90 Day Fiancé: Fans Furious How Deavan Trashes Korea, Think She's Ignorant
Deavan Clegg from 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way has gone back to making headlines and getting hate in return, and one controversial remark was about Koreans eating dog meat. After a video of Deavan’s daughter Drascilla allegedly “tossing” their pet dog Bam Bam resurfaced online, the mom of two tried her best to calm things down. Yesterday, Deavan made a statement accusing ex-husband Jihoon of being the one who, “abused the dog daily.” However, it’s Deavan’s explanation, which is from an October 2019 Instagram post, that’s currently sparking outrage among the 90 Day Fiancé fan base. Many fans feel that Deavan has been disrespectful towards Korea with her “dog meat” comment, and there has been more than one racism allegation against her.
Deavan has been on the radar for receiving fan hate for every move she makes, ever since she started appearing on 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way. Initially, the 23-year-old woman was chided for becoming pregnant on her first night with Jihoon, and then for her parenting habits while raising older daughter, Drascilla. While TLC viewers agreed that Jihoon was also at fault due to his financial irresponsibility, Deavan was accused of having married him despite some big problems between them. She is dragged for blaming Jihoon for everything. Recently, it’s her decision to move on with a new man named Topher Park that is making 90 Day Fiancé fans mad. A few months ago, while Deavan Clegg was in South Korea, she did an IG Live where she claimed to have faced racism in the Asian country. “My rant is I’ve just experienced a lot of ****ing racism here and I’m getting ****ing fed up with it and it’s a huge problem. Just Google it,” she said.
Several fans addressed their concerns about Deavan’s views. They even questioned her decision to date a Korean-American man again. Now, the unearthed “Koreans eat dog” statement seems to have angered her critics even more. A Reddit thread shows how one 90 Day Fiancé fan did try to give “Deavan the benefit of the doubt and tried to defend her” but is now “done.” The fan notes how people should not “harass” a child over a mistake... it’s Deavan’s response they have a problem with. The 90 Day Fiancé viewer, who’s also a Korean-American, felt that Deavan Clegg's comment came off as: “Koreans eat dogs and that's so much worse so why are you guys so mad about my daughter throwing a dog around?" The person states that while the custom did exist in Korea, “it is a dying tradition.”
The TLC viewer continued, “Nowadays it's harder to find people who eat dog meat or even agree with the practice in Korea. So the fact that Deavan, who married a Korean man and has a half Korean child now, who purports to love the culture, brought it up as a defense to people accusing her daughter of animal abuse is appalling to me.” As per the fan, Deavan’s comment shows that she’s ignorant about the culture and still isn’t interested in learning more about it, beyond “a superficial level.” The Reddit user also noted that Deavan had apparently shown no interest in learning the language or customs.
These allegations about Deavan being disrespectful to the Korean culture were addressed by her and Topher “Chris” Park during a recent Instagram Live session. This time, Topher claimed that Deavan loves the Korean culture and that all the rumors are simply a “misconception” due to the way 90 Day Fiancé portrayed her, as per Monsters & Critics.
This is not the first time that the show’s editing has been blamed for things, such as putting her: “family’s life in danger.” In her Instagram story, she said, “I know I signed up for this and I agreed to editing that may be a little more dramatized." However, most of Deavan’s statements that fans have a problem with have come from her social media. This seems to debunk the theory that 90 Day Fiancé’s editing is the reason why fans aren't happy with her.
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way airs Sundays at 8pm EST on TLC.
Source: Reddit, @90DayFianceMuse, @deavanclegg, Monsters & Critics