“Using Victims…” IVE Wonyoung And aespa Karina’s Latest Video Hit With Wave Of Criticism
IVE Wonyoung and aespa Karina‘s recent collaboration has sparked major criticism.
Recently, Karina and Wonyoung sparked major reactions for their joint appearance in a video, where they were joined by actor Byeon Woo Seok.
IVE’s Wonyoung And aespa Karina’s Surprise Joint Appearance Sparks Hot Reactions
Yet, while most fans were excited, they became angry and disappointed when they realized it was for Google Gemini. Gemini uses AI, and fans were furious because it was AI that sparked issues with “deepfakes,” where Wonyoung and Karina were two of the biggest victims of malicious and sexualized content.
i’m incredibly concerned that they’ve chosen two of the most popular idols to promote ai software that is used in conjunction with generative ai, a thing that is used in incredibly dangerous and demeaning ways against women like wonyoung and karina https://t.co/IUvfbWIS3p
— shinto ੯‧̀͡⬮ (@killingryejmj) December 10, 2025
Having WY and K together for a Gemini ad when clearly both of them have been victims of what genAI and deepfakes can do, is honestly one of the most bizarre things I’ve seen this year https://t.co/s4PNQGUbSH
— Shelly~ 👹🎄 (@taejiurina) December 10, 2025
the concept of using ai victims to promote ai https://t.co/wVhb71Xxly
— 🌪️ (@solomnsett) December 10, 2025
how can you waste karina and wonyoung giving lesbian nun doomed yuri religious guilt angst slowburn 300k words on an ad for ai…lets work with this material pic.twitter.com/AnCvPQaY50
— 🥚 (@karwinfan) December 11, 2025
this is actually terrifying. wonyoung and karina had suffered from deepfakes and now there’s this ai shit. this is so dangerous towards women and children https://t.co/6oNUMtJwvI
— 🎀lex🎀 (@baaltastic) December 10, 2025
Yet, others also sparked concerns about the way the two women were portrayed in the advert while playing nuns.
and making them nuns is actually insulting because thats not what being a nun stands for, can they stop seeing women who have dedicated themselves to a life of solitude and humility and modesty as costume props??? https://t.co/RT4Jou7ez5
— yeosang’s sugar momma (@babygirlyeosang) December 10, 2025
That and I’m really offended by the way they depicted the nuns… full on make up. It’s almost a fckn fetishized thing. Sort of disgusting cause nuns do use make up but not like that… disgusting af https://t.co/HstuYyTGKt
— blue & grey (@bleulagoon_) December 10, 2025
The video has gone viral.
