Smoking is not inherently a violation of the law or a violation of ethical standards. Basically, an idol who smokes is no different from other normal people if they are old enough and smoke in an area where smoking is allowed.

Therefore, in recent days, the image of Jungkook smoking in Los Angeles should not have been a controversial story. But of course, many people easily realize that his global fame has made the smoking story a topic of interest.

In a situation where Jungkook received a lot of criticism for his smoking behavior, V recently made a secret move to protect the group's youngest member. Below is an action that shows how V did not hesitate to show his reaction to the incident:

In fans' prejudices, there are many things idols cannot do like normal people because they have to maintain their image in public. However, sometimes, there are fans who take advantage of these things to control and even tie their idols in their normal lives to an unreasonable standard.

That includes smoking and Jungkook is a recent prime example. On September 7, αмєяι¢αn celebrity gossip website Lainey Gossip shared videos and photos of Jungkook standing and smoking outside Matsuhisa, a restaurant in Los Angeles (California, USA) that is loved by many stars. According to media, the above images were discovered and filmed by paparazzi from the notorious Hollywood Backgrid paparazzi agency.

Soon after, the topic of Jungkook smoking began to cause controversy throughout these days. He has faced a lot of criticism because many people believe that he is not allowed to do that, violates ethics and affects his health as well as his fans.

Even when other fans pointed out that Jungkook was mature enough to do these things and that smoking was not prohibited by law, dozens of ιиѕυℓтs and attacks continued to be directed at Jungkook because many people believed that he is an idol and he is not allowed to smoke. Many people even deliberately accused him of violating the smoking law in Los Angeles by smoking in a place where smoking is not allowed. Luckily, the restaurant manager of Matsuhisa spoke up to confirm that he was in a position where smoking was allowed.

But even though the truth shows that Jungkook's smoking is completely normal, many people still continue to take advantage of this situation to criticize him harshly. In that situation, V seemed unable to sit still and had to speak up to protect the group's maknae.

ARMYs discovered that V posted a photo on his Instagram Story but he has now deleted it. The deleted photo includes him sitting next to PD Min Heejin and it seems like that's where they filmed the MV for his solo album.

But what's notable in the photo is that V is holding a vape in his hand. It's really an impressive image because this is the first time V has revealed that he uses a vap3. Before, even though V had revealed that he owned a blue vap3, it was just an a̾c̾c̾i̾d̾e̾n̾t.

This move of V makes fans believe that he is speaking up to protect Jungkook and is ready to show others that an idol smoking e-c1garettes or traditional c1garettes is not shameful or leads to controversy. Fans were really surprised by V's personality-filled action to protect Jungkook from unreasonable criticism:

- Taehyung said I don’t give a fck about smoking sc@ndal and upload j*ul pc

- he really mean to smash entire minions and i found that really hot af of them, both

- He’s so slay, he protects his lil brother

- Taehyung be like you dare come after our maknae our jungkookie lemme give you some material instead of luuurking come to me

- D@mn why is everyone smoking all of a sudden. I mean their choice though I still love them

- He d@rn right he's a man not a little boy

- He is very smart and savage. He knows what to do when and how to shut up the nosy useless b*nch. U Dare to look at his family. He will show u where u r.

- Taehyung be be@ting those papz and posted it on his own Insta. Lmao

- Taehyung and his vap3 is a never ending saga just like me

- bangtan is getting bolder and bolder lately and im loving it

- As he should because who cares ???

Previously, when Jungkook and V were caught up in controversy for revealing their smoking, SUGA also spoke up to protect both members. He even used his solo MV to declare his stance against criticism of V and Jungkook in the past.

He pointed out that idol smoking is not controversial or crosses ethical boundaries. But of course, there will be people who will take advantage of this opportunity to exaggerate trivial things and make him, other artists and of course V and Jungkook become victims of criticism for smoking "in adulthood".