It’s like saying my dad murdered someone, oh no now I’m a terrible person for being related to him. Keyword: his parents 13 years ago! Tony grew up in Canada not China where the KTV allegations could’ve affected him.
In this instance Tony isn’t even remotely related to the drug and prostitution allegations on his parents. What about other c idols who were proper drug addicts who also became successful. I’ve seen many Chinese fans say that Tony’s actions are not his parent’s actions. The issue with his parents also has nothing to do with him either. It was because one of the interviewers asked him first “does being the only Chinese trainee getting into the finals make you feel proud/give you an advantage?” What else was he supposed to say to that question? “Oh no sorry I’m Canadian, I’m not proud of being Chinese” Like ok he answered the question how it was asked. When fans accused Tony of being two faced because Tony talked about him being proud to represent China in Pd101 but he allegedly said he was Canadian in the Korean show. And the c media didn’t trash them like they did to Tony. Dual citizenship be damned, I’m pretty sure in previous controversies like this, the idol just abandoned one of their citizenships (simple as that). Imagine having your dreams and hopes ruined at 18, his adulthood hasn’t even started yet. I feel sorry for Tony altogether, he worked hard and he’s only 18. If that many fans are telling Tony to withdraw and he actually does, does that mean if millions of Tony fans tell him to come back YWY will urge him to come back? Because that sounds bad like the show doesn’t have a backbone to protect it’s contestants. I remember hearing about similar controversies with other c idols, but they were all covered up. It drags other trainees down too and now everyone is hurt.
Don’t dig up useless dirt to drag him down. If Tony came first fair and square in all 3 ranking evaluations, that means he’s talented and worthy. Now the show is suspended and no one wins. The company should’ve come forth and defended Tony before antis tried to harm Tony in turn also harming their own favourites and the show itself. Why was there no protection, why didn’t YWY step up and protect Tony and the rest of the trainees? Would giving you one of his citizenships be good enough for Chinese fans? This really taints the debuting 9s image not just Tony’s. This is so brutal to Tony’s career and future. Like, I am completely blew away by the lack of empathy the fan comments on Chinese social media (most of them I witnessed on Douban) have, what is this 18-year-old boy supposed to do ? He didn’t choose the family he was born into, he couldn’t control what kind of business his family was running at the time, even if he knew anything about it, what could he possibly do? Abandon his family or refuse his family’s support as an underage? Report his family? Hell, though it sounds naive, to me the most sensible thing to do is for Aiqiyi to protect Tony’s own innocence, like if I were the manager I would publish something claiming that how Tony as someone who just reached 18 has no control over what his family did, and it is his HARD WORK and his DANCING, PERFORMING SKILLS that got him to deserve the C-position and fan base ! He’s only 18 and it is even more important to get him what he deserves as an hard working trainee, so that he could have his own future and support himself, instead of being dragged down by his questionable family ! Literally can’t feel more sorry for Tony, and all the other trainees who are affected by this scandal… (including my picks, X and Neil) I don’t think there’s anyone else in the story to blame other than Tony’s parents and the overall toxicity of the flawed moral standards the Chinese fanbase, online community and press media have. I am at the same age as Tony so this thing really kind of hurts me because I can’t imagine how much pain this talented, hard working boy who’s at the same age as me gets has to endure because of something his parents were involved in.
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