfect-bts-jungkook-apologises-for-live-stream-behaviour-ahead-of-arirang-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/390139\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m not perfect\u2019: BTS\u2019 Jungkook apologises for live stream behaviour ahead of Arirang world tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jungkook of K-pop boy band BTS has apologised to fans for the behaviour he displayed during a personal live stream<\/a> held on Feb 26, after which he found himself embroiled in a controversy. <\/p>\n

At the time, the South Korean singer used an English profanity and made an obscene gesture directed at a friend who was off-screen, confessed to smoking in the past and talked about his dissatisfaction with his agency, BigHit Music. <\/p>\n

When concerned fans advised him to end the live stream then, he responded by saying: \u201cDon\u2019t tell me what to do.\u201d <\/p>\n

On April 8, the 28-year-old conducted a live stream via the fan community platform Weverse and opened up about the previous incident. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I personally don\u2019t know if I did anything seriously wrong during that recent live stream,\u201d he said, \u201cI am not a public official, and these are things that YouTubers and people working in this industry say all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jungkook went on to admit he had not shown that side of himself until recently and acknowledged it might have caused fans to react negatively. <\/p>\n

\u201cI want to apologise to the ARMYs (BTS\u2019 fandom) who felt uncomfortable in that regard, and I will exercise restraint in the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also revealed what he felt about critical public opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to say much to people who are just busy bashing everything,\u201d he said. \u201cThank you for your attention, but it\u2019s not my business if you get sued.\u201d <\/p>\n

Jungkook recalled that he was in a good mood during the Feb 26 live stream as BTS were preparing for their comeback.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how I would act in the future, but I won\u2019t commit a crime or do anything truly bad, but as a human being, things like that can happen sometimes,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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BTS member Jung Kook performing during the BTS comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on March 21. <\/p>\n

PHOTO: AFP<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a perfect person, but I\u2019ve always been genuine with my fans. If you feel uncomfortable or think something is wrong, I hope you will point it out. I will take that to heart and accept it.\u201d <\/p>\n

BTS released their latest full-length studio album\u00a0Arirang\u00a0on March 20, marking the septet\u2019s first full-group comeback in over three years. On March 21, they staged a free one-hour concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul. <\/p>\n

They will embark on their Arirang world tour, which kicks off with three shows at South Korea\u2019s Goyang Stadium on April 9, 11 and 12, with about 40,000 attendees a night.<\/p>\n

Goyang, about 16km north-west of Seoul, has already turned into a purple-lit celebration zone ahead of the concerts, with landmarks such as Ilsan Lake Park lit up nightly in tribute to BTS and ARMY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jungkook of K-pop boy band BTS has apologised to fans for the behaviour he displayed during a personal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-390139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}