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BTS singer Jeon Jungkook is begging people who have stalked him and found his home address to stop sending him food deliveries.
The singer took to the fan community platform Weverse on Thursday to request that people refrain from delivering meals to his home address. He added that he won’t be eating any of the food sent to him.
“I understand the gesture was nice, but I can take care of my own meals, so please buy it for yourself,” Jeon, 25, wrote.
“I beg you. If you send food one more time, I’ll check the receipt order number and take action,” Jeon added. “So stop it.”
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His request came after a South Korean report in 2019 leaked details of his home address.
The report stated that he’d bought a residence in Seoul’s Seongsu-dong area for more than US$1.4 million, but also revealed details like the floor that his apartment was on.
Obsessive fans who invade the private lives of K-pop stars in South Korea are often dubbed “sasaeng fans.” They are known to resort to extreme methods to pry their way into the lives of their idols – from breaking into their homes to hiring cars to stalk them.
This is not the first time Jeon has requested for fans to leave him alone. Earlier this year, he asked fans not to show up at his gym and to give him some privacy while he exercised.


Other members of BTS – like Jeon’s bandmate, V – have also asked fans to refrain from “scary” behaviour when spotting the stars on flights.
Other famous K-pop stars have been victims of sasaeng fans, like Blackpink’s Jennie and Twice’s Nayeon.
Representatives for Hybe, an entertainment company that manages BTS, did not immediately respond to Insider’s requests for comment.
This story was originally published on Business Insider


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The singer urged obsessive fans who have found his home address to refrain from delivering meals to his residence
‘If you send food one more time, I’ll check the receipt order number and take action,’ he warned


The singer urged obsessive fans who have found his home address to refrain from delivering meals to his residence.


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