I too haven't been able to like him despite SHINee being my favorite group and now even more I will be wary of him bcz you can't trust SK men. Actually, I have more reasons to suspect him and I am still not sure if we should believe he really changed.
True. To be honest, I don't believe he has changed (even after all these years) and one of the reasons I don't believe it is because of his actions and behavior and the things I have noticed about him over the past six years. Which always stops me from trusting him and makes me believe that his sexual harassment scandal was true somewhere.
At first I believed Shawols and gave him benefit of the doubt but when he released D1CE it had a lot of symbolism in the video and when I saw the live promotions he did on music shows I was put off by the way he looked and touched his female dancers...I will share the video once I find it. I also find it weird that he somehow became more "innocent" and "maknae" like in recent years particularly after 2020 I think but recently its so bad you can see how fake he looks when he tries to act baby.
I haven't seen that live promotion video. But from your words I can sense its authenticity and seriousness. I too have noticed that he's somehow become more "innocent and maknae" type. Which I believe basically to cover up his past mistake/scandal, especially to whitewash his image. Because the celebrity who is wrong always proves himself/herself innocent and tries to look innocent and whose image the industry does its best to whitewash. But the celebrity who is shown wrong even if he/she is right or innocent never does this. Although what always makes me furious is that most of the shawols didn't pay attention to Onew's sexual scandal and the shawols who did pay attention and talked about it always scolded by them. I am not saying that it is wrong to defend or support your favorite celebrity, it is not wrong at all. But it is wrong when you defend or support your favorite celebrity even when he/she is wrong and completely turn a blind eye to the truth.
I always find him fake. Honestly, I always find it too odd and irritating whenever a Korean male celebrity behaves like a child, which is also done by the male common citizen in Korea that unfortunately is a part of their culture. Which I always consider unable to bear, unable to digest or wrong.
Also, since he moved agencies they have been styling him to look more handsome and sexually appealing which I find strange because this is a man who is in his 30s now. Like, why does he want to look more attractive now? I also read a letter he wrote in 2012 or something where he said he was so jealous of Jonghyun (something he has admitted in recent interview) because of his voice and because Jonghyun was more popular in girls which is suspicious. Also, I remember watching an interview where Jonghyun said he wasn't particularly close with Jonghyun while he was quite close with all the other members.
I have also noticed this and I have seen that at the age of 34, his face has started glowing more like a young one which I also find bit odd. But this is happening so that the fans, especially the female fans find him beautiful, young or appealing because the older ones do not look as beautiful or appealing and because of this people do not pay much attention to them which they want that Onew also wants. Plus, Koreans are damn obsessed about looking different, younger or appealing. Because whatever celebrities do, they mostly do it to get attention and sympathy and live for it only. I feel damn odd and bad saying this but unfortunately that's the truth. Therefore, what he is doing is not wrong. Basically it is - “If seen, will be sold”, “whatever is seen sells”, more publicity is more popularity", which is the most important and followed tagline in every entertainment industry.
I have read that letter but I haven't watch the interview in which he has admitted this. Although I believe that not only him but the other three members were/are jealous of Jonghyun which is often visible in their behavior and actions. Because Jonghyun was amazing and better in everything be it lookwise, talent, singing, success or popularity wise, Jonghyun wasn't fake, he was talented, hardworking, amazing vocalist, kind, amazing and genuine, he had a lovely nature and heart, he respected and loved his fans, he had a amazing aura, he was not only a amazing artist but also a amazing human being, that's why he was/is everyone's favourite. That's probably why the members were jealous of Jonghyun. Although there was no member who was close to Jonghyun, which has been quite obvious for the past six years. While the other four members were/are equally talented and amazing in terms of talent and singing.
Also, he doesn't seem to have many female friends does he?? Key has a lot of female idol friends, Minho has friends among female idols and actresses he works with in dramas and Taemin is close to his female dancers but Onew doesn't seem to be close to females. Regardless, I just remembered his scandal now because Taeil apparently had a similar personality as him and was considered the "fake maknae" of the group despite being the oldest and his members also showered praises on him for being so kind and caring much like SHINee members do.
Exactly. I haven't seen him with any of his female friends, I have seen him with his female colleagues mostly. I have often seen Minho, Key and Taemin with their female friends and colleagues and I have noticed that they always behave/treat them damn respectfully/nicely. They always does the same with their female fans too. I always notice that their female friends, colleagues and fans feel good and safe around the three of them which always feels great to me. Which I also appreciate. Even though I'm no longer a fan of them. Which I didn't notice with Onew and I always find it odd and suspicious.
I find Onew damn suspicious and I don't see him at all like his fans or members say about him. I could be wrong about this and he could be exactly what his fans and members say about him. But don't know why I always feel this way about him.
