ARMYs hoped to see interactions between BTS‘s Jimin and Jungkook as they were both in New York City. Recently, Jungkook made his solo debut with “Seven (feat. Latto)” performing on Good Morning America.
How cute our jikook together
: I know Jimin is in town too, right?
JK: Oh yeah! In New York pic.twitter.com/yGtVp3E00P— sun and moon
(@koky18_) July 14, 2023
As hoped for, we saw Jimin and Jungkook meet and hang out as videos surfaced of them aboard a yacht. You might have noticed no audio if you saw a video of the BTS members. The reason was that the person behind the camera made rude remarks about the BTS members.
The man behind the camera could be heard laughing and mockingly commenting, “The dude in charge… he was all, ‘You guys need to keep your phones put away, don’t talk a lot in English.’ I said, ‘Listen, bro, they’re getting on my boat, not the other way around, player.’” According to ARMYs, he and his friends allegedly continued to mock BTS, making jokes at their expense and saying no one knew who they were.
It was worse about the “they are on my boat” bc it was also around speaking English. “They’re gettin’ on my boat, not the other way around player”. pic.twitter.com/Ta8xsamXUB
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The man in question was the yacht charter’s captain, and he shared the videos via his Instagram Stories. ARMYs were enraged that Jungkook and Jimin’s privacy was invaded, and the trusted yacht captain also rudely made rude and xenophobic remarks about them. So, many ARMYs contacted BIGHIT MUSIC and the captain’s yacht company out of concern.
so the captain of the ship jm and jk where in was disrespectful towards them and posted a video laughing about the person in charge telling him to NOT film and respect their privacy, he posted videos of both of them without their consent.
— lesbimin (@kttimin) July 17, 2023
Naw that just pissed me off because it looks like jikook are on a boat and someone on the same boat secretly recorded them and posted it, i need their job. Fired. Unemployed. License lost, idc I NEED A NAME
— kens⁷ᵇʸ ʲᵏ
• lilac lieutenant (@dulseokbangtan) July 16, 2023
Go to their website and insta. Complain about that captain. They took down their website and deactivated insta but they can’t do it for a long time cuz it can effect their business. The name is “Set a drift yacht charters” https://t.co/O5HtBblffA
— Jimin’s lost jams ⁷ ᵇʸ ᴶᵘⁿᵍᵏᵒᵒᵏ
(@farwa_bts) July 16, 2023
pls send complains about the captain in the “contact us” section https://t.co/P9x763xbjn
— lesbimin (@kttimin) July 17, 2023
Shortly after, the yachting company took down its website. Additionally, both the company’s social media as well as the captain’s had been deleted and/or privated.
the captain of the yacht and the company’s instagram has been deleted.. ohh they know they’re getting sued.
— ✿⁷ | SEVEN (@btsuvrs) July 17, 2023
I’m not sure what can be done legally, if anything.
But I’m pretty sure that captain is getting fired. He’s caused so much trouble for the co. during peak rental season. He violated client confidentiality/ privacy as well as showing the co isn’t “foreign friendly”.
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