It seems there has been a lot of poking and prodding at EXO members Lay and Tao of late; rumors of Tao leaving EXO have surfaced yet again, following a report from China’s largest video site iQiyi on April 16, which stated, “While SM Entertainment stated during a recent variety program that EXO’s Chinese member Tao is briefly resting due to an injury, it has been confirmed that Tao has expressed his desire to cancel his contract with SM.”
On the heels of this report was a tidal wave of visitors to Chinese social networking site Weibo, shooting Tao to the top of Weibo’s “most searched” list.