EXO’s Xiumin Deletes Instagram Account

EXO’s Xiumin Deletes Instagram Account

While rumors of Tao leaving EXO are exploding by the minute, Xiumin has deleted his Instagram account.

Instagram has been his only SNS platform to communicate with his fans, and his sudden departure from the photo sharing site is causing a wave of concern between fans, some even suggesting that it reflects Xiumin’s disapproval towards the rumors of Tao leaving.

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Meanwhile, on April 22, Tao’s father posted “I requested SM for Tao’s departure from the team” through his Weibo.

He wrote, “Dear fans who have always looked after and loved Tao, this is Tao’s dad. I am currently writing this post with a heavy heart. I know that my decision will hurt many people, even my son himself. Though I have endlessly tried to persuade my son, he doesn’t seem to understand his selfish father. If I had to pick between Tao’s career as a Korean idol and his health, I would pick his healthy within a blink of an eye. I’m both sorry and thankful towards the agency and members of EXO. I’m grateful that the agency has looked after Tao. At the same time, I am also deeply sorry towards the fans of Tao and EXO.”

SM responded by saying, “We are sorry to see this being posted when we recently discussed Tao’s future schedule in China with him and his dad. Still, we will be looking for a positive middle ground by communicating with Tao’s dad.”

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See also:

Rumors of Tao Leaving EXO Resurface After His Father Posts a Letter Online

267 comments
Corey Sham
Corey Sham

omg... whats wrong with the world...

Empty Box
Empty Box

Now lay has delect all his photo hikhik

Ming Banger
Ming Banger

You people are unbelievable. Luhan and Yifan leave and they're called every despicable name in the book. Tao works harder because of that...to prove he is loyal to his members......gets SERIOUSLY injured....and that's STILL not good enough for most of you. No, it was not Tao's fault for performing with injuries but YOURS, EXO FANS. You are NEVER satisfied. You took this gentle boy and chopped him into pieces. Hope you're happy. Now start in on Lay so he can be terrorised and leave. Disgusting people in this fandom.

LeNi Ksor
LeNi Ksor

What with the K-Pops and instagram this year? There news about Kpops leaving instagram, unfollowing, member leaving group etc....everything is happening to kpop... what a year!! And there is so far from next year.... wonder what more are coming...

Joyce Concepcion
Joyce Concepcion

Shunga yung bagong ceo ng SME eh, inuubos ata yung exo M

Camille Baluyot
Camille Baluyot

ano ba yan. kaasar. pano na sa concert nila pakonti na sila ng pakonti. tsl. SME tlga ndi marunong mag alaga ng mga artist nia. :3

Joyce Concepcion
Joyce Concepcion

Sinearch ko sa ig, nandun pa nga kaso wala ng photos tska di na nakikita yung mga followers niya \U0001f62d, tas wala na daw si tao

Kiran Bir Dhaliwal
Kiran Bir Dhaliwal

Alice Cho Charanpreet Kaur AND LAY DELETED ALL HIS INSTAGRAM POSTS

Abi Tayamora
Abi Tayamora

Let's just hope luhan,kris,and tao will comeback and exo will be one again

pjferjack
pjferjack

Get real why don't you!  First of all, for a young adult to "promise" not to leave, personal circumstances and real life gets in the way sometimes.  Add to that, the fact that he's still dealing with his injury. Hell what do you say about couples, young and old that make marriage vows with a promise to stay together forever in front of God, family and friends.  Have you looked at the divorce statistics lately.  I can't believe that so many of Tao's so-called fans would actually hold this young man to an open statement like that.  Have you ever been told by your parents that on Sunday we're going to the amusement park "promise" and then it's a no show.  So what do you do, kick the parents out and go find you another set.  It's life and I think a lot of you need to get one. 

ioana4nihon
ioana4nihon

@pjferjack Well it's not really about the fact that he promised. he signed a contract which includes liabilities and penalties and everything, but more than that the fact that he assumed an obligation. So the situation is no promise to go to the amusement park level. It's still surprising for me how people take a contract as such a light thing. 

pjferjack
pjferjack

@ioana4nihon @pjferjack As you state, the contract has liabilities and penalties associated with the agreement. However I'm sure that no entertainer in their right mind would think that he can actually walk away without having to pay up. At the end of the day, it's up to Tao and family who will ultimately decide if he stays or go. Living in a foreign country and being highly recognized is not an easy existence. As you're basically on your own, having to overcome a language barrier, get accustomed to the food and so on, must truly suck.  I work with foreign Asian high school and college students and even though they may have lived in the States for a year or two, their English for the most part is very marginal. So I can only imagine what it must be like for a young person in South Korea trying to effectively communicate while existing alone.

ioana4nihon
ioana4nihon

@pjferjack @ioana4nihon I agree with you for the most part, but I just wanna say Tao is fluent in Korean, he speaks it quite freely. I have watched a few episodes of Exo showtime and i was actually impressed. Learning Korean for him is not like learning English, it is much easier. The topic of the sentence and the functionality of words between Korean and Chinese is similar. I know because it took me about 7 years to become fluent in Japanese. On the other hand learning English felt like a piece of cake. I am European btw. But now whenever I wanna understand something in Korean I look at eat from a Japanese point of view and it makes sense. 

Shahida Sa'ad
Shahida Sa'ad

You're the crazy one! Tao promised fans the same thing too says he won't leave but what happened now? Lol!

suziekyu
suziekyu

I still think someone in China is trying to ruin exo. They keep going after a member when they go to China. And all the media is helping this person by trying to stress out the members so they can want to leave sm. Also doesn't help that the fandom is gullible and will spread any news, even when there is no evidence. Anti fans help with that too though lol

ioana4nihon
ioana4nihon

@suziekyu I completely agree with you, and I think that this whole public display with his father being emotional it's just a sham to gain public sympathy. If Tao would just leave he would  be hated by a lot of fans after all the promises he has made and especially because of his attitude when Kris left. But with his father crying publicly because of his son "health" problems, plus playing once again the SM is cruel towards its artists card, he is bound to gain public sympathy despite leaving. So my opinion it's fake. I do believe someone in China is paving the way for Tao to leave.

Makiya Jackson
Makiya Jackson

If Tao leaves, it's because of his Father NOT SM.

suziekyu
suziekyu

Tao also forced himself to perform though. He kept commenting about how bad he wanted to perform during their concerts, even though everyone said it was okay. He still didn't listen and then his injury got worse. So tao sorta had a hand in his injury. The boy is stubborn and shouldn't have felt guilty to fans. He should have waited.

Also you can tell he loves being in exo. He wants to be in exo. So I agree that if he leaves, it's not because he wants to

colorbluh
colorbluh

Surely, the awful working coonditions, the exaustion from having no time at all to recover from multiple injuries,the minimal paychecks, for stars of their stature, ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF SM, has nothing to do with members leaving, right? Right.
SM is perfectly innocent and totally not exploiting their employees like cattle until they reach their breaking point.

ioana4nihon
ioana4nihon

@colorbluh Minimal paychecks? Most of the SM artists, and especially EXO are incredibly rich. And he has been resting for quite a while since he never participated to the callme baby promotions

colorbluh
colorbluh

@suziekyu You do know that SM, like most Kpop companies, trains their artists about how to answer questions on interviews and how to behave on stage?
Lu Han also performed until the very end, until his breaking point, and we saw where that got him.
And if you think he could have just asked SM for recovery time, you're being delusional. SM' business is money, and stars being on leave means less money and more rumors.
When Tao kept being injure on stage because of his flips, it's the company's fault, because they should either perform on secure stages or not perform at all, but SM doesn't care about safety.

I also think he definitely wants to be in Exo, but his injuries, plural, are bad, and have been aggravated by the fact the had no recovery time at all for any of them.
The only situation in which I think he could want to leave and he could have asked his father to "cover up" for him is if his leg's condition is so bad that he'd have to take a year-long break or something to be actually able to dance again someday.

colorbluh
colorbluh

@ioana4nihon call me baby literally came out three weeks ago? He's in a cast? His waist injury has had no time to heal? 
It takes more than three weeks to heal.
And you know that he has been training despite not being on stage for all the time he was not with his parents, so "quite a while" is not even true.

Makiya Jackson
Makiya Jackson

Sheena Casipit No. If they were getting treated unfairly, May's wouldnt have a studio in China. The payment has nothing to do with any of this.

Makiya Jackson
Makiya Jackson

He deleted his account because he was getting lots of hate

Makiya Jackson
Makiya Jackson

Lay isn't gonna leave. If you think he's gonna go back on his word easily, then you're crazy

Makiya Jackson
Makiya Jackson

Charles Cedric Ilagan Not even. Lay got rid of his account from all the hate. If you think Lay will easily go back on his word, you're crazy. Don't believe everything you see on the internet.

Ajano Wildschut
Ajano Wildschut

noooooooooooooOoOooOOooOooOooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooOoooOooOoO

Angela Hale
Angela Hale

He's probably getting too many angry/hateful comments. The buttheads are out in droves.

Isa Wu
Isa Wu

Damn whats wrong with EXO.. ... Kris and Luhan leave it , Tao's dad call him that he want him back at home and now Xiumin delate his account :( .. How was it.? We are One... We are Exo.....

Azwani Ridzwan
Azwani Ridzwan

Ohhh why xiumin delete his ig ohhh my what will happen next??? Uwaaa seriously i cannot handle all of this saddnesss hmmmm \U0001f62d\U0001f62d

Zara Ann Rose Hawkins
Zara Ann Rose Hawkins

Tao will leave soon!... Hate SM SO MUCH My fav big hit family and YG family & JYP family at all NOT SM EXO should be in JYP family