{"id":61401,"date":"2026-08-21T14:21:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=61401"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:21:57","slug":"badly-in-loves-hikaru-breaks-silence-on-her-behaviour-after-receiving-major-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/08\/21\/badly-in-loves-hikaru-breaks-silence-on-her-behaviour-after-receiving-major-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Badly In Love&#8217;s Hikaru breaks silence on her behaviour after receiving major backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/08\/04\/theyre-insanely-vibey-so-meet-the-delinquent-cast-of-netflixs-badly-in-love-season-two\/\">Hikaru<\/a> has had loads of backlash for not being a girls&#8217; girl on <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/08\/11\/heres-the-rogue-reason-we-can-hear-a-baby-talking-on-the-intercom-on-badly-in-love\/\">Badly In Love<\/a>, and she&#8217;s now broken her silence on her behaviour. She&#8217;s blaming most of her season two actions on the edit by <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/08\/04\/shes-the-shows-creator-and-producer-so-lets-meet-host-megumi-from-netflixs-badly-in-love\/\">Netflix<\/a>, in which she revealed: &#8220;The show only captured a small part of two weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;It&#8217;s really sad to judge someone&#8217;s entire personality or send hateful comments solely based on what you see on the show. At the same time, I&#8217;m incredibly grateful to everyone who got to know me through the show and has continued to support me.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/BadlyInLove\/comments\/1vtgyg8\/idk_if_it_is_already_posted_in_here_but_hikarus\/\">idk if it is already posted in here, but hikaru\u2019s ig story yesterday:<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/nana6ee\/\">u\/nana6ee<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/BadlyInLove\/\">BadlyInLove<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you so, so much for all the kind messages. In the midst of all the negativity and hurtful comments, your support and kind words have truly helped me get through it. I may not be able to respond to everyone, but please know I&#8217;m reading every single message.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really hope I&#8217;ll get to meet all of you who have been supporting me someday. I love you,&#8221; Hikaru concluded on her Instagram Story. She was getting to know Ari on the show, but this led to major drama with co-star Maririn, and would often interrupt her chats with guys.<\/p>\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\/Db_BNfKmO3P\/?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\/Db_BNfKmO3P\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by hikaru (@______hhh912)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>One person said, &#8220;Hikaru was so rude to Maririn when she caught her and Ari sitting together. Also, I feel she was trying to lure Tai-chan back by talking to him after he had lost interest in her and begun chasing <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/08\/07\/the-real-reason-ruru-covers-her-tattoos-up-on-badly-in-love-as-real-photos-of-her-ink-emerge\/\">Ruru<\/a>.&#8221; Someone else said she took &#8220;zero accountability&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Some people believe Hikaru was leading on several guys, while all of them were mad at Maririn for telling them they were good-looking, and nobody had her back. As Hikaru never stood up for the girls in the final edit, she&#8217;s been branded &#8220;not a girls&#8217; girl&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The show only captured a small part of those two 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