{"id":46653,"date":"2026-02-20T16:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=46653"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:33:21","slug":"choi-mina-sue-claps-back-at-the-brutal-singles-inferno-digs-made-about-her-and-its-savage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/20\/choi-mina-sue-claps-back-at-the-brutal-singles-inferno-digs-made-about-her-and-its-savage\/","title":{"rendered":"Choi Mina Sue claps back at the brutal Single&#8217;s Inferno digs made about her, and it&#8217;s savage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"596\">If there\u2019s one thing Single\u2019s Inferno fans are gonna do, it\u2019s pick a \u201cvillain\u201d and run a marathon with it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"596\">And this season, that label got slapped on Choi Mina Sue so fast, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/10\/the-singles-infernos-success-rate-compared-to-other-netflix-dating-shows-is-actually-wild\/\">Netflix<\/a> viewers barely saw it coming.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"596\">But Mina Sue isn\u2019t doing the usual post-show apology tour. She\u2019s in her cool, collected, and slightly deadly with her wording era.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"596\">Here\u2019s what\u2019s been said, what actually happened, and how Mina Sue responded when the shade got a little too loud.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"656\">So\u2026 what exactly were the brutal digs about Mina Sue?<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"1007\">On the show, Mina Sue\u2019s messy love triangle energy became a studio-panel obsession, especially when her choices read as flirting with multiple men at once.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"1007\">That\u2019s what sparked the \u201cleading people on\u201d chatter online, and also fed into the panel\u2019s harsher commentary.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1256\">The most replayed moment? When <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/05\/singles-inferno-panelists-forced-to-apologise-for-harsh-words-about-choi-mina-sue-by-production\/\">Hong Jin-kyung<\/a> basically hit her with an \u201cenough already\u201d vibe after Mina Sue floated, leaving while \u201cholding hands with both men,\u201d and the tone reportedly got sharper from there.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1304\">The moment production reportedly stepped in<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU9241TE_dQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU9241TE_dQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \ud64d\uc9c4\uacbd (@jinkyunghong)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1757\">Things got so stern that the show itself acknowledged it. In episode eight, after Mina Sue brushed off Song Seungil telling her he was focused on one person, the panel openly admitted their comments can go too far.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1757\">Hong Jin-kyung explained that production sometimes \u201ceducates\u201d them during breaks if they\u2019re being too harsh, and they return to speak more gently.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1759\" data-end=\"1928\">By episode nine, Hong Jin-kyung gave Mina Sue a formal on-air apology, saying they\u2019d talked about her a lot and that she was sorry.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1930\" data-end=\"1995\">Mina Sue\u2019s clap back<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2336\">Here\u2019s where Mina Sue gets savage. When asked about being branded the villain, she didn\u2019t crumble, she reframed it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2336\">She said it \u201cdidn\u2019t feel that bad,\u201d and that someone can be a villain to one person and a hero to another, calling the label \u201cinteresting\u201d and even \u201camusing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2338\" data-end=\"2743\">And about the panel\u2019s reactions specifically? Mina Sue said she didn\u2019t seek the clips out, but they found her anyway through shorts and media, so she chose not to spiral by watching everything.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2338\" data-end=\"2743\">Then she hit the ultimate reality TV power move: she basically implied the panel had a job to do, and she even laughed at herself, saying she did \u201ca lot of weird things\u201d too.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2745\" data-end=\"2798\">The Hong Jin-kyung meeting was\u2026 weirdly wholesome?<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUw5c7qCdBF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUw5c7qCdBF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \ucd5c\ubbf8\ub098\uc218 (@minadori222)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2800\" data-end=\"3067\">The plot twist nobody expected&#8230; Mina Sue says when she finally met Hong Jin-kyung at a wrap-up party, Jin-kyung approached her brightly, apologised right away, and even asked for a photo, thanking Mina Sue for making the show fun.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3069\" data-end=\"3465\">And the \u201capple photo\u201d that made the rounds? Mina Sue said that the concept was her idea.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3069\" data-end=\"3465\">She admitted she hesitated because she worried people would criticise her even more for posing with Jin-kyung after the on-screen shade, but she appreciated how professional Jin-kyung was, and said the panellists apologised to the cast in a moment that felt \u201cheartwarming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3507\" data-end=\"3718\">Mina Sue also acknowledged filming took an emotional toll, she described it as intense, unpredictable, and said she \u201cbroke down\u201d at one point before pulling herself together.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3720\" data-end=\"4021\">So yeah: the \u201cbeef\u201d was real, but the aftermath is giving something rarer, accountability and a contestant who refuses to be flattened into a one-word edit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3720\" data-end=\"4021\">Mina Sue isn\u2019t begging to be liked. She\u2019s just standing there, glittering, like: \u201cCall me a villain if you want\u2026 I\u2019m still the main character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She&#8217;s not having any of 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