Kris Wu Cancelled on Social Media and Streaming Sites
Wu’s accounts have been removed from social networking sites such as Weibo, Douban, and Douyin. He previously had roughly 50 million followers on Weibo and 16 million fans on Douyin.
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The label owned by Wu, 20XXCLUB, is still accessible on Weibo. However, some of the pop idol’s songs have been removed from music streaming sites.
His personal pages have also disappeared on video streaming platforms such as iQIYI and Tencent Video.
Weibo has deleted Kris Wu’s account. Screengrab via Weibo
The hashtag for the news has quickly taken over the internet, with 840 million views on Weibo at the time of writing. Most netizens are celebrating social media’s cancellation of the disgraced performer.
A film still from Sweet Sixteen, where Kris Wu's character is sentenced to seven years in jail, has subsequently gone viral. Image via Douban
“It feels damn good,” reads a meme that has garnered the most likes under the hashtag.
“Weibo did a great job,” reads another upvoted comment.
“Society must raise the threshold for celebrities. Those found to have committed misconduct should be punished severely or even completely banned once accusations are confirmed.”
Weibo announced on Sunday night that it had closed 108 misleading communities, disbanded 789 groups, and banned or permanently deleted 990 accounts in response to Wu’s scandal.
Screenshot via Twitter
According to the statement, Weibo accounts of Wu’s former supporters and fan communities have been either suspended or deleted, including the account of Chinese writer Liu Liu who apologized earlier on Sunday for previously defending Wu against sexual assault allegations.
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Buh-Bye, Kris Wu.
In response to the online chatter regarding Wu’s detainment, Madame Tussauds Shanghai wax museum removed a wax statue in his likeness, according to the State-backed newspaper Global Times.
Cover image: Sweet Sixteen film screenshot
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