BLACKPINK Jennie's Agency Issues Apology After Backlash Over Indoor Vaping Incident

BLACKPINK’s Jennie has admitted that she was in fact vaping inside a makeup room in Italy.

Jennie shared a vlog on July 2 to show a glimpse of her Italy trip.

Source : Instagram/jennierubyjane

BLACKPINK’s Jennie has issued an apology for vaping indoors after the incident sparked controversy. The K-pop idol has admitted that she was in fact vaping inside a makeup room in Italy. The video of Jennie, which is a part of a vlog, was uploaded to Jennie’s YouTube channel on July 2.

BLACKPINK’s Jennie issues statement after vaping incident

Jennie’s solo agency ODD ATELIER (OA) issued an official statement on July 9, at  4:03 p.m. KST (12:33 p.m. IST) regarding smoking indoors. 

The agency wrote, “Hello. This is OA Entertainment. We sincerely apologize to everyone who felt uncomfortable with Jennie’s actions in the content released on July 2.

Jennie acknowledges and deeply regrets her mistake of vaping indoors and causing inconvenience to the staff. Jennie has personally apologized to all the staff on-site who may have been affected.”

“We apologize to her fans who have been disappointed through this incident. We hope to prevent this from reoccurring in the future,” it added.

안녕하세요.
OA엔터테인먼트입니다.

지난 2일 공개된 콘텐츠 내 제니의 행동에 불편함을 느끼신 모든 분께 진심으로 사과의 말씀을 전합니다.

제니 또한 실내에서 흡연한 점, 그로 인해 다른 스태프분들에게 피해를 드린 점에 대해 반성하고 있으며 당시 현장에 있던 스태프에게도 직접 연락을 취해… pic.twitter.com/pAQnXOBg19

— OA (@oddatelier) July 9, 2024

Jennie Kim vaping controversy 

For the uninitiated, on her YouTube channel, Jennie shared a vlog on July 2 to show a glimpse of her Italy trip. Fans caught attention to an unexpected scenario where Jennie was spotted vaping. 

While some fans defended her and said that she is an adult, so she has a right to smoke, others did not approve of the K-pop idol smoking indoors. In South Korea, like many other countries, including Italy, smoking indoors is prohibited. BLACKPINK member Jennie was staying in Italy at that time.