Did T-ara really bully Hwayoung?

[Grant]

I know this is non of my business, but I just really am curious! Because Hwayoung was my least favorite because I thought she wasn't that good and not really pretty but when I saw this "Goodbye Hwayoung" Trending on twitter I read the article and saw videos of youtube that said that T-ara bullied Hwayoung or Hwayoung has a terrible attitude whatever. Because when I heard that they bullied Hwayoung, It was like, for being T-ara fan, it just disappeared, I don't want to suport a group of bullies. And i'm also sad for Dani (New member of T-ara she will join T-ara officially on December) Because what if they bully her too and she's only 14?!?!?! ( So saaad. And I heard that t-ara bullied hwayoung except for Qri? Is Qri the only one who didn't bully hwayoung? Because maybe i'll ony support her. Thankss!

[joey-the-menace]

EDIT:

Soyeon spoke for the first time about the incident.
T-ara’s Soyeon interviewed about her new drama + Hwayoung incident
http://www.allkpop.com/2012/08/t-aras-so...g-incident

Seems like this mess is all KKS fault. The CEO handled the situation very poorly. But seems like every body was practicing while Hwayoung was in the beauty salon (WTF). And it escalated later into a more serious problem when she decided not to perform on stage. So T-ARA asked the president to take care of the situation (before it escalated even more) but the CEO opted to kick Hwayoung instead.

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The T-ARA incident seems to be nothing else but a very strong disagreement on something between the members (resulting in Hwayoung's suspension) and it got out of hand when netizens started to assume it was all about bullying. Then T-ARA's CEO made things even worse with his vague press releases and statements.

Netizens manipulated videos and stuff and twisted the truth to spread lies and hate. Seems like it worked because you felt for it.

There's a lot of evidence that proves the rumors, gifs, etc are false or taken out of context. Here are some links for you:

Infamous Reporter ‘Kim Yong Ho’ Writes Editorial : “Hwayoung Was Not Bullied”
http://koreanupdates.com/2012/08/07/t-ar...t-bullied/

Check this site that analyzes at least 15 of the so call bullying :
http://hyotheleader.tumblr.com/page/9

Also check this out:
http://hieuns.tumblr.com/post/28565853740

Lots of videos as well. Check these out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9X_bWEPVCA&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhpjeglFOvo&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oumuQdxvtW0&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLf8H3LsfIA&feature=plcp

Another video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s6rfYzx-...r_embedded

And here's another one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtshB9xt...r_embedded

Rumors of bullying are false!

Unfortunately, sites like allkpop.com, which are all gossip sites, are only reporting the bad stuff and not the truth. So when people read these sites as "legitimate" source, they blindly believe in them. We will know more pretty soon, since Hyomin and Eunjung are scheduled to make their first public appearances this week.

[Julia]

The important thing to remember is that those clips were taken out of context. If you go to http://hyotheleader.tumblr.com/ you'll notice that about 17 of these claims have already been disproved. I blame KKS - he has told so many blatant lies (and threatened Hwayoung) about the situation that a lot of people are now irrevocably against T-ARA. Did you see how when the "back-up dancer" came forwards to claim that Jiyeon slapped Hwayoung, netizens instantly believed them, but when somebody stood up against them, they were called a liar?

So no, I don't think they bullied her - and I don't think Hwayoung's the innocent angel everyone's saying she is either.

Oh, and here's what netizens have done to T-ARA so far in return:

- smashed their T-ARA CDs and tweeted the photos to the members
- made photo manipulations of Jiyeon with a noose around her neck (and "HANG THE SLUT" scrawled across it in red) and one of her with a gun to her head and a blood splatter on the other side
- wrote that T-ARA should be gangraped and given HIV, then have their "demon babies" ripped out and made to suffer
- wished that Soyeon should die after her car accident, saying it was karma and that she deserved to suffer

You decide who you want to stand with.