Popular Girl Group Member Lashes Back At Criticism Over Charlie Kirk Tribute Post

Former Wonder Girls‘ member Sunye recently faced criticism over a repost regarding Charlie Kirk‘s death. She had reposted a video of Kirk’s wife mourning him through a speech.

She had included a bible verse in the post. As Kirk has become a controversial figure in American politics due to his support of Trump and being a right-winter, not many took positively to her post. On September 17, 2025, Sunye posted a statement about the matter. She hit back at the criticism.

After watching the video of a wife’s plea over the tragic shooting death of her husband,
as a fellow mother, I shared a memorial post on my story with a heavy heart. Then, strangers whom I don’t even know came into my space to hurl insults at me.

They vented their anger at me, citing Charlie Kirk’s political stances, his far-right, ultra-conservative positions, and even dragged Wonder Girls into it. Why do you go that far?

A person has died, and there is grief and remembrance. So, do you find yourself laughing and saying, “Good riddance” when a life is lost? Are you angry at me because I refused to stay silent? Coming into my space with demeaning words and needless conflict — to those who fill this space with language that is not beautiful,
please do not be offended when I respond with “delete and block.”

Beyond my identity as an entertainer, a mother, or a woman, I mourned a person’s tragic death simply as a human being. And as a person, I live with the hope that the world I inhabit, and the world the next generation will inherit, can become even a little better.

We may have differing views and thoughts, but because we are different, we can adjust toward better directions. I believe it is within those meaningful, sometimes difficult clashes
that a better world can be born. Please do not use my memorial post to drag me into political or religious issues, and refrain from entering my space with disrespectful, inhumane behavior.

— Sunye

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