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For the July 7 episode of the variety talk show “Video Star,” Gong Minzy joined Jamie and EXID's Solji to openly speak about malicious comments and their careers as idols.

But one of the highlights of the show would have to be when Minzy spoke about the hardships she faced after leaving the K-pop girl group 2NE1 in 2016 that broke host Sandara Park to tears.

It can be recalled that the two were part of YG Entertainment's 2NE1 with two other members, Bom and CL.

First, Minzy confessed that she's suffered from depression and stress during the group's long hiatuses and breaks in between promotions.

She added, “We actually only had 2 full-length albums and we only made a comeback every 4 years like the Olympics.

“I struggled a lot during the hiatus. I personally suffered from depression and got very stressed during those times.”

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By the time she left the group, she couldn't help but receive a lot of negative comments from critics and fake news.

Considering that she was only 22 at the time, it was too much for her to handle.

Despite all these, Minzy said that Sandara became her source of strength and motivation as she transitioned to becoming a solo artist.

She mentioned, “When I see her as a peer, she's very active in a variety of roles, always challenging herself and always improving.

“Watching her was my greatest source of strength while I was on hiatus.

“She was the mom of the group. She always took care of us and was looking out for us.”

Sandara Park bursts into tears after hearing Minzy's story / Source: All the K-Jam (YouTube)

Upon hearing this, Sandara couldn't hold back her tears and confessed that she felt a bit of regret that she wasn't able to take care of her younger members well.

Sandara said, “I'm not the type of person who shows affection so it's only lately that I've expressed myself a lot.

“When we were promoting, I feel like I wasn't able to take care of you, our youngest member, a lot.

"I felt very sorry. It must have been so hard for you at such a young age. I regret that.”

On Twitter, Blackjacks (2NE1's fans) couldn't help but feel emotional over the mini-reunion and shared how their longing for a comeback.

Dara's the mother like figure in 2ne1, has always been so supportive & giving inspiration to others. A really humble idol to us all. Thank you for being you. Daralings always love and appreciate you @krungy21 ❤️
pic.twitter.com/s8rwGuiQFM

-- dara loops (@sandaraloops) July 7, 2020

Imagine a whole ass big company forced their gg to disband when they wish they have more chances. The way I hate YG since forever. AND I'm not even a 2NE1 stan before but I always feel sorry for them. I don't understand their disbandment till today. https://t.co/WCvOOzghZQ

-- MalJung 🦋 (@queeniemalx) July 8, 2020

Minzy explained 2NE1 only have 2 fullalbums that release once every 4 years like Olympic but every 2NE1 songs always become big hit 😭👏🏻 when she decided to left 2NE1 back then many people assumed things and call her a traitor which hard to handle by her😭pic.twitter.com/96JVr4wTkF

-- 𝙏𝘼𝙍𝙍𝘼◡̈ (@santarrapark) July 8, 2020

For anyone who thinks 2NE1 is anything less than ot4 y'all can go kick rocks. There is a deep hurt and pain in their disbandment and you can see it in every single girls' tears. #2NE1 pic.twitter.com/LSrDWM9Uft

-- ♤ bIm ♡ stay ★ home ♡ (@bomsgifs) July 7, 2020

*About being called as 'traitor' after she left 2NE1

NR: You were very young back then right?

MZ: I was 22 yrs old?

NR: You must've been hurt so much...

MZ: That's why I didn't check the internet for a while. It was hard for me to handle (the hate comments) pic.twitter.com/tF1Mi8GQsu

-- s. (@allfortokki) July 7, 2020

Minzy is currently an independent act while Sandara continues to promote under YG Entertainment.

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