aespa’s NingNing Under Fire For Being “Fatphobic”

Recently, aespa’s Ningning held a live broadcast and talked openly about weight.

In the broadcast, she also mentioned that she currently weighs 41 kg (~90 lbs) after playing a weight-guessing game with the staff.

While many expressed concern for her low weight despite her height, others criticized her for laughing after jokingly stating she was 55 kg.

Aespa got criticised because ningning burst out laughing at the possibility of someone being 55 kg. This is fatphobia and there’s no other way to put it. https://t.co/Nm2OpcSAGC

— Ayesha (@SadSunoo) March 2, 2026

i like aespa and ningning but something rly felt so ?? when she laughed after saying 55 kg damn that hurt idk 'how' she meant it for sure ofc but DAMN OKAY https://t.co/J8ErLUYOwM

— winny ☁️ (@winnymwah) March 1, 2026

Me after seeing Ningning laugh at 55kg so i realize this ed shit genuinely got levels to it and i'ts acc time to lock in💔: pic.twitter.com/xd32RNyXaX

— 𝔍𝔲𝔫𝔷🌚 (@Fjin0_) March 2, 2026

Ningning laughing about being 55kg like girl that was you 3 years ago

— ⋆ eiskalt ⋆ (@bitchforcardioo) March 2, 2026

Others were disappointed in her behavior regarding weight, despite the fact that she had also lost weight after being criticized in the past for being “too heavy.”

I think she’s very disordered and now that she’s lost a lot of weight, since before she was criticized heavily for being the biggest in her group, now she feels the need to flaunt her weight for validation. The way she laughs at 55kg and then tells fans not to lose weight

— witheraway (@sxf1566939) March 2, 2026

As someone with weight insecurity, Ningning’s live was rlly gross…laughing like being 50-55 kg is joke as an idol when it’s an ideal weight at her height. She needs to take a world tour to the clinic and get that mental illness checked out.

— Poopy (@cinnaballsack) March 2, 2026