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.”


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






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.