The host initially compared the group to COVID-19.
for making racist"jokes" about BTS, even going so far as to dub the group"some crappy virus that hopefully there will be a vaccine for soon as well." The radio host also responded to BTS' cover of Coldplay's"Fix You" on MTV Unplugged as"blasphemy" and said they should be punished by"vacationing in North Korea for the next 20 years."
And though Matuschik went on to claim that he wasn't racist because he drove a Korean car — even though it's actually Japanese — Bayern 3 also initially defended him by saying it was the"character of this show and also of the presenter to express his opinion clearly, openly and unvarnished." "In this case, he overshot the mark in his choice of words in an attempt to present his opinion in an ironically exaggerated manner and with exaggeratedly feigned excitement, and thus hurt the feelings of the BTS fans," the station said, per."But, as he assured us, this was in no way his intention. He only wanted to express his displeasure about the above-mentioned cover version.
Naturally, the weak non-apology angered BTS fans even more, many of whom pointed out that Matuschik's"jokes" were an example of the kind of racist rhetoric that has contributed to a dramatic uptick in