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I feel like this moment deserved more delusional theorizing so here’s a post about it:

It’s a less than 10-second moment in an already short interview, roughly from moment 1:10 — 1:19.

And I heard a couple of bloggers mention how he points behind him after Juju says “I know Jimin is in town,” — suggesting that Jimin is not only in town but very likely backstage 🤭

But the part that really gets me is his reaction to Juju saying Jimin’s name. He gulps, his eyes go wide and he immediately looks to his interpreter, then visibly relaxes with an “ah” when he realizes the question is innocuous.

AND LIKE.

THAT WAS SO SUS OF HIM.

Pretty much every other question he appeared to be working on his English, listening to her question and fairly confidently responding, whether in English or Korean. But that one he paused, stock still, and after he confirmed Jimin’s in New York he even appeared to wipe his brow/nervously mess with his hair! You don’t have to be a “body language expert” or whatever the hell to read that as slight panic and then relief.

Which begs the question… why was he nervous? He clearly froze at Jimin’s name — what did he think she was asking?

Was the reason for their trip (let’s say it was for some wholesome, OT7, official content reason that we’ll get footage for eventually) so top-secret he was terrified of her leaking the concept early?

Or was he worried her question was of a more “gotcha” nature?

Lastly, would he have reacted that way had she said someone else’s name instead? RM? Yoongi, who also had a lot going on at that moment? He’s part of a very famous band; she could have mentioned any of his 6 bandmate’s names and it wouldn’t have been out of the blue for them to get brought up. In fact she had just finished a question about his fellow bandmates as a whole and he was cool as a cucumber when she asked that. So why the fight, flight, freeze response when she dropped Jimin’s name?

Whatcha hidin, jay kay?

🤔🤔🤔