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K-Pop star Jaejoong faces backlash over April Fools' coronavirus joke

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Jaejoong has faced universal criticism after his April Fools' joke backfired. In a now-deleted Instagram post, the K-Pop star, 34, claimed he was in hospital in Japan after flouting government guidelines and “living carelessly”.

However, after his post sparked concern from his fanbase, the singer, full name Kim Jae-joong, evidently backtracked on his first post, telling his 1.9 million followers that the April Fools' stunt was intended to make his fans aware of the government guidelines.

K-Pop news website Soompi translated Jaejoong’s updated post, which read: “Although this did go quite far for April Fools' Day, so many people worried about me in a short span of time...Oh and I don’t think of this as an April Fools' joke. “I wanted to tell

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