BTS's J-Hope Reacts To Being Asked To Speak English During His Live Broadcast

BTS‘s J-Hope recently held his promised live broadcast for fans before his military enlistment. The broadcast was bittersweet, with J-Hope reassuring ARMY that he’d already received many tips from Jin about life while serving in the military.

BTS’s J-Hope and Jin | *BANGTANTV/YouTube*

One of the tips from Jin that J-Hope shared was about having a lot of free time during boot camp. Jin suggested that J-Hope bring a book to entertain himself so he didn’t have to stare at the sky as Jin did.

hobi: "hyung gave me lots of tips. when he first entered the boot camp, he didn't take anything with him and had to look at the sky for 11 hours.😅😅😅 jin hyung advised me to take books with me unless i wanna see the sky only. i said, "okay, i will" pic.twitter.com/WaG3RitJmV

— jayvee (@uarmyvibe) April 14, 2023

J-Hope suggested that during his free time, he might study English.

as assistant training, seokjin still got some free time. hobi thinking maybe he will use his free time to study english later pic.twitter.com/r6g2mifBcD

— 𝒥𝒜 (@jinniesarchives) April 14, 2023

But while J-Hope has always worked hard to communicate with international fans, most K-Pop fans are familiar with the frustration that comes from some fans demanding their idols speak English.

i work hard as a fan translator on my own time and for free bc i want bts to feel comfortable in their own language and bc i want international ARMYs to connect with them. Please don’t force them to speak english for you, we’re working hard to accommodate you for a reason.

— minnie/sora (@tteokminnie) April 14, 2023

NOT THE FCKIN SPEAK IN ENGLISH COMMENT CAN WEVERSE BAN THAT SHT ?????? don't allow 'speak' and 'english' in the same sentence or smthn idk i'm sick and tired

— bts (@dilijeon) April 14, 2023

Telling bts to "speak English" is honestly infuriating. Like you are watching and listening to a group that is korean and from KOREA. It's so beyond disrespectful and I'm sure makes the members feel so bad about themselves when ppl type that in the chat.

— ⁷Kels⁹- 💚SEEING TXT🩵 (@J00niesMsRight) April 14, 2023

So when J-Hope read aloud a comment asking him to speak English…

Speak in English, please.

— J-Hope reading a netizen’s comment

| @setiogi/Twitter

Fans voiced their frustration at the netizen who wrote the comment.

"Speak in English."

How about you shut the hell up? pic.twitter.com/DeuTemQHwh

— btschickendata⁷🐔💜 (@bock_twt) April 14, 2023

“Speak in English, please”

🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪#BTS #Hobi #JHope pic.twitter.com/9U8iNITMgx

— Sari Setiogi Griberg (@setiogi) April 14, 2023

whoever told him to speak in english i am inside ur walls chewing the internet wires and eating the insulation

— lauren⁷ ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ (@chewyyooongi) April 14, 2023

Even J-Hope seemed to be frustrated, sighing after reading the comment.

| @setiogi/Twitter

Before telling fans to “Just wait a bit.”

| @CYPHERS_DDAENG3/Twitter

But fans can rest assured that J-Hope also saw his fans’ supportive and encouraging comments.

I FLIPPED OUT CAUSE SOMEONE ASKED HIM TO SPEAK ENGLISH THEN IMMEDIATELY HE READ THE COMMENT THAT WE'LL LEARN KOREAN INSTEAD AND SOBBED

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR USING THE PHRASES GUYS I'M SO GLAD HOBI GOT TO HEAR IT 😭😭😭😭

— Sel⁷ (@BTStranslation_) April 14, 2023

You can watch the full clip here.

To those who ask Hobi to speak in English. Go to hell! Seriously 😑 pic.twitter.com/IGKsGkJGhx

— •ʀᴏsᴇ⁷🥃• D-Day By #AgustD • (@CYPHERS_DDAENG3) April 14, 2023

You can read more about the live broadcast here.