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JYJ star Kim Jaejoong admits his post about testing postive for coronavirus was an April Fool’s Day joke


Jaejoong from JYJ has come under fire for pretending to have coronavirus (Picture: WireImage)

K-pop star Jaejoong has come under fire for pretending he contacted coronavirus.

Fears for the JYJ member first arose when he posted on Instagram that he has been hospitalised with the virus.

His label C-Jes Entertainment told South Korean media that they were ‘looking into’ thing, but less than an hour after his original post, Jaejoong admitted it had been a joke for April Fool’s Day but wanted to ‘raise awareness’ of the deadly virus.

The star said that he would ‘receive all punishment that I am due for this post’.

Editing the caption on his original, now-deleted post on Instagram, Jaejoong wrote: ‘To have someone you love or someone precious to you be infected with a virus? It is a heartbreaking thing. Despite that fact, there are so many people who are still roaming the streets, acting as if it won’t ever happen to them; many people are worried that their family and loved ones may fall ill because of such people.

‘Mistakenly thinking that you and the people around you will remain safe can do a lot of damage. Many of my acquaintances and staff are also seeing their loved ones testing positive for the virus. This is not a faraway story.

The JYJ star claimed he had contracted coronavirus (Picture: Instagram)

‘I do not think that you can end with just tears when sorrow caused by carelessness becomes reality. Let’s maintain the current alertness..

‘This prank was much too out of hand for a simple April Fool’s joke, but many people worried for me in a short period of time.

‘This is definitely not something that only happens to other people! I wanted to tell everyone that protecting yourself is also the solution to protecting others.

The K-pop star said he wanted to raise awareness (Picture: Wireimage)

‘I will receive all punishment that I am due for this post. I hope you will all stay healthy.’

Jaejoong’s earlier post claimed he had contracted the virus ‘due to my carelessness’ and ‘for ignoring advice provided by the government and all those around me’.

He had performed live on a Japanese music program on 31 March.

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