SM Entertainment‘s rookie girl group Hearts2Hearts had fans in splits after members Stella and Carmen shared a hilarious story about secretly outsmarting the agency’s strict trainee diet rules before their debut. Their candid confession quickly became a talking point among K-pop fans online.
Almas M
July 17, 2026 / 20:41 IST
According to Stella and Carmen, SM Entertainment closely monitored trainees’ diets to ensure they were following their assigned meal plans.
- Hearts2Hearts members bypassed trainee diet rules.
- Stella & Carmen reused healthy meal photos.
- They secretly ate desired food after reporting.
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SM Entertainment’s rookie girl group Hearts2Hearts has left fans laughing after members Stella and Carmen revealed how they managed to get around the company’s strict trainee diet monitoring system during their pre-debut days.
The two idols recently opened up about their trainee experience and shared a funny behind-the-scenes story about the food rules they had to follow before making their debut.
According to Stella and Carmen, SM Entertainment closely monitored trainees’ diets to ensure they were following their assigned meal plans.
They explained that trainees were required to take photos of every meal they ate and send them to the company’s training staff. The meals were usually made up of healthy, low-calorie foods such as apples, boiled eggs and sweet potatoes.
To prove the point, Stella even shared one of the photos she had taken during her trainee days.
While the meal checks were meant to ensure trainees stuck to their diets, Stella admitted that she and Carmen eventually found a creative way around the system. Instead of taking fresh photos every time they ate, the pair would photograph the same healthy meal several times in one sitting.
“We’d change the angle and lighting, take several photos on the same day, and reuse them to get by,” Stella shared.
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After sending the recycled pictures to the staff, the members confessed that they would secretly eat the food they actually wanted. Their honest admission had everyone on the show laughing.
The clip quickly spread across social media, where fans found the confession both funny and relatable. Many joked that Stella and Carmen had found the perfect example of “working smarter, not harder.” Others teased that the company’s staff probably realised what was happening but chose not to make a big issue out of it.
One fan joked, “Do you really think they didn’t know?” Another commented, “Work smarter, not harder!”
Almas M is an independent entertainment writer. Views expressed are personal.
first published: Jul 17, 2026 08:40 pm
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