BLACKPINK Jennie’s Actions Toward Male Idol At Recent Award Show Sparks Strong Reactions
BLACKPINK’s Jennie has gone viral for a rather unexpected moment at the 2025 Melon Music Awards (MMA).
Jennie attended the award show as a soloist, rocking the stage with her set and wowing fellow idols and fans alike with her star presence. She also won big on the night, taking home the Record of the Year Daesang, becoming the first soloist in history to do so.
But it isn’t any of this commotion that has sparked the recent discourse about her MMA appearance on social media. Rather, it’s a clip of her hesitantly looking back and forth while trying to take her seat.
The reason behind this clip going so viral is the fact that it looked like Jennie was trying to decide whether to greet a male idol standing behind her or not. She ultimately sits down, covering up the awkwardness of the moment with her signature smile.
그.. 왜 뒤를 보셨을까? (리오) 부러워 pic.twitter.com/mdCf3rN6YO
— 맞 (@mattdibeach) December 21, 2025
Now, some people perceived the moment as Jennie actually getting flustered by ALPHA DRIVE ONE’s Leo, the idol standing behind her, and found it cute.
not one look, not double look BUT TRIPLE LOOK SHEEEEESHH pic.twitter.com/n8gSscc7zY
— t (@ALLF0RLEO) December 22, 2025
그.. 왜 뒤를 보셨을까? (리오) 부러워 pic.twitter.com/mdCf3rN6YO
— 맞 (@mattdibeach) December 21, 2025
아 왜자꾸 쳐다봐 존나기엽네 아 pic.twitter.com/xrwv7O0N7f
— ᴅᴀʟᴘɪɴɢ (@20l60808) December 22, 2025
Some others, however, theorized that she was probably mistaken by Leo’s resemblance with TXT’s Yeonjun, a junior idol she is personally familiar with, and hence the slight confusion while trying to greet him.
naaah this is so funny, even jennie sees the resemblance between yj and leo https://t.co/vNwVng7WD5 pic.twitter.com/sq07QKwAsc
— ẞ𝞉Ꮥ ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚ (@illiteez) December 22, 2025
the way she triple check if thats yeonjun the one she scams in apartment 404 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/WbtPrTZR5S https://t.co/wGIUgilXkO
— 🐯 (@berriehoshi) December 22, 2025
the dumb smile after realizing she was checking on a stranger 😭 https://t.co/qaQfRtd4zo
— moon (@crackpinks2) December 22, 2025
However, a third group of fans clarified that the angle of the clip completely misrepresented Jennie’s actions. In another clip of the same moment, taken from the front, it showed that she was actually trying to figure out whether she should sit down by looking around at the other idols in the seating area.
이걸로 억까하는 멍청한애들 있을까봐 ㅎㅎ
제니님 입장하실때 이리오가 제일 먼저 90도로 인사 계속 했었음 ㅇㅇ 원트 영상 상황에서는 다른 아이돌이 상 받는 상황이고 선배님이 그냥 뒤돌아보신 거라 인사할 상황이 아니기 때문에 일부러 선배님 모른척한게 절대 아님 ☺️ https://t.co/jBi5xuJxUL pic.twitter.com/VDsyejtt1S
— tlqkf (@cherxxe) December 22, 2025
However, fans are still mostly convinced that she mistook Leo for Yeonjun, and have engaged with the viral clip mostly with good-hearted humor.
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