""After open and thoughtful conversations together, we are sharing that Manon will be taking a temporary hiatus from group activities to focus on her health and wellbeing," the statement read. "We fully support this decision. KATSEYE remains committed to showing up for one another and for the fans who mean everything to us." The group also assured Eyekons that they're still showing up for any scheduled activities in the meantime."
"Bannerman has spoken previously about her health and how people perceive her work ethic. "I get sick all the time," she said in the spring fashion issue of . "America has a very different culture when it comes to work-life balance. You guys are all about grind and hustle." In Bannerman's home country of Switzerland, she says "if you're sick, you take a day off. No one's going to expect you to work.""
KATSEYE announced that Manon Bannerman will take a temporary hiatus from group activities to focus on her health and wellbeing and the group expressed full support. The group assured fans that scheduled activities will continue in the meantime. Bannerman has previously described frequent illness and contrasted American work culture’s grind mentality with Swiss norms where taking a sick day is expected. Bannerman noted critiques of her performance on Pop Star Academy carried a racial dynamic, saying being called lazy as a Black girl is unfair and that she feels pressure to overwork to prove herself.
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