"If I was a celebrity, I would get canceled in no time" - kpop fans and their superiority complex
I recently came across a post that had me thinking about Kpop. It’s a popular quote, where people claim that if they ever were a celebrity or an idol they would’ve been canceled right away. I saw that post and it had 3.1 Million likes.
I believe that kpop fans barely ever actually care about the topics idols get canceled for. Maybe about 10% of people are actually advocates for serious topics. The rest are canceling idols for any other reason
One reason being the superiority complex. Behind closed doors, they’re likely making insensitive jokes, streaming musicians that have been canceled for serious reasons, saying slurs because nobody is around so it won’t hurt anybody. But as soon as an idol does anything not worth getting canceled over, they have to drag them to feel better. And often these people don’t realize it, because they’re so into the fake persona they’ve made of themselves, which is a righteous and good person. These are often people claiming that they’re incredibly self aware.
Of course there are other reasons idols get canceled. Like jealousy over other groups and wanting your group to be at the top. Personally disliking members and finding a reason to get others to dislike them as well. But I think this is one if not the biggest reason idols get canceled over small or insensitive things. Rather then empathizing with them or thinking "that could’ve been me if we’re being for real". And I actually find that really weird. Do you actually care? Ask yourself this
Posted Aug 13, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC