BLACKPINK's Jennie Autograph Post Gets an 'AI Content' Label After LA Restaurant Edits Out V

An LA restaurant has deleted BTS V's name from a post claiming he dined there with BLACKPINK's Jennie in November 2025, and a follow-up post showing her autograph now carries an "AI content" label. The rumor it revived is one of K-pop's oldest, and its newest source is now editing its own story.

Toad House, a Korean restaurant in Koreatown, posted a photo of an autograph on its wall and said Jennie visited last November with V and several friends. Some customers recognized them, the post said, but V left early, so staff only got her signature. Fans on social media split fast. Some cheered that the two were still together and low-key as ever. Others asked for proof.

The timeline problem

Skeptics went to the calendar. By their count, V left the U.S. on November 12 last year and didn't return until the 16th, while Jennie only departed on the 21st for BLACKPINK's tour. That leaves a narrow window at best, and the restaurant never said which night it meant. Some fans also noted the restaurant had been accused before of seeding rumors about other idols to boost its social accounts, and that it had followed dating-themed accounts.

Then the post changed. The restaurant removed V's name and kept only Jennie's visit. It hasn't said why.

TWICE makes a regular

A new post followed, saying Jennie came twice, and that two visits make her a regular. It added that the autograph hangs in the restaurant and that she'd get pork belly on the house if she returns. On the 10th, that post was spotted with an "AI content" label.

The label proves less than it sounds like. Instagram's parent company Meta has said the tag can appear when AI tools lightly retouch a photo, so it doesn't mean the signature is fake. It doesn't verify it either.

What's actually established

V and Jennie have been linked since 2022, when photos surfaced of them in the same car on Jeju Island. Paris date sightings followed. Neither side has confirmed a relationship, and both stayed silent when breakup reports appeared in December 2023.

There is no independent confirmation that the two visited this restaurant together. A business that has already removed half its claim is a thin foundation for a reunion story, though fans clocked the edit within hours, which says plenty about how closely this pairing is still watched.