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Jung Hae In Thanks Fans in First Statement After Baeksang Center of Photo Furor

I’m of two minds about the Jung Hae In controversy stemming from his center of photo position in the official winners picture. On one hand it’s not the biggest of deals even if he intentionally planted himself in the middle spot to milk his current It Boy fame. But it does color my impression of him and that’s hard to fully erase going forward, being thirsty for fame to the point of ignoring social protocol that is highly important in Korean culture makes him come off as arrogant and self-absorbed. His agency continues to stick with the story that Jung Hae In was directed to stand in the middle by the staff organizing the picture, which could be true except there are tons of instances with younger rising stars intentionally move away from the spotlight to defer to more senior stars.

In this case it wasn’t just Jung Hae In’s age it was also that he won the popularity award which is just a side thing compared to the winners of the best acting trophies. He’s certainly not doing himself any favors by not apologizing, sometimes just saying sorry goes a long way in smoothing things over even if one didn’t do the faux pas intentionally. This week Jung Hae In updated his SNS to share that he just finished the final filming for Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food, thanking his fans for supporting him, and promising to walk his given path. I think he’s shooting himself in the foot in the long run with this ignore the controversy approach but we’ll just have to wait and see.

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    • I don't know, being known for bad manners and disrespectful on the professional front can be more of a career killer than those who have messy, scandalous private lives. No one likes working with conceited, attention hog types.

      • clearly k-netizens have nothing better in life to do.
        they should actually focus on living a better life for themselves.

  • If it was directed by staff then suzy should also have been in the middle, but that wasn't the case. And the fact that he still hasnt apologize is he wants to be in limelight either good or bad way.
    Its just my POV.

    • So true...that's why I find it hard to remember names because there's always someone new. I grew up watching the likes of Zo In Sung, Kang Dong Won (yep, I managed to watch his last tv drama), So Ji Sub, and Hyun Bin and even though they are not as active on TV after their military service, everyone still know names.

  • He is a grown man of 30 and should know the korean culture well enough not to court such controversy when his star is shining.

    Well with his popularity and good looks he may get away with it.

    Disappointed that he hasn't apologize for his lack of manners and his careless agency.

    • for crying out loud, it is just a picture, and their awards are not even relevant, just popularity awards voted by fanatics who have no life to live. just give them some slack, the world is not in dictatorship, or did South Korea already change their leadership to Kim Jong Un, but even that guy is moving forward to Liberal ship.

  • Did you guys even consider that the organizers may have set this picture up depending on how everyone was dressed? Those with nicer suit and dresses up front and so on?

    • Maybe it's true but like many pointed out, there were many IT actors prior to him like KSH, PBG who won the award and were probably instructed the same but they knew their place and moved away to give the positions to the deserving ones. It's not like the organizer would screamed at him for moving away. He should know better. Is he so unaware of the mannerism and cultural sensitivity despite growing up in Korea? Or perhaps, can't he just exercise a little bit of common sense? Maybe this whole thing is ok with us but not ok for koreans and we can't expect them to view the issue the same way that we do since we don't share the same culture. And here, JHI does not even bother to apologize.

  • I’m not really his fan and I didn’t watch any of his drama but I don’t really find a reason why he should apologize to knetz and I actually find him ignoring it is the best way . I wish some celebrities will stop thinking they should apologize to netzens when they did nothing wrong to them and netizens should stop thinking they have the right to get their apologies if they did something wrong they should apologize to the person who got affected not some people who’re sitting behind their laptops and mobiles feeling wronged when they weren’t even involved this mentality should change even me you and everyone when we do something wrong we apologize to the person not the whole planet just saying

    • His apology is not to knetz but to the senior actors and the winners of acting awards for lacking in manners. Like when a bronze medallist standing on the top of the podium meant for the gold medallist. Just a simple sorry when one is in a social setting solves everything.

      And this is coming from a fan. He was good in Prison Playbook.

    • He is a public figure, the love of the public is the reason why he has a career in that field, he made the mistake in public, and he was scolded by the public.So it makes sense for him to issue a public apology, not to the netizens but to the person he stole the spotlight from in public as well as his lack of manners to the seniors.

      But its ok, he doesnt have to apologise anymore.Time has passed.If he releases one now, it will come off as insincere.If it was really just a mistake rather than a true reflection of his character.He can use his good looks, talent and his fangirls to repair his image.But if he really is arrogant and fame hungry to the point of hogging other people's spotlight just to get attention.Then its only a matter of time before he is sent back to nugudom again.

      But then again, there are some people who are just born lucky like Jang Geun Suk and Lee Jong Suk who got away with attitude controversy and their careers are doing just fine(or maybe the conteoversy was proven false dunno).Then, there are unlucky people like Yoon Eun Hye whose acting career is at a standstill because of same attitude controversy.So maybe him being a guy, it might just be a dent in his career journey and he will be fine.

  • Iam not a fan nor hater of him. Indeed, what happened to him is not big deal but after that, it changed my opinion about him. I don't like what he did. Of course I don't know about his real personality and knowing him just based what it shown in the public. And as a public figure, I think he should aware about it.

  • I hope he will get fewer opportunities moving forward. His arrogance and rudeness towards senior actors who deserved the spot, made me not want to ever see him in anything.

    I have watched many awards shows and many Drama Press Presentations. I have never seen someone as rude as he is.

    • Wow. Sounds like he killed your family. I hope you won’t get a second chance if you even make a small mistake. What go around comes around dear!

  • He did seem like an attention seeker to me but I think with a bit more time, he'll get used to his current popularity although it won't probably last long considering how it-boys easily get replaced.

    • At the rate that he and SYJ promoting their chemistry, I am under the impression that he is an attention seeker. In fact, both him and SYJ are attention seekers except she has a long list of box office movies and awards to make her invicible, whereas he is not. Let's see if Noona ratings will be affected (not likely) and if his follow up projects can prolongate his fame. He is just so in your face these days, you just can't help feeling annoyed by his presence.

      • No I dont think SYJ is an attention seeker.She doesnt need to either.As you have said, she has worked with numerous hunks and large scale productions and she remain professional at all times.In fact, my opinion is that she has been as professional as she could be, but JHI, his agency and the production team are the ones using her name and the fact that she is working with them to promote their interests.

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