Amber: “I’ve Cried Because People Teased, Saying I Look Like a Guy”

[hisjulliet.livejournal.com]

f(x)’s Amber opens up about her thoughts on other people talking about her facial features.

She made an appearance along with other f(x) members on the recent filming of KBS’s variety talk show “Hello,” when a teenaged guest shared that her worry is looking similar to male singer Jo Jung Chi.

Regarding this, the emcees asked the members of f(x), “Do you look similar with a celebrity?” Victoria responded, “I heard that I looked similar to Lee Na Young.” Amber shared, “I heard that Super Junior’s Donghae, SHINee’s Jonghyun and I are nicknamed the three dinosaurs in SM Entertainment.”

Soon after, the teenaged guest unveiled her face to the emcees and guests and many were shocked by her similarities with the male singer. She remarked, “Because of the people that tease me saying I look like Jo Jung Chi, I’m not able to go to the bathroom with a peaceful heart.”

Amber responded, “I got teased a lot even till high school that I looked like a guy. I even cried because it got so hard.”

Meanwhile, this episode will air on July 29 at 11:10pm (KST).

Source: soompi

Comments

[xalexandriam.livejournal.com]

amber bb ;----;

you can tell she's grown a tougher skin about stuff like that and she has a good sense of humor about it now (or, at least, i'd hope so since sulli calls her hyung, ffs).

but lord knows there will still be idiots (kryber shippers) who will think of her as a guy.

[allthingsgood.livejournal.com]

I'll give Sulli a pass because maybe at this point it's an inside joke between the two of them, but Amber's said that she doesn't like being referred to as "hyung" so I hope everyone else stops -_-

[allthingsgood.livejournal.com]

The comments netizenbuzz translated (http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.com/2013/07/amber-reveals-she-was-made-fun-of-for.html) are so, so, so terrible:

1. [+271, -21] But you come out dressed and looking like a man...

2. [+264, -21] Then dress like a girl.

3. [+117, -10] Wasn't her concept supposed to be boyish?... Any pretty girl will look like a flower boy if dressed like Amber. I don't get why she's crying about being made fun of for looking like a man when that's her concept...

4. [+13, -2] At first I felt bad for her and wondered why her company dressed her like that but it turned out to be her own style... No wonder there are gay rumors about her.

5. [+11, -2] Girls who look and dress like that normally like girls too...

[hopeandmemory.livejournal.com]

UGHHHHHH

i just

throws an avalanche of rocks at netizens

[setsuna16.livejournal.com]

Oh Amber, I love you because you look the way you look.

But yes, you, Donghae and Jong can at times look like dino-siblings. The 2011 Christmas shot was proof.

[dryadinthegrove]

Aw, that makes me sad. I think she's really pretty, and I really like that she looks like herself and not a k-clone.

[kanimaki.livejournal.com]

People constantly commenting on her boyishness and asking her to wear a dress/be more feminine doesn't help either. Let her be and appreciate her for her talents, omg.

[allthingsgood.livejournal.com]

It happens in this comm alllllll the goddamn time. Every time there's a post on f(x) there's always those one or two comments -- usually from the same people too!! -- wondering why she can't dress more femininely. Ugh STFU.

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

Aww Amber bb. She was so on point during that show, especially after that fucker told Sulli she should lose weight ugh

Btw OP, there's an Amber tag~

[hisjulliet.livejournal.com]

found it!

lol I was looking for it but I couldn't find it for some reason

[uledy.livejournal.com]

Ugh, the shit GNC folks have to put up with on a daily basis is so absurd. The netizen comments posted above and even some comments on Omona are just the tip of the iceberg, tbh. Fuck them and fuck the gender binary. Amber, do you.

[palebluedot09.livejournal.com]

+456575667

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

People need to leave Amber alone about the way she dresses.

[plantbottle.livejournal.com]

Ugh, people need to leave her alone. She can dress/style herself however the eff she wants.

[bob-always-wins.livejournal.com]

i feel so awful for her. she's so gorgeous and i hate how she gets shit on by people just because of how she dresses.

[e-bone (from livejournal.com)]

Seeing stuff like this (and the comments on NB) really make me feel for the legit LGBT identifying idols we all know are there. Not claiming I know how Amber identifies but she obviously isn't interested in conforming to social standards of femininity and I don't see why she has to suffer for it.

Even international fans seem to have concluded she's a lesbian...

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

are serious? just because the way she dresses? good god, people are just so stupid...
after she said her ideal husband was Sehun I read somewhere they would be together to be each others beards...seriously, this is just wrong and hurtfull

[lettace.livejournal.com]

Netizens were cruel about this

[shineebambi.livejournal.com]

<3 <3 ugh why do people get so hung up on gender sterotypes when it comes to clothes like so she prefers sneakers shorts and baggy shirts so the fuck what does make her less of a girl.

[jae-bias-bitch.livejournal.com]

but he is really looking like a guy.....

[shineebambi.livejournal.com]

[hippodameia.livejournal.com]

Ohh, Amber, I know that feel. Having short hair for several years earned me countless comments about looking like a guy, not having a gender, being a lesbian, being ugly. People even used to call me "it" at college. I've grown out my hair now by choice, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with short hair! And there is nothing wrong with the way Amber looks. She's lovely.

[unicornios.livejournal.com]

:( But Amber, you're gorgeous. Let's be friends <3

[jjang-intae.livejournal.com]

The netizen comments were so stereotypical. Just because someone dresses up in 'guy clothes' it doesn't define what they're like or what gender they like.

Stay flawfree bby

[chanqsun.livejournal.com]

i can totally understand both sides.
i cant sit here and lie and say ive looked at amber and been like 'oh she looks so girly in those baggy shorts and that baggy jersey.' lol she look tomboyish most of the time and thats a fact, and i've accepted that. i can honestly give a flying freak what she wears, her personality makes up for everything else. people should be able to look how they want and do how they please, AND BE HAPPY. eff the haters

......but i would like to see her in a dress maybe once tho...js ;x

[shineebambi.livejournal.com]

its not about her "looking feminine in baggy shorts" tho its about people being rude and cruel to her and mocking her for "looking like a boy". Her point was more to the fact that the second you dont fit into that this is what a girl needs to look like box people call you a dyke, mock you and make you feel like shit about yourself. She is a tomboy she knows that, the audience knows that f(x) knows that,the point was the unnecessary shit she gets because of it for not being feminine enough which is bullshit

*im sorry my grammar is shit its really late at night

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

I love Amber, she can dress however she bloody well likes, and her sexual preferences are none of my bloody business.

She is smart, sexy, cool and undeniably one of the most 'connected' idols in k-pop.

Everyone wants to be friends with Amber and I don't blame them.

On an almost unrelated note, my youngest daughter is a lesbian, she alternates between being the most girly feminine girly girl ever to rocking totally looking like a boy to being so androgynous that I have seen people do double takes as they try to process what they are seeing.

So just be yourself Amber and we will continue loving you for just being you.

[awsteven.livejournal.com]

fuckin preach amber!

[domokuniscute.livejournal.com]

Good to hear what she said about Sulli's case.

Seriously can't believe the world is still like this and it makes me sadder. I also dress rather boyishly or androgynous or whatever and I definitely don't like it when people regard me as a bro, or count me as a guy or whatever. The way I like to dress is not a definite expression of my gender or sexuality.

[robalunch.livejournal.com]

I love Amber so much:

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

omg where is this from?

[klauses.livejournal.com]

Didn't her father try to get her out of kpop because female fans were saying they'd go les for her? Or was that just an untrue rumour

idk, I feel bad for her... I really don't like people saying she's gay either; she's literally done nothing to make herself seem like a lesbian other than be a tomboy... is that all it takes for people to think a woman is gay now? bleh

[torontok.livejournal.com]

ugh nothing pisses me off more then people saying they'd "go gay/les" for Amber. You cant "go gay" ffs, it isnt a choice. Whats the big deal abotu saying you have a crush on her?

[extraenchanted.livejournal.com]

aww. amber bb, to me you are one of the prettiest girls in kpop. it doesn't matter if she's not wearing dresses and heels. she can wear whatever she wants.

[hitsujiga.livejournal.com]

the way amber pulls her 'image' off, i always thought she embraced it and it makes me sad she had to deal with so much bs and even now gets shit for it ;~;

mah poor babbyboo <3 you are a wonderful tomboyish lady and your face and your soul and your whole body is beautiful ;~~~; ilu