GOT 7's Jackson Wang admits he broke someone's heart, was betrayed by close friend: ‘There was someone I considered a brother'
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Jackson appeared on a podcast with Raj Shamani and recalled the first time he had his heart broken. He said it happened back in class six, and even though he called it 'kiddish' or 'puppy love,' it felt real. He vividly remembered watching Narnia (the movie) with his first crush, it was the first time he held hands, and he was more nervous than walking the Met Gala or performing on tour. 'It felt like I was riding a roller coaster,' he said. But just a few days later, while sitting on a bus, he got a breakup text on his old Motorola phone: 'I'm breaking up with you.' He stared out the window, in his school uniform, headphones on, listening to Eminem's 'Stan' on his MP3 player, and cried uncontrollably. 'More than rain,' he added. She was in love with someone else. A guy named John. Jackson admitted that the name still haunts him to this day.
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When asked Jackson if he had broken someone's heart and he replied, 'yeah I did just very naive you know I was very naive right and no just like I wasn't being responsible you know like at a young age you know what do I know you know so I learned from that I'll admit you know.'
While talking about the highs and lows of life, the host asked Jackson if there was ever a time when someone close shattered his trust. Jackson didn't dodge. He said he had been betrayed by someone he once considered a 'good brother,' someone he met professionally, and that it cut deep. 'Sometimes people take advantage of that,' he said. 'And you just have to be an a**hole and be cold… You get what I mean? Not because we want to be bad people, but because we have to protect ourselves.' The host asked, 'Did someone do that to you?' Jackson replied, '100%. I'm sure somebody did that to you, too.' Without dropping names, he continued, 'There was someone I considered a really, really good brother. And yeah, part of it is my fault. But it's a lesson learned. I trusted him so much, I said, 'You take care of this, I'll focus on what I'm doing.' It was a working relationship… and he just took advantage of that. He took everything away.'
He added that it's not always about the material things. 'The trust you lost? That's what hurts, bro. That's the heartbreak. And that can't be undone. I'm sure everyone's got their own story like that. For me, that's another song, that's how I feel. And that's life.' This is the first time Jackson has opened up like this about his personal life, and fans are finally seeing a side of him that's rarely, if ever, been made public.
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