Jungkook of K-pop boy band BTS has apologised to fans for the behaviour he displayed during a personal live stream held on Feb 26, after which he found himself embroiled in a controversy.

At the time, the South Korean singer used an English profanity and made an obscene gesture directed at an acquaintance who was off-screen, confessed to smoking in the past and talked about his dissatisfaction with his agency, BigHit Music.

When concerned fans advised him to end the live stream then, he responded by saying: “Don’t tell me what to do.”

On April 8, the 28-year-old conducted a live stream via the fan community platform Weverse and opened up about the previous incident.

“To be honest, I personally don’t know if I did anything seriously wrong during (that) recent live stream,” he said, “I am not a public official, and these are things that YouTubers and people working in this industry say all the time.”

Jungkook went on to admit he had not shown that side of himself until recently and acknowledged it might have caused fans to react negatively.

“I want to apologise to the ARMYs (BTS’ fandom) who felt uncomfortable in that regard, and I will exercise restraint in the future,” he said.

He also revealed what he felt about critical public opinion.

“I don’t want to say much to people who are just busy bashing everything,” he said. “Thank you for your attention, but it’s not my business if you get sued.”

Jungkook recalled that he was in a good mood during the Feb 26 live stream as BTS were preparing for their comeback.

“I don’t know how I would act in the future, but I won’t commit a crime or do anything truly bad, but as a human being, things like that can happen sometimes,” he said.