NMIXX’s Lily Shares A Heartbreaking Update About Her Dog Vanilla

When K-Pop idols rise to fame, often, the characters in their lives do as well. Fans are often most excited to hear details about an idol’s pets, as seen in the viral nature of BTS V‘s dog Yeontan‘s recent debut.

BTS’s V and Yeontan | Mnet

NMIXX‘s Lily is also a pet owner of two dogs, Vanilla and Mocha, and has entertained fans with stories about the two. Fans were most recently amused by her story about Vanilla eating an entire chicken and trying to hide the bones.

NMIXX’s Lily | JYP Entertainment Vanilla | Vlive Mocha | Vlive

lily’s dog vanilla ate a whole live chicken and got caught trying to bury the bones omg

lily: he’s scary! like if i died, who’s to say he’s not gonna eat me? pic.twitter.com/SbkcSZRRyQ

— jelly (@sullkyu) May 13, 2023

Fans loved interacting with Lily using her dogs, with the star even responding to comments featuring them.

— NMIXX (@NMIXX_official) June 9, 2023

Of course not! Only chickens!

— NMIXX (@NMIXX_official) June 9, 2023

Unfortunately, Lily recently shared a sad update about Vanilla in her latest content.

As part of her YouTube program, Lily’s Lost The Plot, Lily will livestream herself talking about a piece of media. During the latest episode about The Giver, Lily shared that Vanilla had passed away.

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Lily says she felt responsible for telling fans because they “are like family” to her, and they also loved hearing about Vanilla. She said that he lived a happy life and that she finally felt okay enough to share this information.

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The star apologizes near the end of the message, saying that fans don’t need to worry about her, but thanks fans for their support and love of Vanilla.

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Fans shared that after Lily revealed this during her live stream, she updated her background on the Bubble app to a photo of Vanilla.

After the news, many shared their condolences, sadness, and support messages for Lily.

Lily said one of her dog, Vanilla passed away a while ago and she wanted to let NSWERs know because she's been quite talk about him with NSWER

she has been take her time with this and don't want NSWER to get worried about her… Rest in Peace, Vanilla pic.twitter.com/devwEnaBM6

— nmixx pics (@nmixxpics_) September 25, 2023

#NMIXX LILY's beloved dog, Vanilla has passed away. Lily mentioned that it's been a while ago, and that she didn't want us to worry about her though it was very sad ;_;

Rest in peace, our little chicken lover, Vanilla ???? pic.twitter.com/yt6kUfQJga

— Nizi saw NMIXX (@NiziUmemes) September 25, 2023

Lily’s dog Vanilla, the iconic chicken eater has passed away

Rest in Peace Vanilla pic.twitter.com/7RbHR0FkoR

— JINI DEBUT OCT11 (@onlynmixx) September 25, 2023

You can check out the full live stream below.