ATEEZ's Mingi Recalls Leaving Trainee Dorm Over Delayed Debut

ATEEZ member Mingi is opening up about a tense moment during his trainee days. On an upcoming episode of the JTBC variety show "Knowing Bros," he says he and other members once left their dorm and stayed at his home for a week after their debut kept getting pushed back.

The episode airs on Nov. 14 at 9 p.m. KST, with ATEEZ appearing as guests. The members share a range of stories, from behind-the-scenes moments before their debut to fights inside the group.

Mingi looks back on what happened with the agency while he was still a trainee. The agency had promised to put together a debut team by a certain time. However, that didn't happen.

"When we were trainees, the agency didn't form our debut team at the time it had promised. It kept pushing it back, so I ran away with the members," Mingi says. "We lived together at my house for a week."

San brings up a story the members call the "Tangerine War."

"I once ate Mingi's tangerines without asking, and we ended up getting physical," San admits.

Mingi acts out the scene in response. "I'd never been in a physical fight in my life, so I didn't think I could win," he says.

From a debut that kept slipping to a fight over fruit, the episode shows a side of ATEEZ that rarely makes it onto the stage.