K-POP SEVENTEEN's Kim Mingyu Update On Bullying Allegations

Kim Mingyu is also known as Seventeen’s Mingyu. He is quite popular among the K-pop fan base for creating heart-warming lyrics and aiding the hip-hop unit's charming visuals. Kim is a rapper and best known for being a K-pop boy band Seventeen, which Pledis Entertainment manages. Kim was the one who was alleged of bullying his schoolmates.

Bullying Allegations Incident of Kim Mingyu 

Kim was controversial in bullying allegations made by his classmates from school. 

The first accusations against Mingyu were made through social media posts on 22 February 2021, and then the second post with school violence allegations against Mingyu was made on 26 February 2021. Through the Instagram post, another person alleged saying that Mingyu, along with his friend, had sexually harassed her.

Different posters without identity have come forward in online communities, claiming that Kim Mingyu of Seventeen was a bully during his school days. One such poster claimed that he was a member of a delinquent group of students. He often skipped class, smoked and drank underage, and stole money from students.

All KPop has provided the screenshot of groups by the victims, suggesting that Kim Mingyu also bullied several students during school time. Messages purport that he used to throw desks and garbage at one of the students.

The victims were hesitant to reveal the truth because Mingyu was a popular idol member. They decided to raise their voice because they would get retaliation from the perpetrator and Kim's fans. Victims said that they wanted to reveal that he wasn't a nice person that many people believed.

Bullying allegations against Mingyu led him to halt all his activities temporarily. Later, as many issues are being raised socially regarding school violence, Pledis Entertainment met those who had made bullying allegations against Mingyu to verify the facts behind the allegations.

As reported by International Business Times, Pledis Entertainment released a statement denying the accusations of bullying. The Pledis said they had met up several times with the person who wrote regarding an incident that occurred when they attended the same Hwaam Middle school.

They shared that the post's writer experienced various personal matters unrelated to Kim while attending middle school, and the victim said they wrote the post to publicize what happened in middle school. Regarding the issue, Mingyu answered that he did fool around with male students in his class at Hwaam. Still, he did not intentionally cause misery or humiliation to a specific individual. And he really apologized for everything that he had done in the school. 

The victim accepted Kim's apology, and they said that they do not wish for this matter to cause harm to Kim's career. So the argument against bullying allegations on him has dissolved.

Does Kim Mingyu Have A Girlfriend? 

Kim Mingyu and DIA’s Jung Chae-Yeon are close friends. Both of them once hosted the music program Inkigayo, aired on SBS, and were also in MCs of the weekly music program. After working together, they became very close to each other.

On 3 February 2019, Chaeyeon posted a post on Instagram to commemorate her one-year as an MC of the South Korean weekly music program Inkigayo. The post in the form of a photo uploaded by Chaeyeon with Mingyu and actor Song Kang received praise comments from Mingyu.

Kim Mingyu with Jung Chae-Yeon (©:Channel-K)

After seeing their interaction on a social media post, netizens comments like: 'they look good together, they should just go out!. Some comments that their chemistry is just amazing, the way they chat is so cute and so on.'

After completing the SBS Inkigayo music program in December 2018, fans found an adorable moment between Mingyu and Chaeyeon. At that moment, Mingyu entered the car and was preparing to leave. But Chaeyeon actually stood in front of his car and seemed to intentionally not want to stay away by greeting the people that she met.

Both of them often show sweet interactions as friends, directly in front of the public and their respective private social media accounts. Due to their close activities, they always make the public exasperate, and many netizens think that they are in a relationship. But Mingyu and Chaeyeon only regard each other as good reliable friends. 

Kim has not revealed any information about his relationship and girlfriends.

What Is The Net Worth of Kim Mingyu?

K-pop Kim Mingyu has an estimated net worth of $200,000.

Kim showed a lot of athletic inclinations and played several sports at his primary level in school. He played soccer and made it to the national championships, with his team reaching second place. Along with soccer, he was interested in the entertainment industry.

Kim was accepted by Pledis Entertainment and trained with the company for the next four years while he was in Burim Middle school. He also appeared in NU’EST’s music video ‘Face,’ Venus’ music video Hello Venus, and Orange Caramel’s music video My Copycat. 

He started appearing in online broadcasts of the show Seventeen TV in 3013. In 2015, members of the show Seventeen TV worked on the debut of the group. They showed their preparation in the MBC reality show Seventeen Project: Big Debut Plan. They later made their debut through MBC, becoming the first male K-pop act to make their debut in a one-hour special on major television. Kim made his first debut in Love Letter, joining Seventeen in 2015. 

In 2016, they worked on their first full-length album Love & Letter, which got a lot of attention in Japan. They began touring in Asia and the Pacific after the release of Love & Letter.

Seventeen released its fourth mini-album called AI1 in 2017, which reached the charts' top, selling over 300,000 copies. After that, they visited many cities in Asia and North America.

Teen, Age, is the second full album of seventeen, which was highly successful, leading to Time magazine naming the group as one of the best K-pop groups of the year. We Make You was the first Japanese EP of Seventeen. You Make My Day. Their fifth EP was their first release to receive a Platinum certification.

They produced their sixth EP, You Made My Dawn, in 2019. An Ode is their bestselling release, with over 700,000 sold in just a week of release. They were named the best K-pop album of the year by Billboard for the EP You Made My Dawn.

Mingyu was chosen as a new MC for SBS MTV’s music program The Show alongside The Boyz’s Juyeon and EVERGLOW’s Sihyun on 7 February 2020.

On 25 June 2020, Kim had debuted as an actor in the Playlist‘s web drama Pop Out Boy! as the male lead Chun Nam-Wook.

Kim has been featured as the main host in Pink Festa (2019) and has appeared in the TV series Produce X 101 (2019) as a contestant. He has starred as the main host in the TV series Friendship Tour: Like It (2020) and The Show (2020). 

Mingyu received many advertisement offers after being eliminated in PDX 101. He Endorsed the BANILA CO product Clean It Zero. He joined many magazines like DAZED, NYLON, and Grazia.

Kim was chosen as a model for the global clothes brand GUESS on 23 September 2020.

Who Is Kim Mingyu? Age & Height

Kim Min Gyu was born on 6 April 1997, in Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. He has one sister.

He attended Munhyeon Elementary School, Hwaam Middle School, and Moonhyeon High School. Later he got transferred to Youngdong High School because of his work.

Concerning his physical appearance, Kim stands at the height of 183 cm and weighs around 62 kg.

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