Erin Molan has been slammed on social media by outraged K-pop fans for presenting a 'racist and disgusting' segment on 20 to One that mocked Korean boy band BTS.
Both Erin and Channel Nine were inundated with tweets over the 'xenophobic' segment, with the hashtag '#channel9apologize' topping Twitter's trending topics in both Australia and South Korea.
'Literally every sentence said in this video is problematic and is filled with racial undertones and xenophobia,' tweeted one fan.
Backlash: Erin Molan has been slammed on social media by outraged K-pop fans for presenting a 'racist and disgusting' segment on 20 to One that mocked Korean boy band BTS
'Dear 20 to One, you should definitely reflect and apologise for this disgusting, misinformed report about BTS,' they added.
'Apologise to BTS, you coward,' another tweeted, this time directly to Erin herself.
The problematic segment repeatedly mocked BTS, beginning with Erin introducing them as 'the biggest band you've never heard of' before an awkward reference to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was made.
'Literally every sentence said in this video is problematic and is filled with racial undertones and xenophobia': The segment was slammed by K-pop fans for being 'racist'. (Pictured: BTS)
They then showed several celebrity guests making snarky comments on the band.
'When I first heard something Korean had exploded in America, I got worried,' comedian Jimmy Carr said.
'So I guess, it could've been worse - but not much worse,' he added as a clip of the group performing was shown.
Erin then expressed surprise at the group's chart-topping success in America, because 'only one band member actually speaks English'.
'I was appalled': Disgusted fans flooded Twitter to slam Channel Nine and host Erin Molan
'Careers going down the drain!' One fan tweeted that 20 to One hosts Erin Molan and Nick Cody will have their careers destroyed over the segment
'Apologise to BTS, you coward,' another tweeted directly to Erin herself
Former Australian Idol star Rob Mills also took a swipe at the group's singing abilities while 20 to One played an out of context clip of member Jimin's voice cracking on stage during a performance.
Comedian Mel Buttle later suggested that BTS should fire four of their seven members, because she felt that there were too many of them.
Erin and co-host Nick Cody took things even further by mocking the group's work with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
While playing a clip of BTS discussing their philanthropic in a speech to the UN last year, the pair remarked that they must have been speaking about 'hair
