Taeyong was a victim of bullying

That's just... so sad Imagine being in his place...

you can tell he had a hard time even talking about it... He did some shitty behavior in the past as a minor and that's true, yet so many people who now say you can't judge someone for their past wanted his career to end despite not even knowing all the facts.

I didn't know this, but I did notice that sometimes he had low self esteem

This is so sad omg

me too dude me too

F tp that people that still keep insisting he is the one that wrong

I'll be honest I saw him in a negative light due to people talking about favouritism, the brick scam and the bullying issue. i didn't hate him but yeah. He didn't have that squeaky clean kpop idol image like eunwoo or Jaehyun...

Bad behaviour especially at a young age has a lot to do with the environment kids grow up in. This video honestly puts a lot of things in perspective. I wish sm and nctzens worked on getting this part of his life everywhere instead of giving attention to the false bullying accusations. Must have been hell for him to see what was being said about him. This is really tragic fr. Sm should not have pushed him to pander to public opinion so much. Sm mediaplays the most irrelevant things but couldn't get this to important places? It's fine if idols don't fit the ice prince image, it's fine if they are human beings. It will loose them a few delulus but atleast people can understand him better.

Even if he turns into a selfless philantrophist today anti's will still bring it up. It won't change anyone's mind but hearing an honest account of his life would help a lot. The way they handled it made him look like a 2d anime villan backed by a powerful company. This is so sad.

Was any action ever taken against that classmate?

It's sad to hear this.......from casual knowledge of NCT I had heard of all his "scandals" but after I started to listen to NCT music and watching content he just simply did not seem like the type at all...if anything he's fairly gentle and introverted so I went back to read more about the scandals and a lot of it was exaggerated/overblown nonsense or even straight up false.......... sometimes I wonder about Kpop companies and their PR strategies because SM did not do a good job handling the issue hence this false perception persists in some circles....

All those people who were so quick to judge and call him names and trashtalk and bash him based on information that was later proven untrue, for all those years... those people themselves are the biggest bullies with all their witch hunts, never taking responsibility for them.

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Do people ever apologize for falsely accusing someone? Only a few do.

No. They just move on to other easy targets they can quick judge and bash and online bully while claiming to be innocent and justified themselves.

They never learn.

I like Taeyeong, on the contrary he is the good boy. Backstage he seemed to me like an introverted and gentle person. It's just that he was so powerful and charismatic on stage that this must have seemed intimidating to some people, so they immediately believed the gossip. Think of it this way, someone who is very handsome and talented must be very jealous because I think he is threateningly handsome. I don't want to make assumptions but some people are so jealous that you shouldn't immediately believe the unproven rumors.

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I like Taeyeong, on the contrary he is the good boy. Backstage he seemed to me like an introverted and gentle person. It's just that he was so powerful and charismatic on stage that this must have seemed intimidating to some people, so they immediately believed the gossip. Think of it this way, someone who is very handsome and talented must be very jealous because I think he is threateningly handsome. I don't want to make assumptions but some people are so jealous that you shouldn't immediately believe the unproven rumors.

I agree that the stage persona may be why people were so willing to cast him as the villain of kpop...

I really do hope that he is doing well and has peace because I cannot imagine the mental pressure the last few years have been with all the fake stories and unfair hate comments assassinating his character.....