BTS's V apologizes for not greeting reporters or fans at airport

BTS member V walks out of the Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center on Tuesday and goes straight to his van without greeting his fans or the local press. [NEWS1]

BTS member V, who returned to Seoul Tuesday after attending Celine’s fashion show for its men’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection for Paris Fashion Week, posted an apology on Weverse to the local press and BTS fandom known as ARMY.

“Reporters, ARMY, I’m so sorry for getting into the car straight away,” he said. “Did you wait for long?”

V arrived on Tuesday through Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center. Photographers and fans were waiting to get a glimpse of V on Tuesday morning as he was to arrive at around 8:55 a.m. However, due to a delay in his flight schedule, V walked out of the arrival gate well after noon.

Blackpink Lisa and actor Park Bo-gum, who attended the Paris Fashion Week with V, stopped before the cameras to say a few words, but V walked straight to his van without a word. Photographers could not take a proper picture of him as his back was toward the cameras. Some fans expressed their regret online while others raising concerns on whether V was feeling unwell.

“I brought you a present,” V added, posting a picture of the night sky that he had apparently taken from the plane back to Seoul.

BY YIM SEUNG-HYE [yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr]