Food refusal on Netflix dating show season 2 divides viewers

A clip from the second season of Netflix's dating reality series 모태솔로지만 연애는 하고 싶어, posted under the title "시즌1이랑 다르게 짜증 나게 해" (roughly, "Unlike Season 1, it's irritating"), drew attention to a scene in which a male contestant turned down food offered by a female cast member. The show's premise centers on people who have never been in a relationship, and the moment quickly became a talking point in the comments. The most-liked reaction read, "Doesn't he realize that just eating it would have been better than saying he's fine? lol." Another highly liked comment stressed that she was the very contestant he had chosen: "And she's even the one he picked himself, lol."

Not everyone agreed the criticism was fair. One commenter defended his choice, writing, "So he's already full from cereal — does he really have to force down toast just because a girl asks? That's ridiculous." Another viewer, weighing whether the behavior was actually a red flag, asked, "As someone who's never dated, if you act like that normally, is it really no problem? Or is it only because the show is a special situation?" The scene also drew a lighter aside about his physique, with one comment joking, "Why has 카더가든 gotten so much bigger than in Season 1?" — using the nickname viewers have given him.