Despite Kim Garam's hiatus, fans became suspicious when they realized that despite the fact that the other members were continuing to promote, their official SNS had stopped running.
Kim Garam LE SSERAFIM was recently rested as the aftermath of the bullying controversy has yet to come to light. However, the rookie idol is suspected of immediately returning to promote with the group for a reason.
Kim Garam's bullying controversy started with a former schoolmate accusing him of violence at school and many others encouraging him. After his absence, the team continued to promote on music shows as a five-member team.
However, fans started to get suspicious when they realized that despite the fact that the other members were continuing to promote, their official social media had stopped running.
LE SSERAFIM used to post selfies and other updates on the official account, the last update on @le_sserafim was on May 20, 2022, just before Kim Garam went on hiatus.
Not only did the group's official Twitter stop updating fans with group selfies and pictures, Source Music's official Twitter also stopped updating the schedules of LE SSERAFIM members.
This makes netizens suspicious because previously they always reported every schedule and appearance. But everything stopped after the Kim Garam scandal broke out.
Fans think that the company is trying to reduce the group's digital footprint as five parts, in order to facilitate the future return of Kim Garam.
The more group photos without Kim Garam, it will create a possible opportunity for future fans to rediscover the incident after he was rehired.
Fans again criticized HYBE and Source Music for seeming to defend Kim Garam to death. "Is he that important?" netizen comments. "This is very annoying," added another netizen. "Wow I get goosebumps if it's true," concluded another.
Currently, there has been no update regarding Kim Garam's status in the group after the hiatus. But netizens continue to call for Kim Garam to be expelled immediately. (wk/chus)
