TWICE's Jeongyeon Is Back in Her Glory Days, but One Thread Won't Let the Timing Go

A fan post celebrating TWICE's Jeongyeon as a diet success story turned into an argument about why she lost the weight now, and what leaving JYP has to do with it. The thread, on a Korean online community, split sharply.

The original poster was plain about the admiration. Jeongyeon is gorgeous, they wrote, and they wanted to show her off somewhere. In their telling, she has entered her glory days after getting past the side effects of steroids. They also pushed back on the idea that she abandoned the group: she never quit TWICE, the poster said, and the group only promotes about once a year. She is also set to take part in TWICE's 11th anniversary, the poster added, aimed at the haters.

The replies went another way.

The case the critics made

The top comment asked why she didn't lose the weight while active with TWICE, framing it as a burden on the group, and wondered why it was happening now that she has left and is unemployed. Another commenter guessed she had likely sought medical help, but said it looked bad to turn her back on the agency that supported her through her illness just to switch careers and become an actress.

A third said she had insisted on not losing weight, citing illness, while under TWICE, then started shedding it once she changed companies. One short comment simply said she left JYP after she lost all her weight. Another asked, in a garbled line, whether that was right.

What the thread actually shows

None of this is confirmed. The commenters are speculating about motives and medical history, and the source gives no statement from Jeongyeon, JYP or her new agency on her health, her weight or her departure. The poster's claim about the steroid side effects is likewise unsourced beyond the post itself.

What the thread does show is how quickly a compliment becomes a referendum. A photo-driven praise post ended up as a debate about loyalty, timing and what an idol owes the company that backed her. With the 11th anniversary approaching, expect fans on both sides to keep watching how Jeongyeon's name appears alongside TWICE's.