EXO Baekhyun’s Diet “Advice” Sparks Mixed Reactions
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Some of the more sensitive topics when it comes to idols are those about their body image and weight. By extension, this includes discussions about their diets and eating habits, which some stars have revealed to include dangerous practices.
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Recently, EXO’s Baekhyun has sparked mixed reactions from netizens after talking about his eating habits. .
On January 14, Baekhyun did a mention party where he replied to fans’ tweets. In one of his responses, Baekhyun shared his plans for that day which included skipping lunch and only having dinner.
ㅎㅎㅎ이따가 나는 저녁식사자리있어!
그래서 점심을 굶고 저녁한끼만먹으려고해~~
경수팝업잘다녀오고! 칭구들이랑 잼께 놀아!!❤️ 옷따듯하게입고!ㅎㅎ— Baekhyun_EXO (@B_hundred_Hyun) January 15, 2025
Haha, I have a dinner gathering later!
So I’m skipping lunch and just planning to have dinner~~
Have a great time at Kyungsoo’s pop-up! Have lots of fun with your friends!! ❤️
Make sure to dress warmly! Haha.— Baekhyun
Another fan responded to this tweet, asking Baekhyun how he was able to skip meals, and the idol responded that after a while the hunger disappears.
어느순간 배고픔이 사라질때가있다?… 그러면 꽤 오랜시간 버틸 수 있어! ㅎㅎ
— Baekhyun_EXO (@B_hundred_Hyun) January 15, 2025
Fan: Baekhyun, how can you skip a meal…?
I’m also skipping lunch right now, and I feel like I’m about to starve to death. It’s serious—I’m so hungry it actually hurts…
Baekhyun: At some point, the hunger just disappears, you know?… Once that happens, you can endure for quite a while! Haha.
The idol’s response left many fans with mixed feelings about the dieting “tip” he shared. On one hand, many felt that Baekhyun’s openness could possibly encourage a negative relationship with food, regardless of his intentions.
he’s continuously encouraging unhealthy habits like he could’ve responded way differently https://t.co/ctvtVBzDjv
— 🌻🐚 (@zihaosworld) January 16, 2025
yeah this is not…💀 do whatever you want with yourself but telling your fans (young and impressionable) to engage in unhealthy behaviour to a dangerous extent is incredibly irresponsible, this edtwt shit needs to stop fr https://t.co/u7FOudkwqp
— eternal era (@taemponytail) January 15, 2025
tw eating habits it’s really been difficult to continue to see him consistently encourage such unhealthy relationships with food. even if it isn’t intentional, his words and attitudes as someone with such a massive fan base, end up influencing them one way or another (1/3) https://t.co/yDXdos86t1
— j :) (@niniboxian) January 16, 2025
In response to harsh criticism, some netizens reminded that Baekhyun has been affected by hard to achieve beauty standards, leading to thoughts about food and dieting that might not be healthy.
sometimes i feel like a lot of you stans forget these idols are also products of the environment they were mould in. https://t.co/vRSih0IMIl pic.twitter.com/UHd9HeXWq1
— `gia (busy) (@jekyllchen) January 16, 2025
qrts are so unserious everyone cries and screams about the toxic standards of the kpop industry but god forbids a man who’s been in it since he was a child develops an eating disorder and can’t recognize that behaviour as unhealthy after years of it being validated and encouraged https://t.co/n04tn0yn8r
— mau 🍉 (@jellyiren) January 16, 2025
bbhls defending by posting pics of him eating… He does not have a healthy relationship with food 😭 he's definitely not an evil person as some people want to say with this, But please if u rly care about him you'll see this is a bad mindset for him AND his fans https://t.co/PenMJjJgjv
— EXO STOP GOLFING STOP GOLFING STOP GOLFING PL (@xiurballz) January 16, 2025
Some felt that the idol’s comment was not promoting any unhealthy eating habits, but rather just sharing his own personal anecdote for that occasion.
Baekhyun’s the only exo member who takes time to do mukbang dates with exols who tells you all to prepare dinner so you can all eat together and he always order a big,full meal but the moment he limits his intake just like everyone else’s at some point, he promotes ED?
— Hello, Risse🍍 (@moncoeurbbh) January 16, 2025
Baekhyun promotes ed and unhealthy eating habits
meanwhile baekhyun: https://t.co/LNJz09KsxU pic.twitter.com/8rVa2NcF6b— 변100 (@CEO_BBH) January 16, 2025
To all the fuckass "body positive" b#tches see, 1.)baekhyun is eating well he eats healthy food
2.) he's dieting because his body is uncomfortable when he's chubby , he doesn't eat a lot, but he eats well.so, stop forcing YOUR eating habits on him, hos body is different. pic.twitter.com/ZiMz37Jeej
— ☆ (@rendezvousluv) January 16, 2025
With diet being a sensitive topic, it is understandable why Baekhyun’s comments earned such reactions.
