aespa’s Karina Deletes Instagram Post After Sparking Huge Unexpected Controversy
aespa‘s Karina has recently deleted her Instagram post shared only hours before after sparking intense criticism and speculation online.
The SM Entertainment star shared several pictures on her personal Instagram account on May 27, wearing a black and red jacket with the number two written on it. She also captioned the post with just a simple rose emoji. Korean netizens have interpreted all these details as Karina publicly showing support for South Korea’s conservative presidential candidate Kim Moon Soo.
#KARINA katarinabluu instagram update pic.twitter.com/oG4FFYR3tD
— aespa pics (@aespapic) May 27, 2025
Posts about Karina’s photos instantly became a hot topic online and went viral on Korean community sites. One post on TheQoo has garnered more than 45,000 views and over 1000 comments in less than an hour, proving just how intense the backlash is. In the comments, netizens have been ruthless, claiming the aespa star looks like she’s part of a political campaign with such an outfit.
- “Wow, that outfit seriously looks like it’s for a political campaign… It feels so intentional. Being ignorant is a crime at this point.”
- “When my idol was getting dragged with over a thousand hate comments, even after we sent so many inquiries, they didn’t do anything.”
- “Explain yourself.”
- “Posting that without thinking at all… Admin, you better address this quickly.”
- “There was even a rose emoji. Isn’t that basically confirmation??”
- “Wearing red and having the number 2 on it at a time like this… I’m so disappointed.”
Karina quickly deleted the post after the backlash started, but has not addressed the controversy yet.
