Tzuyang and the abuse behind the scenes in the mukbang community

Hello, I wanted to suggest this topic because it has been on my TikTok and I’ve not heard many other creators (especially on YouTube) talk about it. It’s insane, and frankly concerning cause of the nature of it.

A trigger warning for abuse, DV, Self-harm, Blackmail, and s***ide

Tzuyang is a popular Korean mukbanger who recent exposed on a live stream that she was being abused, held captive and being blackmailed by an abusive ex-boyfriend as well as other “tea channels” that focus on Korean creators.

Her ex-boyfriend started friendly, but became controlling and abusive of her within months of dating, and used pictures of intimate moments (revenge porn) to blackmail her to not only stay with him but create a YouTube channel for him to take the profit of. He became her agent/manager and took a 70/30 of her profit from said youtube. There were signs of the abuse for months, with videos of her showing bruises and injuries while doing a mukbang video. To make it even worse, he also made her perform in a bar hostess job in nightclubs (from what I understand is a scandal in Korean society) and used those pictures/info to blackmail her further. After a while, employees of said boyfriend noticed the abuse and tried to help her take action against him (which is hard in Korea due to shame/bad justice system). He then sent said blackmail to said “tea channels” who also held it over her head in a chance to get hush money from her (apparently somewhat common in Korean “journalism”/ paparazzi communities). After another lawsuit, the ex-boyfriend committed suicide to avoid responsibility from his crimes. This was then reveal along with his abuse in a live stream she did with a lawyer revealing evidence of said abuse. The “tea channels” are panicking cause they may also face percussions as well as face shame for being involved.

I originally discovered this topic via @priscillakwon on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNyPALW4/) who discussed a timeline of it.

Here is the livestream in question (I think): (https://www.youtube.com/live/nCdKBxZfmnY?si=_ckHGtoit4iQMKGs)

And here’s a news article about the situation: (https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-tzuyang)

I know this is pretty dark and disturbing, but I feel like no one is talking about it and I feel like the girlies would be interested in hearing about it. Regardless, I hope this woman gets the justices/help she can to find peace and not face shame from blackmail. Also, fuck these “tea channels” who hold her abuse over her head when they should be helping her!