BTS’s RM Blasted With Accusations Of Trying To “Embarrass” Jungkook In Recent Interview

“He clearly wants to humiliate Jungkook…”

BTS‘s RM has come under fire from netizens after they believe he tried to “embarrass” Jungkook in a recent interview.

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Yet, while fans debunked RM’s comments as misinformation, a new clip from Billboard has sparked criticism towards the idol.

In the video, when asked about the hardest song to sing on ARIRANG, the line “Hahaha” came up, and RM explained that Jungkook wrote it from “Hooligan,” adding, “I really hate it because it’s super hard to do.”

RM putting Jung Kook on the spot 🤭 @bts_bighit reveal the hardest song to record from ‘ARIRANG’ during a Q&A at their Spotify x SWIMSIDE event in NYC. pic.twitter.com/FJurGlS02p

— billboard (@billboard) March 24, 2026

In the comments, fans believed that by asking Jungkook to do the part, RM was trying to “embarrass” Jungkook, with some sending scathing criticism to the leader for his treatment of the group’s youngest member.

he tried to embarrass him and it never works 😭 https://t.co/ksoKq7VwR9

— 🐰only (@kookiecinnabun) March 24, 2026

He clearly wants to humiliate Jungkook https://t.co/tkhcVC1tJh

— avril (@itgirlavril) March 24, 2026

The thing is its just a laugh. suga didnt complain about anything. Its always rm having problems with whatever Jungkook does https://t.co/qJk0s2bTHE

— Rodrianaᴶᴶᴷ ☁️ (@ohsnapitzRodela) March 24, 2026

Man tried so hard to embarrass Jk and it’s not working. https://t.co/50OSJApMff

— MJJklinghe🕺♍️♍️jjks (@zabriel19929248) March 24, 2026

It's not Jungkooks fault you're deeply untalented and can't execute it. YG did just fine so what's you're problem? He is so fucking weird https://t.co/fA0lu5XvLU

— ☔Jayla finally caught Jungkooks live🥳 (@TheLast0fJK) March 24, 2026