{"id":504061,"date":"2026-05-26T21:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/504061\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:09:14","slug":"katseye-fans-react-after-manon-is-left-out-of-amas-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/504061\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE Fans React After Manon Is Left Out of AMAs Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/sparkle-regular.2aa06fe.svg\" alt=\"Sparkle Regular\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Key Points<img src=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/caret-right-regular.a6ec664.svg\" alt=\"Caret Right\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>KATSEYE made their American Music Awards debut on Monday, May 25, performing \u201cPinky Up\u201d and winning awards for every category in which they were nominated.<\/li>\n<li>During their acceptance speech for Best New Artist, the group thanked fans but notably omitted a mention of their absent member, Manon Bannerman.<\/li>\n<li>Fans feel some type of way about the group\u2019s lack of acknowledging Manon during their speech, taking their thoughts to social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"body-dropcap css-9i6be emevuu60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/style-beauty\/fashion\/a65811073\/katseye-gap-denim-exclusive\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/style-beauty\/fashion\/a65811073\/katseye-gap-denim-exclusive\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"KATSEYE\" data-node-id=\"1.0\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KATSEYE<\/a> just made their American Music Awards debut on Monday, May 25, and spoiler alert: they crushed it. Not only did the girls perform their latest single, \u201cPinky Up,\u201d but they made a clean sweep and took home awards for every category in which they were nominated.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">When the global girl group\u2014Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel, Daniela Avanzini, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae\u2014went up to accept the trophy for Best New Artist, Megan started their speech by thanking fans.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cThank you to the EYEKONS. We\u2019re so grateful for every single one of you. We could not be here without you guys. We love you so much,\u201d she said, before the group later thanked the chairman of HYBE and Geffen and gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a71174425\/will-bts-be-at-the-2026-met-gala\/\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a71174425\/will-bts-be-at-the-2026-met-gala\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"BTS\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BTS<\/a> a shoutout.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Daniela added, \u201cThank you so so much to the AMAs. Thank you to our friends, our family, to us. We did this together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Longtime fans also pointed out that the girls failed to mention their bandmate, Manon Bannerman, who has been on a temporary hiatus from the group since February. One fan <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kntynewsfiles\/video\/7644050390480162070?is_from_webapp=1&amp;web_id=7275366674302436907\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kntynewsfiles\/video\/7644050390480162070?is_from_webapp=1&amp;web_id=7275366674302436907\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"alleged\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"9dad2fa0-51e7-4818-a4cc-88cdf45f828f\" data-node-id=\"8.1\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kntynewsfiles\/video\/7644050390480162070?is_from_webapp=1&amp;web_id=7275366674302436907\" data-product-url=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kntynewsfiles\/video\/7644050390480162070?is_from_webapp=1&amp;web_id=7275366674302436907\" data-affiliate=\"false\" data-affiliate-network=\"\" data-vars-ga-product-brand=\"Programme\" data-vars-ga-product-price=\"$0.00\" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id=\"33edeb39-2764-43f8-a8f7-ce7477939646\" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand=\"Programme\" data-vars-ga-link-treatment=\"(not set) | (not set)\" class=\"body-link product-links css-ohbdae e1aq0z090\" data->alleged<\/a> that they lied about Manon being their \u201csister forever\u201d during an interview with Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe ahead of their Coachella debut.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cGuys its obvious they aren\u2019t allowed to mention manon can yall just stop,\u201d one fan wrote in the group\u2019s defense, while another added, \u201cDon\u2019t get me wrong i LOVE my girls and i can understand they are restricted from saying a few things related to manon but couldn&#8217;t they at least mention her at the amas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Someone else chimed in, \u201cTo be fair, manon never posted about the girls achievements and removing katseye in her bio. These girls don\u2019t owe anything [to] manon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"Spotify's 2026 Best New Artist Party at LA's The Lot at Formosa - Red Carpet\" title=\"Spotify's 2026 Best New Artist Party at LA's The Lot at Formosa - Red Carpet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3333\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ed455331-a85d-4820-9cc5-634479b8d558.jpeg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/>Rich Polk\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>KATSEYE with Manon Bannerman at Spotify\u2019s Best New Artist party in Los Angeles on Jan. 29.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">This all comes after Lara hopped on a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/weverse.io\/katseye\/live\/0-174369856?hl=ja\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/weverse.io\/katseye\/live\/0-174369856?hl=ja\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Weverse livestream\" data-node-id=\"12.1\" class=\"body-link css-ohbdae emevuu60\">Weverse livestream<\/a> to debunk \u201charmful false narratives\u201d surrounding KATSEYE, with and without Manon, on Monday, May 11.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cI did want to talk to you guys, though, because, I mean\u2026there\u2019s obviously been so much chatter and so many things getting twisted,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cThings all six of us have done or things we haven\u2019t done that apparently gets twisted into something we did do\u2026[there are] so many false narratives and, like, very harmful false narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"15\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Any mention of Manon has been kept to a minimum since her hiatus, and it\u2019s likely the girls aren\u2019t legally allowed to speak about her. Neither HYBE nor Geffen has confirmed whether that\u2019s true, but fans are already theorizing that\u2019s why she wasn\u2019t thanked during their AMAs speech.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key Points KATSEYE made their American Music Awards debut on Monday, May 25, performing \u201cPinky Up\u201d and winning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[218961,153692,341,218960,343,18,117,19,17,201411,590,337,163801,218959,150341],"class_list":["post-504061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-collection-american-music-awards","tag-collection-the-2026-red-carpet-recap","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-79a553b5-4036-4611-b4d8-af2cd698326c","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-music","tag-read_time-2","tag-shorttitle-katseyes-amas-acceptance-speech-has-fans-talking","tag-subsection-celebs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116642930766397935","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}