K-pop’s Blackpink star Lisa Manoban gets apology after Bangkok cafe ‘offered US$3,000’ for seat she used
- The cafe owner posted on social media that he would sell the seat, glass and spoon she had used, which attracted seedy comments
- Blackpink was the first K-pop act to perform at Coachella while Lisa was recently included in Time Magazine’s 100 Next list
On Thursday, Lisa, 22, shared pictures of her photo shoot at MQQN Cafe Bangkok on her Instagram account. Soon afterwards, the owner of the cafe posted on Facebook that he had been offered as much as 100,000 baht (US$3,300) for the seat she had used.
“I am not satisfied with this price yet,” the owner said. “We also have the glass and the spoon she used too,” he added in the comment section.
He received replies such as “Why don’t you keep the tissue paper she used?”, “How much is the table?” and “I’d like to get a scent of that table she touched.” Another commenter said: “Did she use the restroom?” and went on to mention Lisa’s hair.
Social media users soon expressed disgust over the sexual harassment and objectification of women. The hashtag #LowlyMQQNcafe was trending on Twitter on Friday morning.
A Twitter fan account @BPinAmerica said: “Lisa does not deserve the disrespect and violation of what this owner has done. You have crossed the line in a disgusting way. Instead of being proud and humble that Lisa went to your cafe; you offer a bidding.”
