SOURCE: 가수 비, 장애인 팬에 "춤추라" 재촉 논란…즉각 사과 "배려 부족했다"[이슈S]
According to foreign media outlets on the 23rd, Rain singled outa female fan during one of his shows in 'Still Raining: Encore' tour held at the Taipei Arena in Taiwan on the 17th.
At the time, Rain was hyping up the audience by singing and encouraging them to dance to build excitement. He then noticed the fan filming with her phone instead of dancing and asked, "Why aren't you dancing?"
The interpreted translated his question into Chinese and the fan responded with a smile after gesturing toward her ear. However, Rain asked her to show a more passionate reaction before continuing the performance.
Two days later, the fan tagged Rain in a video of the moment posted on social media and explained what had happened.
The fan wrote in Chinese, "It's not that I wasn't dancing. I didn't understand what Rain and the interpreter was saying. I have a hearing impairment, so I need to read lips or have real-time captions."
She continued, "Rain stomped his foot in frustration and asked me to try again. Looking back, I realized I should've explained in sign language. I was worried I might be misunderstood as a fan who wasn't cooperating."
Upon seeing this, Rain immediately left an apology comment in Chinese. He wrote, "First of all, I'm truly sorry for not realizing that you couldn't hear. I was very inconsiderate and didn't think things through."
Rain also sent birthday wishes to the fan, who had mentioned that it was her birthday on the 19th. He added, "Although there was a small incident, it became a beautiful memory for both of us. I will be more careful in every aspect when performing in the future."
