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Yoon Ji Sung Reveals Heartbreaking Experience He Went Through During Wanna One Days


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Yoon Ji Sung of Wanna One did not always feel happy while promoting with the boy group.

With the rise of survival shows, the Produce 101 franchise also followed the trend and debuted groups in the past years. In season 2, 11 idols successfully made it to the cut and started promoting as Wanna One.

But for Yoon Ji Sung, it was not always easy for him to be part of the group.

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Yoon Ji Sung Looks Back at Struggles During Wanna One Days

Yoon Ji Sung notably became part of the 11-member group, joining Kang Daniel, Hwang Min Hyun, Ong Seong Wu, Park Ji Hoon, Ha Sung Woon, Park Woo Jin, Kim Jae Hwan, Lai Kuan Lin, Lee Dae Hwi, and Bae Jin Young in the past years.

But during his appearance on the September 27 episode of the talk show Okay? Okay! the idol shared the fears and worries he went through. Doctor Oh Eun Young asked him the difficult thing he experienced or is still experiencing.

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According to the former Wanna One member, he developed a fear of facing people because of the malicious comments he received while promoting with the group.

He said:

"It was really difficult for me. During the third round, we had a segment called 'recognition test' and we were taken to the Bucheon market. And people came to me saying 'I'm a fan, I'm a fan.' So, I shook their hands and told them 'Thank you, thank you so much.' Then I saw online, a comment saying, 'Yoon Ji Sung that ret*rd, was so happy and shook my hand when I said I was his fan but I don't even like him.' When I saw those comments, I became so scared of those situations."

Yoon Ji Sung detailed the comments he received from the public, with some of them telling him he was not good at singing and not good-looking enough.

As he ranked eighth in the competition, the public reportedly questioned him from his debut until the group disbanded.

Yoon Ji Sung Almost Left Wanna One

Amid those struggles, the idol revealed that he met the group's CEO and asked to be removed from Wanna One instead because of the painful comments he had been receiving.

Since he was desperate to get away from it, Yoon Ji Sung reportedly begged while crying. At the same time, he thought that he never wanted his fans and supporters to see him as a weak person.

Wanna One formally disbanded in December 2018.

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