He was previously caught smoking by paparazzi.
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BTS‘s Jungkook recently spoke with fans about a somewhat “controversial” subject.
BTS’s Jungkook
In the past, Jungkook has been spotted with alleged electronic cigarettes in addition to a paparazzi video showing the idol smoking while abroad. These instances happened after the idol was well past legal age, but due to the “taboo” surrounding idols’ smoking, he was met with some pushback.
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Jungkook has continually pushed against the idea of how an idol should look and behave and recently continued doing so during a live stream.
On February 26, KST, the idol went live on Weverse, chatting with fans while doing karaoke with his older brother and a friend.
AL PARECER JUNGKOOK ESTÁ CON SU HERMANO Y SU AMIGO HACIENFO KARAOKE Y BEBIENDO, NO PUEDO CON SU CARITA HELP JAJWKEKFKWKKLD pic.twitter.com/senV9a0kTt
— Nad ⁷ ⁶₁₃ 🍏 콩꽃 ⟭⟬⁷ 🇲🇽 (@jmygmochis) February 25, 2026
During the live, Jungkook mentioned that he wanted to talk about smoking, even though he does not smoke anymore, according to him and his friend. Jungkook continues by questioning why he couldn’t talk about it as he is nearly 30 years old.
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The idol admitted that he used to smoke a lot, but that he worked very hard to quit. He also said that he would likely get a little bit of scolding from his company for talking about the subject.
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Many fans expressed pride in the idol for managing to quit, knowing how difficult it is. Moreso, many were proud of the idol for speaking his mind despite instructions to no do so.
🐰I don’t smoke now, but still.. why can’t I talk about this? I’m almost 30 now. I did smoke before, like a lot, but I worked hard to quit, and did so.
TELL THEM JUNGKOOK 👏 IT SHOULD NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL, HE’S A WHOLE ADULT pic.twitter.com/jWcwTCRBXL
— ☼☽ (@dailyjiikook) February 25, 2026
As someone who vaped and found how difficult it was to quit I am really proud of him
Unless you’ve be there you can’t even imagine how difficult it is
His honesty only makes us love him more – I hope the company knows that https://t.co/bl6Y9jr0tQ
— OT⁷ ⟭⟬ ⊙⊝⊜ ANG -NOONA #방탄소년단 (@angleeyze) February 25, 2026
I’m so proud of you Jungkook. Smoking is not an easy thing to kick so congrats and talk about whatever you want! Fuck the parasocial woke idiots! https://t.co/0ubvTHccWr
— ☔Jayla finally caught Jungkooks live🥳 (@TheLast0fJK) February 25, 2026
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