Here is a reminder: your fans are your currencies. Sure, you have your entertainment labels and agencies representing and backing you, but what’s the point of your labels and agencies backing you, spending more money on promoting you if you have dwindling number of fans or you have literally no fans at all? In other words, you offend your fans, you upset them, you pissed them off, or you disappointed them, you are virtually throwing your currencies away, and that includes being honest with them, not lying to them.

I know that there are different types of fans, ranging from the crazy, sasaeng fans, to the fangirls who have yet reached the psychotic level of sasaeng fans, yet you can still piss them off just because you are dating somebody, and to the more level-headed, rational, true fans. The former two, you should be careful and beware of, but you shouldn’t be worried or affected by how they will react, it’s the latter you should be careful of, because you actually have a chance of sincerely asking them for their support and understanding, but if you throw this away as well…then…

There are already examples in the industry, with Se7en and Park Hanbyul, Sungmin of Super Junior and his wife- Kim Saeun, and Lee Junki and Jeon Hyebin. I understand the desire to keep your relationships private and discrete, and that requires the utmost care, because you never know when and where the paparazzi will be lurking just around the corner. Though, if you are caught, and your fans began to question whether you are actually dating? The best policy is to admit it, and here you have a chance to explain and ask for your fans’ understanding and support, your true and loyal fans will listen and they will understand, they are the ones you need. Denying will only make it worse, it’s like leaving the lie to fester and to rot, and not to mention, your fans are not dumb, they can all put the two-and-two together.

Some idols seem to just think that the fans do not like to see them dating, and that the fans deserted them just because they were dating someone, and Se7en was a prime example, I absolutely hated him playing the victim when he was on the YG Special of “Strong Heart”, claiming fans deserted him because of his relationship with Park Hanbyul, but I’d like to clarify if he had actually taken the time out to read what the comments said, he should have realized that the majority was upset at him for lying and denying consecutively when they were caught out several times before. When Lee Junki and Jeon Hyebin were caught again, and they ended up admitting it, while a certain percentage of fans don’t understand it why Lee Junki needed to come out and release a statement to explain and apologize, but he did the right thing, and he needed to do so to appease the fans who were disappointed and upset by his previous denials.

In Sungmin’s case, I cannot say the same…if the news reports were correct in saying that he also lied to the fans with whom he had regular contacts with on social networks, and then his sudden marriage…it was virtually a slap in the face. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but did he ever release a statement before or after his marriage? If he never did, I understand perfectly why some fans are still angry at him, and do not want to see him in the upcoming Super Junior comeback, and otherwise, there would not be such a mess for SM to deal with. And his wife is not helping matters by antagonizing the fans…Just saying…