Fans shocked by the group EXO Chen's wedding and premarital pregnancy announcement are calling for Chen Exiting.
EXO's official fan club, the EXO-L ACE Alliance (hereinafter EXO El), issued an official statement on Wednesday, declaring that "Chen will withdraw its support for acting as an EXO member and asks sm Entertainment to Exit Chen's team."
They called for Chen's EXO Exiting, saying, "Not only is it being avoided by Chen's dogmatic actions, but the group's own image of EXO is seriously undermined, the division and breakdown of EXO fandom is serious, and the unstable group schedule is damaging to both fandom and The Artist."
"Many paid members who have substantial purchasing power in EXO fandom are eager to withdraw Chen." sm Entertainment should realize the necessity of concrete review of Chen's Exiting in the team through long-term and realistic future predictions, not ideal. "He said.
sm Entertainment also said, "If we do not have any answers to our requirements by 18th, we will carry out any direct and indirect forms of Protests." He demanded Chen's Exiting, EXO group activity plan transparency, The Artist protection and portal site search query management.
Chen announced his marriage and pregnancy news on his handwritten letter to his fans on the 13th. However, on the day of the wedding announcement, the wedding ceremony was already held at the cathedral, or the report that the girlfriend was seven months pregnant continued, and the fans were shocked. Both of the agency denied that they were "unfounded," but fans were already angry. In the end, sm Entertainment was deeply troubled as a fan statement demanding Chen Exiting came out.