People were even saying there was a former SM girl trainee who killed herself because she was bullied before her debut.' The netizen created a postВ with the title, ' Aespa's rumors before debut were all lies.' The netizen included a photo from Karina's Bubble that she had recently taken with Kep1er's Kim Chae Hyun and explained, ' Karina just posted the Photoism photo she took with former SM trainee, Kep1er's Kim Chae Hyun, on her Bubble.

Recently, one netizen created an online community post to show that the rumors were all lies. However, it wasn't proven that the messages were from Karina and SM Entertainment decided to take legal action against the netizen who spread the rumor. In the conversation, Karina had insulted various SM artists by mocking their appearances and talents. Rumors were spread back in 2020 when a netizen shared photos alleged to be a conversation between Karina and her friend. Before her debut with aespa, Karina was embroiled in rumors that she was a bully, had mocked various SM Entertainment artists,В and treated her juniors poorly.

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