KCBD's James Eppler sparked serious backlash from ARMY after joking that the cookies spelled out "death to America."
Jimin, Jin, RM, Suga, V, Jung Kook and j-hope of BTS accept the Song of the Summer award for "Swim" onstage at The 52nd American Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 25, 2026, in Las Vegas.
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A news anchor on KCBD Fox34 in Lubbock, Texas is in hot water with ARMY after a xenophobic joke he made about BTS‘ new collaboration with Oreo cookies. Anchor James Eppler has gotten major pushback from the K-pop superstars’ fanbase after a segment this week in which he first explained that the new team-up between the cookie and the band comes flavored in Hotteok, a popular Korean street food that features a pancake stuffed with brown sugar and cinnamon that the group’s members have said they ate as kids, then amended what appeared to be his attempt at a hot take joke.
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