How 'We Got Married' Turned Kpop Into Hell 

Did the fans really think reality shows generally aren't scripted? I mean come on...

Old We Got Married couples were not problematic, the fans enjoyed it and we knew that it was scripted. But did it kill the fun and stopped us from watching the show? Hell no. We watched and enjoyed it. It's just that, fans are wild these days that idols can't look at the other side with another idol in it, or even breathe the same air with them. Just chill everyone, stan them but know the limits.

Kpop "fans" ruining a fun show is no surprise to me. Seriously, the kpop community is one of the most toxic i've ever come across. I get that most people have a healthy relationship with kpop, but something is deeply wrong when today, male and female idols barely ever interact.

Joy and Sungjae’s season seemed really popular and as if a lot of people liked it. It was certainly my favorite. I even remember how when joy and crush’s dating announcement came out how many people were saying that sungjae was crying in the corner 😭💀

we got married was great when it first aired and it boosted a lot of idols's careers. it's really sad that even now some of the idols are haunted by the show

I'm a 3rd generation kpop fan and I feel so bad seeing how kpop stans and fandoms have become so much more toxic past years. Yes the toxic wars were in 2nd generation but it gradually increased in 3rd generation and now in 4th generation idols of different groups and genders can't even make eye contacts without being involved in a scandal. I'm so disappointed.

Taemin literally caught so much backlash from that show it’s not even funny. I feel bad for him because people STILL bring WGM up. It’s been years.

This show would never last if they revived it today. The possessive stan culture in kpop today... 😂😂 Not a chance

correction: nct weren't "taken out" of the show. on twitter there were rumours of completely different nct members appearing on *we got married* which were denied, but yangyang, hendery and xiaojun still appeared on *we became family* where they were pretend-brothers of yubin (former wonder girls member). the announcement of we became a family took place later, while the we got married rumours surfaced before.

Eric and Solar had such a great chemistry and were pretty nice too each other. I never understood the hate they got especially Eric.

We Got Married USE to be perfectly fine before NEW kpop stans came and ruined EVERYTHING. See how little idols act like humans nowadays? They're started to be more like animated characters and their personalities are picked for them because some kids just can't handle real life

taemin and naeun were still teenagers back then.. they received so much hate that they had to drop out of the show abruptly..

I am a 2nd gen fan. I remember watching WGM Taemin and Naeun. I shipped them so hard back then. They were so cute. I remember seeing news/stories of netizens or fans of Taemin attacking Naeun as they were jealous of her (it's been too long I might remember it wrongly).

It's even risky to air/continue we got married since the toxic stan culture is more wide these days.idols can't even make any accidental eye contact towards opposite gender idols,let alone being in a show where they pretend to be a couple/family.

We got married is like double edge sword

I loved WGM. Seohyun and Yonghwa were my favorite. So sad people can’t just take a show as a show.

My favorite couple in "We Got Married" was "Taecyeon and Emma Wu" I just fell in love with their chemistry and just how cute they were together. At the end of the episode I even cried that they couldn't actually end together. It's sad how nowadays 4th generation idols can't even look at each other, I just wish they could collaborate together because I know the music they would make would be so powerful ☹

I remember watching Solar and Eric's episodes and fawning over them and then learnt about how they were hated for it and how they were and still are traumatized of that.... It made me so sad!

A show ruined by “fans”. These celebrities already live solitary lives, letting them have fun making new relationships should be celebrated. Many of the men and women in the show became great friends with each other, it doesn’t necessarily need to end in romance. I genuinely feel bad for the artists who faced any backlash.

the show was good and i loved it moreover we became a family with nct members was very puree and all nctzens must watch it.

Its 2022, Can't we expect maturity at this level that fans should believe not just korean but international fans also that spending life with someone is so basic, that's how the generation moves forward, men and women both at some point of their life want to embrace parenthood and if fans keep behaving this way, then it becomes easy for idols to chose themselves over their fans. They are happy that you support them but they also know that when the reality strikes them many fans turn hypocrites. So pissed that they want to enjoy but again people think if they are doing fan service, then its a green signal from their side. #RIPLogic

People need to understand that our idols are people we admire and love,they have the right to fall in love and be with whoever they want.They are NOT our objects and we should NOT viewed them as such

I would totally watch "we became roommates!" That would be hilarious on its own!

I remembered watching WGM just for the Adam Couple. It was all fun and games, pure entertainment without Jo Kwon or GaIn received any backlash from their respective fans. Good ol' 2nd generation times.

Taemin is really afraid of heights. Anyway, I never watched the show.

I personally really liked this show. It was fun, cute and heart fluttering like a romance comedy series. And I particularly liked seeing idols and k-celebrities overall do all those fun challenges, trips, etc and sometimes develop real attachment although it was always freakin sad once their time together would run out. But yeah, it would get really dark as time went on...I remember Taemin talking about it and even Solar and Eric. It's just really sad.

I don't understand, we became a family already aired and Yangyang, Hendery and Xiaojun were pretending to be the younger brothers of Yubin and it received a lot of love from nctzens and waycznnies

I think the experience varies for each idol. For instance, most people realize that Eric Nam really regrets going on the show because of Mamamoo fan's reaction (he doesn't even like to talk about it) - they are very protective of Solar. On the other hand, Taeyeon absolutely has great memories of her time with Hyeongdon (well known comedian) - she was even blushing and had a lot of fun when he came on Amazing Saturday.

WGM was a fun show to watch. I was a huge fan of the Adam Couple, but I must admit that the show could either have a positive or negative impact to the casts. I remembered the episode of Happy Together years ago where Jo Kwon and Son Ga In appeared on. They said that although the show had helped their careers, there were lots of instances that both of them have to explain to other people that they weren't really together and it was just the concept of the show. This Happy Together episode aired 3-4 years after WGM, and even today it's still brought up when Jo Kwon appeared in Kim Misun's show on YT where he had to explain his relationship with Son Ga In because viewers (fans of WGM or Adam Couple) still ships them together (and probably hoping them to be real couple). Morever, we can't deny that WGM was a really good show especially for 2nd Gen kpop fans like myself. But honestly speaking, after Khuntoria, the show slowly went downhill; and it seemed that it was majorly caused by the fans of the casted idols themselves. :/ kinda sad to realize that this kind of show will not be able to exist today as fandoms/fanwars etc. gets more and more toxic. :/

I became a kpop fan in 2018 and personally I really liked we go married. I wish the series had continue without fan wars.

I really liked the show. I was a Goguma couple fan, and I remember going into a website forum for the couple and it was amazing, there were people from all ages (there was even an adorable grandma that gave so much care to everyone) and nationalities sharing their love and support for Seohyun an Yonghwa's carrers

This is one of the things I hate the most about kpop stans! Kpop idols should be allowed to date whoever they want, without any worries about the idol or their partner getting any hate for it, real or pretend relationship, it doesn't matter. Also interactions between male and female idols shouldn't be treated like dating scandals. It's sad that the only way for idols to have meaningful relationships with people from the opposite gender, without anyone throwing a tantrum online about it, would be for them to no longer be famous.

I know Taemin also got alot of hate, but OMG Naeun got torn to shreds. :(

It was one of my fav shows it was so fun especially seohyun & yonghwa , Victoria with nickkhun these are my most memorable ones after they left i stopped watching....

The new kpop international fans have killed kpop variety and reality shows if we're being honest. Everyone has become fearful of getting canceled. Even in award shows, idols don't react anymore we can't even see their personalities.

I've been a Kpop and Jpop fan for a loooooong time. Ever since a friend lent me a Cassette of the group Two Two. In other words probably longer than most people watching this video have been alive. From the start I've never understood the toxic, and just plain creepy, way that some "fans" think that they have any say in the lives of Idols. It's not like they are ever going to actually meet any of them. It's one of the most irritating aspects of Kpop in general, that companies bow down to these crazy people. Not letting them have friendships with opposite sex Idols, not letting them date, or behave as anything other than "Fantasy fodder" for people who have no real lives of their own. I've yet to come into contact with a Fandom ANYWHERE that is as disfunctional as the Kpop community.

For real I always enjoyed all the we got married episodes, even the global edition, they were all very good in my opinion. But obviously the ones who watched it thinking that it was all scripted, even if it really was, how can they enjoy it that way? Just think of it as a drama and watch it without trying to find every single flaw in it. When i found out what a hard time Naeun and Teamin had after their "We got married" made me so sad, they couldn't even speak in public, always being awkward to each other. Also I feel like fans really do go far when it comes to making idols' private lives a bit uncomfortable. Why can't you just watch from the side lines and let them live their lives, it is theirs to begin with. They are lending us a bit of their lives and talents but that doesn't mean that we as fans have any authority to rule over it, let them be happy with their choices and just support them when they need it, that's our role as fans💖

The actresses,actors and idols feel happy from what they did and as long as both sides agreed with it and they are happy then it's fine,the show is actually really good and entertaining,the fans who can't accept it,is the only problem.

joy and SungJae were so freaking popular and some people kept thinking they were secretly dating each other but for me, the best is still Naeun and Taemin and I will never forgive whoever it was that started to send hate to Naeun! like she is literally so sweet and unproblematic the entire time.

We Became Family was just Xiaojun, Hendery, Yangyang, and Yubin pretending to be younger brothers to their older sister. It's been out for a bit, it's wholesome, and I haven't met a single nctzen whos complained about it.

Honestly I could care less that it was scripted. It was a show so I'm not surprised lol think of it as kpop idols acting in a kdrama or something. I'm sad it got canceled tho because a lot of kpop idols wanted to go on there. Probably to be able to see what a married life is like which many don't get to experience (because of "fans" )but it's also understandable it did get canceled because once again.... "fans"

it’s such a surprise for me that this show existed and was even successful back then. i became involved with K-pop four years ago and started out in a fandom in which many stans had obsessive and possessive tendencies. so i entered the world knowing as a fact that there is a huge amount of people obsessing over the idols and throwing tantrums online once they see a woman one inch too close to their bias. so hearing about this show is absolutely surprising and it being up for a few years is incredible. if this idea came up brand new today i’d say “that’s insanity, it’s going to end up in a disaster of rumors, controversies, hiatuses and hate towards the idols” there’s no chance in this concept working today, at least not as long as male idols act like a boyfriend to fans

My gosh, during my time, kpop idols would be jamming with anyone’s song on stage. Now, they can’t even say hi because fans would accuse them of dating

My favourite was Joy and SanJae. I loved watching them and they started my travels through Kpop. They were fun and funny and awkward. All adorable and I want to state that I’m not a toxic fan. I don’t care if my biases date or who they date. That’s their private lives. Live and let live, that’s my motto.

Am i the only one who actually enjoyed but hated at the same time? That was so nice to see how they developed there feelings and action towards the other person and that they are getting comfortable with each other. BUT at the end they HAVE to end they journey together and have to forget those feelings they have?Telling the parents that they got married and they build a strong relationship with the „married Man/Women“. That makes no sense to me, forcing people in the show to being clingy and liking and then at the end, they should stopped because of the carrier and etc. One of the Examples joy and sungjae

sadly, this shows how toxic "fans" are always superior into controlling every single new thing that happens. Imagine how much damage it causes to the idols. Dude, they are Human Beeeeeings. Stop it. Get some help. You are not a fan, you are a psycho that wants to control an human being's life.

I really enjoyed WGM with the old couples like Adam couple (JoKwon & GaIn) Khuntoria couple (Nichkhun & Victoria). It was really fun to watch at that time. But now with toxic fans who can't even stand their idols just talking and looking at the opposite gender, WGM is 100000% bound to FAIL if it airs again. The backlash......can't imagine- 🙈

Girl keep it coming. I love your channel best de-stressor ever

I just know that it sure as hell was messy and scary as fuck when the show first started airing and toxic fans were going wild when they saw their favorite idols in a pretend marriage. You know what I mean? And ummm, if MBC was ever planning on bringing the show back anytime soon at some point in the future, uhhhhh, let's just all absolutely hope that there won't be more toxic fans going berserk when their favorite idols are being paired up to take part in a fake marriage on the show. I really just don't wanna see them dishing out childish and immature death threats at all AND I just don't wanna see them make those oh so malicious comments towards the idols participating on the show either.

One of wgm studio panelist, Park Misun revealed in 2020 on her youtube account that there are wgm couples developed their feelings throughout the show and become a real couple, but she didn't named who are those couples. Even the show is kinda scripted, it's still really possible for some of them to developed their feeling and ended as real couple, just like some actors& actress. But obsesses fans are not open with that reality, they are still on the " it's only scripted"😂

I remember watching the Eric Nam and Solar episodes when I was in middle school and it was one of my favorite shows at the time. I loved seeing the interaction between two idols I was familiar with and even if it was fake- I didn’t mind cause it felt nice. The fact the show most likely fell under because of crazed fans actually makes my inner child a little sad, but it’s also for the betterment of idols. Let them create relationships and friendships naturally, damn.

I'm a fan of kdrama and k-variety initially, but surprisingly WGM Season 1 had brought me into the world of kpop in 2008. While browsing X-man Of Course segments, i suddenly stumbled upon Andy & Solbi and Kim Hyun Joong & Hwangbo couple which i find very funny despite the clips back then rarely have any english subtitle.. luckily there're fans who translate willingly for their favourite couple.. so different couple, will have different fan subs.. I always need to wait a week or may take months for the subtitle but i still appreciate and wait patiently. From there i'm exposed to SS501, Shinhwa, Jewelry, Super Junior, Girls Generation etc which led me to venturing the world of kpop. Then i got really excited when KHJ has been offered the role in Boys Over Flowers drama. My last favourite couple was Jo Kwon & Gain couple.. For me, the memory of WGM was very beautiful and entertaining at the same time. When it comes to the newer couples starting in Season 2 especially Khuntoria and Yonghwa & Seohyun couple's, the negativity from the hardcore fans of the idols group has grown larger. Instead of sweetness, some of these people has been lashing the idol's partner for crossing the line even if the couple just glancing or holding hands. From there on, i stopped watching the rest of WGM's season.. Apart from the toxic fans, mature fans are considered a minority unfortunately. Hong Ki & Mina's gentleness has proven their maturity in protecting each other and their friendship even after WGM Global ended, and so are the fans who are mature enough to understand. P/s: i'm so sad when one of my fav shows ended due to the unwanted negativity and scandals.

I would love to watch a show where one idol from different group from same generation become roommate I mean imagine they can create good bonding, talk about their struggle as idols, pressure of being idol and it will create so many wholesome moments

As a very old kpop fan, I can confidently say the show was very much loved by the fans until mid 2010s. People were not crazy about their idol dating other people back then and seeing them in a relationship even though it is scripted was a fun experience. Then everything turned into a weird thing from both sides.

we got married was the best show ever... i watched it since kwanghee and sunhwa and it was always a different vibe and i liked almost all couples. My fave will always be taemin and naeun and joy and sungjae. But I cried with every ending.😭😭😭😭😭

This is something that will only lead to depress mix up emotions to popstars. I hope that fans wake up and see how much this effected the idols live. It's being force to be a couple when you don't even feel it inside and triggers mix emotions. And emotions is something we struggle to handle and sort everyday. So imagine how these popstar are feeling and going through. I hope and pray for better and healthy activities for idols in the future. 🙏❤💛☀

I liked this show that I even followed some forum threads on soompi for some couples, lol! So I was sad when it got cancelled. I do hope they revive it but just avoid casting kpop idols just to avoid the drama and controversies. I found it interesting when they cast actors, different age groups, different backgrounds, singers that aren’t idols from different genres, comedians ...it just made for a more diverse viewing experience and offered more interesting scenarios and different viewpoints.

It’s a very toxic environment and antis just can’t stop controlling the idols. If they want to date someone they get bashed and hurt them physically and emotionally. I wish the companies would just call out these fans

These kind of shows have to shut down i know there was a lot of fans who want to see tgeir fav ship through this show but it only make idols uncomfortable in real lif like eric said so in my opinion this show have to banned they onlwy want to make money they dont think how idols feel doing fake things

Everyone else :STOP I DON'T CARE IF HE'S PRETENDS JUST STOP Me : Awww they are so cute I wish they were together in real life

taemin isn't afraid of bungee jumping.. he actually likes it

I need idols to start pushing some bitter reality pills down the throats of these entitled "fans". They have a life outside of the stage and they probably want to have more opportunitys of work outside of the idol life and these weirdos keeping forcing their delusions on people. Its ridiculous.

It can go back and forth, I mean HyunA and Dawn are engaged now and people are happy for them, and Chen getting married caused such a small backlash most news outlets didn't even bother with it. But just the right celeb (Like NCT) and yeah...we have problems.

we have a lot of good korean variety shows 10-15 years ago. We enjoyed it a lot coz we are not delusional fans (at least for an international fan like me) and we channel our obssession to different things like watching their MVs and the variety shows they're in, and listening to their songs a lot. It seems like fans after 2nd gen made kpop fandom a lot worst than it already is.

Eric nam to this day is still afraid to even mention his time on we go married because of some moomoos reaction to him with Solar.

Interesting perspective, especially with my Filipino upringing. Loveteams or celebrity couples is literally a commodity in my country. I mean I know hate was there, but I didn't know WGM had such a huge issue regarding a simulated wedding.

The first seasons of the show with actors and grown up singers were hilarious and quite genuine. I used to watch them in middle school. The only idol couple that I enjoyed watching was Jo kwon and Ga-In because they were both carefree and unbothered. All the other idol couples, after some episodes became very so cautious abt the backlash and it became less entertaining, way more scripted. Netizens killed the concept and caused a lot of pain to these idols 😩

"Variety shows can't really be scripted but they can or should be planned to some extent beforehand in order to have the show go smoothly." Question: Was this a variety show or a reality show? There's a difference. Your description reads reality but then you referred to the show as a variety show. One is in fact scripted. The other is not supposed to be.

I think there is some fandoms who would enjoy seeing their idols do it but they are few and far between and I think it would also depend on the member that was chosen.

can they make hello baby back...... i like the hello baby series sm esp shinee's and mblaq hello baby

Wow i remember watching this during my highschool years. I love TaeEun couple (Shinee's Taemin and Apink's Naeun). Too bad they have to stop because of Taemin's fans outrage. The most absurb one is probably SNSD's Taeyeon and Hyungdon (ex-Weekly Idol's host), since the show stopped because Hyungdon is getting married irl. He revealed that Taeyeon even asked him "what are you doing?" Lol.

This show was terrible for Taemin. He received so much hate and even got insulted by a staff member. I'm sorry that he had to go through that for a TV show...

I started my hallyu journey with K-variety shows and wgm in particular. I was present during the first gen casts and it was actually fun...until some casts got into trouble because they had a REAL relationship with someone else in real life and fans just won't take it. I stopped around that time, but it did get me into Kpop and K-dramas because of the idol and actor guests. Anyone knows the Lettuce Couple? My favorite; they were hilarious!

the worst of we got married was probably when they paired girls generation taeyeon with jung hyung don (doni from weekly idol)....they had an 11 year age difference

I've never watched the show in the first place...

Netizens always ruining everything themselves the bullying,sasaengs ,criticism….etc

Listen We got married used to be such a loved show. My favorite couple will ALWAYS Be Taeun. I truly believe they liked each other. Also Khuntoria was super cute to watch lol Edit: Also i dont remember who the girl Lee Joon was paired with. When her scandal broke it looked like it actually hurt his feelings

TAEUN❤️ beacause of WGM🙂

Up to this day, I still think Naeun deserves an apology! The harassment the 4th gen idols are facing today is nothing compared to the PUBLIC and online harassment Naeun received back then (where Taemin’s crazy fans would scream insults and call her derogatory names right in-front of her face). Her company wasn’t even able to properly protect her back then.

Sungjoy are the best

I still ❤️ this show. I re-watch certain couples and episodes, as a happy pill.

I watched the taeun episodes in wgm.. i enjoyed them a lot.. i started liking taemin n naeun individually..n followed their individual works after wgm...i don't care whether it was scripted or not.. it was tv good content for me..

I really enjoyed Taemin and Naeun's We got Married. They were so sweet. I don't know if the show was scripted or not but they seemed to like each other or at the very least enjoyed each other's company.

I really enjoyed this show. I never new how problematic it had gotten. I honestly found a lot of comfort from watching this show and so many laughs. I watched the Ant Couple and Lettuce Couple. I loved the first season so much. I would love to watch all the old episodes all over again.

these comments are so baffling, idols were harrassed in person back in 1st gen and second gen. as a second gen stand im getting really tired of you guys "we were so unproblematic" when we werent, do you guys remeber how daragon stans would act if gd and dara looked at other people???

Its so sad that ppl can be like this. It was just a show for fun and I loved it. I wished it could come back :/ ofc wishing that ppl would stop giving so much hate if so.

eric and solar’s season was hilarious ngl i loved this show

I became a kpop stan only relatively recently, and I gotta say that I didn't know about this show - and it honestly seems very fun and harmless! I am SO annoyed with toxic stans, and I strongly believe that instead of forcing idols to act a specific way, the companies should take more direct action against such fans. Don't get me wrong, I get that fan service is an important part of the industry and that is understandable, however Idols should be able to say no to things they don't feel comfortable doing, and generally be allowed to interact with each other without some 12 year olds controlling their lifes (and I do hope such fans are little kids because the older they are the more scary and creepy it gets ngl)!

I just got reminded of this. I was first a Kdrama fan so I knew Joy (from the great seducer and the liar and his lover) and Sungjae (from Goblin and who are you ) and I knew they were idols from groups called red velvet and btob. When I transferred to new school , they were like 5-6 kpop fans in my group and I was like :" Yeah that one from rv is married to that one from btob, they are cute" . They thought I was crazy , I literally thought the two of them were married for a whole year. That was kinda embarrassing 😅

If the drama made of fiction in which many love stories occur after the end of the drama, why do some think that the dialogues of the reality show are empty of feelings? Of course they can fall in love, I don't know why there are so many haters now for these twos who seem really in love like Taemin and naeun

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I never watched We Got Married but like now, I don't think any "fans" wouldn't like it regardless because some are still delulu. It would be awesome if NCT was in the show but yeah I think it would be uncomfortable for them if they get hate and backlash

I was really excited about yewon and henry but it didn’t even go far 🥲 i miss this show, i wish it didn’t end like this

I loved this show. I think those stars on there were genuine. You can tell they r all shy and it was nice seeing their diff personality than on regular music shows and others. It is also allow the idols to actually explore the daiting and what's would be like. I don't know why Eric got so much blast. They were all becareful. I think also she is very popular now so he tried to avoid to answer any questions so they don't twist his words to use against Solar. Yewon's situation was def diff bec the leak video shown that she called the senior actress B**h right there. Def a no no and never happened at variety show and got captured.

I might misremembered this, but i think there was a rumour on taemin and naeun earlier episodes when a fan was yelling/cursing at naeun after their first date(?) Taemin was trying to escort naeun back to her car when a fan suddenly said that. I think it was caught on screen and naeun's expression suddenly changes and taemin seemingly to calm her a bit. But of course there was a backsound added on to it so ig we'll never know. But as i said this is not facts and i might misremembered some things

Ugh I loved this show so much 😔

i never understand the backlash of saying it was fake and scripted, like what do you expect? they were two celebs shooting for a job. if they like each other for real without scripts, they'll be dating irl. i don't understand netizen needing it to feel real for them, but then also expects them to be professional all the time

OH! Now I want "WE BACAME ROOMATES"!

I loved this show and loved Taemin and key in it, these are grown men with normal emotions and feelings they are not a caged animal like a tiger in a zoo. I am a Shinee fan .

I loved watching WGM. Everyone knew it's just for fun and partly scripted. Taemin was always well "protected" by his fans - he was always cute little pure boy. I guess Teamin thought it's the time to show he's a man now but fans didn't let him. I feel bad for both of them. Novadays there are too many toxic fans who would be furious if their fav artist would even prtedend to date