How the internet is reacting to Luhan trying to leave EXO 

The great empire of SM Entertainment seems to be in a bit of a rut with keeping their idols as they were hit with not one but two of their valued idols leaving EXO. Whether it was to pursue other career goals or chase the same dream elsewhere, they decided that they wanted out of SM. And EXO\'s Luhan is the latest one to call it quits.

Although there were already many speculations and rumors floating around regarding Luhan\'s departure, it was still shocking to find out that he would actually go through with the lawsuit despite the clearly David and Goliath-esque battle ahead.

Similar to the reaction that people had with Kris\'s lawsuit, many fans were quick to support Luhan and his decision. Some even criticized SM Entertainment for lacking in their management skills ever since the CEO changed from

When the first flood of speculations about Luhan\'s departure hit the internet, some fans laughed it off awkwardly, crossing their fingers that these were just some trolls trying to start something...

Then it was reported that the rumors about Luhan was, in fact, as true as daylight... and EXO-L went off:

KakaoStory to express her frustrations regarding the situation, even taking it a step further by criticizing and warning the entertainment company:

SM, EXO is 12 members, not 10, you b*stard. Put it back [the way it was]. You must really have set your mind on ruining it.  Luhan, Kris; we\'ll never forget."

Several others joined the fight against SM Entertainment:

In contrast, some fans and non-fans alike took the blame to Luhan, saying the others who had already left the company are "

betraying the company that raised them." Especially people in Korea were aggravated by Luhan\'s "disloyal" actions:

After he says that he will work hard, he stabs them in the back a couple of weeks later. No, I bet he was going in and out of the lawyers office at the time [of the statement]."

"Kids who were raised then say they\'re going to leave and file a lawsuit lack humanity.. I hope kids like these don\'t do well."

Then some of our readers had really interesting analyses and predictions regarding the situation--about what might happen in the future or what MIGHT be interesting to see: 

In fact, Lay did leave a cryptic message on his Weibo saying that he wanted to be on stage with Luhan again someday if the opportunity arrived... (although it is just speculations as of now).

The fans also took to Twitter to express their regret about the incident; not to mention, "#alwayssupportluhan" and "#ifChoiSiwonistheCEOofSM" are currently trending worldwide. SM-stans are encouraging Siwon, known to be from a ridiculously wealthy family, to buy the company and put things back into order. 

SM Entertainment used to be on the top of their stock market game, but with all the blows that the company has been receiving in the last couple months, their stock prices plummeted 3,100 KRW, placing SM below

YG Entertainment. It was also reported that SM dropped a total of 5,450 KRW (around 15%) and is now trading at 31,200 KRW (around $29).

All we can hope now is the best for both Luhan and SM Entertainment--for Luhan to recover from his withering health and live a happier, fuller life and for SM Entertainment to get through all this and to change up their attitude and management style.

[EXCLUSIVE] Insiders\' perspectives into the conflict between Luhan and SM Entertainment

[RUMOR] Remaining two Chinese members of EXO-M to leave SM and form a new group in China with Kris and Luhan?

KRIS! LUHAN! EXO! SNSD! HWAITING  support always~ANd all others too~

hmm... I am still wondering why is everyone telling Siwon to buy the stocks to own SM. the only way I see he could own SM, is if he has Pre-emptive rights when he buys all those stocks, but then again I\'m not sure. anyway you guys make it sound so easy for him just to buy up SM and take it over. 

Because Super Junior was featured in radio star and when they asked how much money Siwon had (since he\'s known for being from a wealthy family), he joked that he could buy SM with his money and if he asked for a loan

@snsdtwinkle I was thinking of it as logically it is not that easy to take over a company legally just so. he was just stating how much money he has.

This is pissing me off. Luhan files a lawsuit against SM and everyone\'s like "yes Luhan! You go man! Break away from evil SM and spread your wings as you fly freely into the horizon!" Like wtf. How come when Kris filed a lawsuit people were crucifying him left and right? Just because he left before the concert? Because he put himself first than all the other ungrateful ass fans. Not everyone but most people, that\'s what they were saying. That he was selfish and didn\'t think of his fans. Umm hello? EXO\'s having a comeback and Luhan is leaving right before it. This is really no different. Such hypocrisy.

He finished his work and the concerts, plus he told the members he was leaving. Like someone said in the forums, "Let\'s say you and I have a group project and on the due date I leave you with half the work done just like that, you would be pissed right? But if I tell you before the due date why I can\'t finish it with you you would most likely understand and not be pissed since I didn\'t just drop you just like that, right? Its the same thing with EXO."

who cares if Kris didn\'t tell his team mates that he was leaving what counts is that they should have had supported him like their are supporting Luhan. If Exo was truly "we are one" then they shouldn\'t be such a hypocrite to Kris. I guess Exo didnt like Kris alot like they like Luhan.

I know right. poor kris, at least he has support not from people we may know but he has some support however little it is

@Nanami_Pyon Are you serious? Are you still bringing up the \'wrong time\' talk? This proves that YOU don\'t see them as actual human beings. Cause really you know exo has been overworked since day one they ALWAYS have something going on.. Do you even follow exo? They are rumoured to have a comeback and they have a confirmed set of Japan activities. WHEN WOULD IT BE THE EXACT TIME TO LEAVE? Just admit that you see exo as your personal entertainers that are obligated to work themselves to death until fans get tired, like just be real with yourself. Besides.. He didnt tell anyone?? MAYBE BECAUSE NO ONE EXO NEVER LISTENED WITH THE INTENTION TO UNDERSTAND? they totally turned their backs against Kris, it\'s obvious. So shut up. Thanks.

@Nanami_Pyon That\'s just an excuse! Take this for example. Two girl, are in an abusive relationship and are about to get married with their husbands. One of them leaves him in the altar and runs away without telling anyone, in return people are calling her a bunch of names a can\'t believe how selfish she was for spending so much money on the wedding and in the end not go through with it. The other girl, she does get married. Months pass and she is constantly being abused. One day it was to the point that she is sent to the hospital and almost lost her life. Then she makes the decision to leave the guy. People are praising her for being so brave and sticking through till the end...?? So she had to suffer all that time because she wasn\'t thinking of herself first. Same with Kris and Luhan. (Cr: Cortney and Jasmine @ 2minjinjongkey)

@Nanami_Pyon even if the person left you with the project work, you don\'t curse them you don\'t publicly say rude disgusting things to them, and call them names. that type of behaviour is for little kids.

Luhan was overworked. All of exo was and is but I think he should of stayed loyal to his contract. It\'s his job after all.

No, he\'s free to do whatever he wants. If he wants to take care of his health, and live his life his way, then let him do that. Do you see them as robots without feelings?? Try to be understanding for once.

as you said, its his job after all! wont u leave your job if u wont feel satisfied with ur work/ colleagues/ boss/ pay? would you like to stay there just for the sake of finish the time of contract so as to stay "loyal" to the company? you wouldnt right?

You know what\'s worse? SM has the most talented and famous Kpop groups, but now they have destroyed one after another, leaving us fans afraid of what may happen to our idols. If the SM drop that will reflect on our favorite groups, nothing else. What makes me most angry is knowing that it was necessary to Kris and Luhan leave this ridiculous way for them to understand that in addition to foreign artists there, are people there! People of body and heart and soul that need to have their boundaries respected and respected your life! 

Now the SM says it will no longer exist "M or K" and will promote just like EXO, so now there is equality between the members? Now they are one team and never before? This CEO is ridiculous. A real monster. 

What disgusts me most is knowing that no matter how the SM fall in the rankings, they will always come back tomorrow and use some comeback to put yourself in another top and mask all the shit you\'ve done so far. 

I believe that all groups and idols would be better without the SM.

tbh i don\'t even think it\'s entirely sm\'s fault, it\'s the industry\'s. i think their \'slave contracts\' are just a way of making sure that their artists/products will be loyal so that they have a good chance of making it big in the music industry. not defending sm but i think the industry as a whole should change... so i guess sm as the biggest company should set a new standard perhaps... 

Lol at the poster who says he\'s trying to leave Exo, he IS leaving Exo. 

This year something bad has happened to at least one person in almost every one of my favourite groups. Some are large scale, some are small scale but still affect the people involved.

Brown Eyed Girls, BAP, 4Minute.  You are the last ones standing. Please make it until the end of December.

whatever,your money that you spend on SM,are been using to ruin your group...

SM can replace any popular group easily and created a new one.With a high media play and marketing strategies they can make the new group become popular as well

they would be nobodies without SM.  EXO, SNSD, Suju, etc. would NEVER be anything without SM.  Next time you blame SM for everything, realize they housed, fed, trained, choreo\'d, gave songs, and did EVERYTHING to make your cann\'t ever do wrong biases famous!!!  keep hating the MAIN reason why you like your bias in SM BIG dumee\'s!!!

Don\'t forget who made SM the top music company (or was). SM may have trained them but its their artists that made them the money to promote so much that they\'re the top company. You see other small music companies, they also trained them, they feed them, they housed them, but if u don\'t have the money to make a profit, they won\'t become a huge company. And where does that money come from? The work of their artists!

@minniemousekpop oh please. there are hundreds of trainee\'s who would have died for those spots and would have been your bias, if not the ones chosen. ignorance is bliss~

knetizens seem more grown up than international netizens and AKP netizens especially!!  this place is like 12 yr old fangirl central1!!  so few stick up for SME while like 95% here blame SME for everything bad in the world!!!  never their idols, who can do NO wrong!!!!   sad!!!

@hunhanpussi go back to China with your bias!!!

Actually I would like to point out that I see some k-netizens being unbelievably racist against Luhan, Kris, Lay, and Tao and just generally Chinese people overall saying that SM shouldn\'t consider debuting them because their "traitors" or just using SM for their own personal gain. However I will admit, some international fans are being incredibly biased and siding with Luhan and bashing SM without seeing the story from both perspectives. Maybe next time you consider wording your comment more carefully so it doesn\'t seem like you\'re trying to make one side sound better than the other because at this time, we\'re all trying to cope with the situation and it\'s not necessary to start "wars" over this kind of stuff. But it is your own opinion in the situation right now so I respect that.

the only reason why kneitzen stick up for SM is because they are grown up to serve without having an opinion. weather you want to admit it or not that just how they are raise to accept bullshit from higher ups without being able to defend themselves, alot of people who grow up in the east would think like that. but in the west we can only take bullshit for a period of time and then we will leave. we were raise differently and that why we have different opinions in the matter. has nothing to do with being childish, your comment however is childish not being able to be open minded and assess the situation, from both sides.

IN MY OPINION We must not blame "SMent" nor "Idols who left"; "Sment" - we must always remember that this company is the one who discovered the talents of our idols, they trained them. They helped them to achieve their dreams, AND THEY ARE THE REASON WHY WE MET OUR IDOLS. They became popular as well. Maybe the way they rule is the reason why idols left and maybe they are the reason why now most of us are crying but still because of this company we experienced HAPPINESS. We still owe them after all. "Idols who left" - we must respect our idols, it\'s their decisions not ours. If they want to pursue their careers in their homeland then as a fan just support them. AGAIN THIS IS MY OPINION. I\'m a fan of luhan and I just want to tell you that as a matured person, please be open minded (well i don\'t say you\'re not) it\'s not right to blame others just because you support the other side, just be a STRONG SUPPORTIVE MATURED FAN. LET US RESPECT and LOVE SMFAMILY. NO HATE, it will just cause burden. P.S don\'t say you hate SMent it\'s like you\'re saying that you hate their artists too. (MY OPINION)

We hate the company, the ceo not the artists . If you were a fan of Luhan you would know he was suffering from migraines,insomnia and fevers

AKP please can I ask that you remove the picture of the burning building that is River Heights which was burnt down during the Tottenhman Riots in August 2011.

you out or not from Exo , my life still same...you aren\'t helping me when I really need a help...you do not know who I am...you do not give me money...you do not give me support.

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