Publicly expressing fondness or admiration for a fellow celebrity has long been regarded as a positive cultural gesture, reflecting connection and mutual respect within the entertainment industry. However, because this is show business, a single remark can easily be interpreted in multiple ways, often giving rise to unnecessary controversies. For this reason, most celebrities tend to be extremely cautious when mentioning other well-known figures during interviews.

Even with this awareness, there are moments when celebrities let their guard down, simply because they believe that liking one person does not imply devaluing another. Unfortunately, controversy rarely spares public figures. “Sweet Home” actress Go Min Si recently found herself unwillingly dragged into an unwarranted negative dispute, sparked solely by an innocent answer about her personal preferences within the K-pop scene.

The incident began when an interview clip of Go Min Si υиєχρє¢тє∂ly went viral on X, amαѕѕing over five million views. In the video, the actress was asked to choose between two top-tier K-pop groups: BTS and NewJeans. Without hesitation, she selected NewJeans, appearing bright and genuinely happy. She went on to shower the ADOR girl group with praise after having had the opportunity to meet them in person.

As soon as the clip spread widely across social media, a wave of intense backlash flooded Go Min Si’s personal Instagram account. Thousands of malicious comments appeared, many from accounts displaying profile images or symbols αѕѕociated with BTS. This quickly led public opinion to criticize ARMY—the fandom of BTS—as rude, uncivilized, and excessively aggressive for attacking an actress simply because she chose NewJeans over BTS.

However, as the controversy escalated, level-headed ARMYs soon noticed several irregularities. In reality, the viral clip was not new at all. It was taken from an interview between Go Min Si and DAZED кσяєα back in 2023—nearly two years ago.

The resurfacing of a two-year-old video just as BTS are preparing to make their return with their fifth studio album raised serious questions about the uploader’s motives. Notably, a comment left by the original poster read, “Unfortunately everyone was right about armys reaction to this video,” a clearly biased statement that framed ARMY as inevitably hostile and intent on attacking Go Min Si. This was widely seen as a deliberate attempt to provoke a fandom war.

It is no secret that tensions have existed for quite some time between certain segments of NewJeans’ fandom and BTS fans. Recent developments surrounding the dispute between HYBE and NewJeans, combined with BTS’s impending comeback, have only added fuel to an already smoldering fire. In this context, reposting an old interview clip appears to have been a calculated move to further inflame hostility between the two fandoms.

Fans also pointed out that it is impossible to definitively confirm that all accounts attacking Go Min Si truly belong to ARMY. In large-scale online controversies, impersonators frequently emerge to escalate conflicts, tarnish the reputation of major fandoms like ARMY, and deepen divisions within the K-pop fan community.

In response, many ARMYs urgently warned fellow fans not to get dragged into the situation, stressing that the controversy was merely an attempt to incite attacks against the actress, intensify hostility between BTS and NewJeans fans, and distract ARMY from what truly matters—the upcoming comeback of BTS. The fandom called on fans to remain focused on supporting BTS as their return draws near, rather than allowing peripheral controversies to damage the image of both the artists and the fandom itself.

ARMYs also left numerous comments addressing the situation involving certain NewJeans fans and actress Go Min Si:

- 20 March 2026. BTS IS COMING. Everyone, we just know this. Don't bother other things

- BTS COMEBACK, THE COMEBACK OF THE CENTURY, IS 20 MARS 2026, NEW ALBUM AND TOUR. Make sure to pre order and save money. Everything else is irrelevant to us

- This is from 2023, yall are actually nasty for bringing this up again knowing she'll get hate. Don’t be fooled by these kinds of ridiculous bait posts

- Posting this video, which mind you, is years old and collectively praying in the comments that armys would gaf when we don't ..and we're not supposed to think that we're the center of attention on here

- This is what kpopies do cuz they have nothing better to do. Bringing up past vids to accuse us of hating. Always victimising themselves and villainising us

- armys being mentioned in the entire qrts but i cant even see even one of them here. mental illness if u ask me

- This clip is from years ago and is clearly being reused to stir drama. Please don’t fall for this kind of bait

- Liking one group doesn’t mean hating another. People are deliberately twisting this situation to provoke fanwars, and we shouldn’t give them the reaction they want

- We should stay calm and focus on supporting BTS instead of wasting energy on manufactured controversies like this

- Guys, don't fall for this obvious bait. Stay focused on supporting our boys and ignore the noise

- Reminder: This is a 2-year-old interview. The timing of this 'viral' post is suspicious. Don't engage with the hate, just report the malicious accounts and keep streaming for the upcoming album