The truth behind Kim Jung Hyun‘s cold and odd behavior filming MBC drama Time, which the public witnessed first hand at the disastrous press conference, is likely wrapping up. Once the truth is out, including why he acting that way, the only thing left is seeing if the public will accept his apology and let him comeback at some point in the future. A top entertainment reporter covering this story has written a final article sharing additional details to flesh out the goings on during the filming. The reporter said it was important to share because what happened was so unprofessional, being unable to keep one’s personal situation outside the workplace and creating such a negative tidal wave of consequences for others. First off, the PD and screenwriter have high praise within the industry for being good people. The PD kept telling Kim Jung Hyun to take care of his health first when things started to go wrong, basically “your health is more important than a drama”.
Kim Jung Hyun initially wasn’t acting cold and awkward, and it’s proven by the script reading stills when he’s comfortably leaning close with Seohyun with an easy smile like normal costars would. His chemistry with Seohyun was actually quite good at the beginning of the drama as well. But then his behavior started to get weird and the crew noticed and was upset about it because it was causing problems, but Seohyun was genuinely worried and thought maybe she was the cause of it. The crew did believe Kim Hyun Jung was not well physically and emotionally at that time, so that was not an excuse. But the reporter says that the text messages between Kim Jung Hyun and now ex-girlfriend Seo Ye Ji absolutely show that she was gaslighting him (“I make you happy, right, so do this to make me happy”) to not interact with any women on the set including his own costar Seohyun. The reporter says ultimately the responsibility rests solely with Kim Jung Hyun as he chose to do Seo Ye Ji’s unreasonable demands and impact Time, but Seo Ye Ji’s unprofessional demands really shows her bad character.
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I think the company he would eventually join will be important for him to be able to come back. They must have connections for the production to allow him to join, and if it’s a great production maybe as a minor supporting character. And there’s always webdramas or indie films, he still have many fans and a small productions would benefit. And if he can come back, people should also allow Ye Ji.
What they can't take away from him is his acting skills. Jang Hyuk faked medical test, Kim Mu Yeol tried to play the poverty card to get out of serving in military once and overcame that scandal because they simply were too good at their job. And this guy apologized without any attempt at trying to shift blame. I see him surviving this if he can follow through with that apology sincerely.
These are all found online, so this isn't brand new info. Also their names are written that way b/c I don't want their 'fans' to find this.
JUng Eun Ch@e: Had an affair with a married man
G0 HyUn Jung: Rumored as a head strong person to work w/, PD (Hitting them) incident from Return/Dropped from the show
L33 J!n Wook: Sued and jailed his accuser despite the heavy evidence that says otherwise
H@ Jung W00: Used his brother's name as a scapegoat, when he was illegally using way above the propofol amount (Park Si-yeon got jailed for this)
L33 Byung Hyun: Ordered a hit on an innocent person. A top actress's husband testified against him. Cheating and being a horny creep.
L33 Mi S00k: Is named in the famous Jang case as someone who allegedly forced the actress to do shady sh!t
P@rk Sh! H00: Those pics. Also recent conference said creepy stuff regarding looking forward to a nude scene from his FL.
Ju J! H00n: Drug scandal, has recovered from it. Broke up on not so well terms with his ex. He was lucky it died down, and he was filming Along w/ the Gods with hit big.
L33 M!n Ki: His case w/ the whole ordeal was shady like many of these cases are. Allowed his friend to sleep w/ the lady but allegedly didn't tell her. Also rumored to be the ML who squeezed his FL's breasts to check if they were real.
Kim R@3 W0n: Manhandling of some of his females: the vids are online for you to judge yourselves. Allegedly the actor in the blind item who yells at child actors.
G0ng Hy0 J!n doesn't like him lol (Altho she's kinda haughty no offense, those cheap looking re-made stuff, and selling it for big $$ lol/Also she called out a fan by posting about her old drama/Seems like she's blunt/brusque in rl/has a lot of celeb female pals)
Kw@k Si Y@ng: Again, not to the level as this other actors above. But was on a realty dating show (diff. name), and was a playboy/pick up artist. Despite the bf energy he gave in We got Married.
H@n Hy0 J00: Covering military scandal w/ her dad. Thinks highly of herself, which some K-netz found her snobby for.
L33 Kyung Y0ung: Got jailed, and was banned by MBC. He's still in huge/big projects/films/etc and gotten Korean Oscar noms for them.
A selection of some stars who either went on to be top stars, and/or still able to work as leads in well received shows and/or getting good offers still. If KJH/SYJ aren't still able to work, it just show the hypocrisy of the K-industry. I think the only difference is this scandal involving KJH/SYJ involves the drama production which stars actors that the public knows. The other cases listed above are majority non celebs, so celebs can either buy/destroy/drop/silence their accuser either through jail/$$/pressure. I bet a lot of celebs w/ skeletons in their closet are shaking rn b/c it might come to them unexpectedly like it did for KJH/SYJ. Those texts being leaked either way is invasive/creepy.
How come k-entertainment reporters are not reporting on how those text messages are obtained? It's odd how it's all a-ok that private messages were leaked and no one bats an eye. I remember that happened with the Ku Hye Sun and Ahn Jae Hyun divorce too.
Probably cause Kim Jung Hyun likely exposed the texts himself. Only Seo Yeji & himself had access to it. Those texts came out in light of his bad behaviour & those texts allowed him to come out better as the victim. It doesn’t require 2 parties to consent for these messages.
With Ahn Jae Hyun & Goo Hye sun they themselves leaked the texts. Goo hye sun was the one who posted the texts through Instagram first. While Ahn Jaehyun let his agency to release it.
They were private messages for sure. But it’s not that odd that no one is talking about it. If dispatch had illegally obtained it then Seo Yeji & Kim Jung Hyun could sue them.
Many people are saying that it was done by kjh .. Although i won't disregard that fact..But remember the Jo Jin Moo chat leak scandal..Those texts were released 7 years later.. Obviously they werent revealed by Jo Jin Moo or Jang Dong Gun cause it totally revealed their trashy personality. So it is possible a 3rd party did that..Just think of it Kim Jung Hyun never dragged Seo Yeji in his mess even 3 yrs ago when he was getting loads of backlash back then too..but his company was at his side at that time..Thus i think it was his own company this time who paid Dispatch to do it so as to show that how they cleaned up after his mess by hiding the gf matter..
I'm more inclined to believe he released it since the leaked texts puts him in a better light as the victim manipulated by a psycho ex, spineless or not. The content and timing are too specific for it to be hacked by 3rd party. If his agency was trying to bring him down, no way would they do something in his favour. And how would the agency have access to his private texts, unless he shared it with them.
Lol no ...He is getting mass cancelled in korea but the difference is he has only one issue unlike her.. Everyone is mocking him for being weak, coward, a fool..Maybe I -netz are a bit being lenient but you can go and see top comments from K-netz with thousands of upvotes like how much they are blaming him...Public have become more angrier when they knew it was because of a man..Korea is a conservative country and they are still hung up on that part abt toxic masculinity expecting male victims to man up.
The thing about his gf was brought out by HIS agency..They said, during time the company helped him to clear up his mess by hiding his gf issues..Then boom next day came the Dispatch messages.. Isn't it apparent??
I already told you that it is very much possible for a third party get those texts just like it happened in Joo Jin Moo scandal.
Because of a woman*
I heard in korea katalk can be easily access specially during investigations thats why some artist use telegram.
What exactly was added? NOTHING. He was mentally sick and his agency encouraged this project even though he was not in the right emotional frame to deal with it. A very manipulative girl made his life on set a living hell demanding crazy stuff that he wasn't able to refuse because he was mentally sick. He apologized multiple times (but some claim that the apology was insincere even though there are reports of him apologizing to SH and telling her that he was having a hard time because of his mental health - there are even reports of a suicide attempt!!), but go ahead reporters just keep squeezing this piece of news until he actually succeeds and commits suicide. Then I'm sure everyone will act apologetic and feel sorry and ask themselves why it happened...
He already apologised! Why is the reporter still commenting. It’s up to the TIME’s crew whether they want to accept... not some unrelated people. Mental health is a real thing. All these nasty comments from reporters and netizen had drove celebrities to commit suicide. Also, he has seemed to be professional for CLOY and Mr. Queen (unless there’s additional reports). Whether the Kdrama industry is willing to give him a 2nd chance is up to the producers and directors. But all these shaming and bullying online has to stop.
Why do they have to dig out such a old news? And keep on at it? Is there no newer news to report...This guy is already paying for his unprofessionalism.. His ex-GF may be controlling but he was wrong to allow it to affect his work. The media should ust move on..
If this was the US, then the messages would make him look sympathetic. There is more of an awareness of mental illness, domestic abuse, dating violence, and personality disorders. But it sounds like from the korean POV, the texts were emasculating? and like "how can he let a woman do this to him? where are his balls?" rather than "my goodness. He was victim". It looks like he was professional before and after and this was just a terribly dark period in his life. I hope he can continue to act, though would caution any production to put in clauses to prevent him from asking for script or line changes and a high penalty fee if he causes disruption.
Let's go back to these articles once either Ye Ji or KJH lands a new project. Interesting to see how this news really impacts their careers and who between them can come back first. Maybe YJ can go back to Madrid and finally go to school and get her degree. KJH can pursue his other interests outside of k-ent for now.
Totally! It was his drama as a lead. Don’t make sense that he will try screw it up and give up before the finishing line. He probably was helpless. And he took a year plus off to rest. Johnny Depp was bullied by Amber Heard. Instead of asking why and shaming him... his fans supported him.
I think yeaji the one at pitfall here she being sued for million dollar advertisement having fall for baeksang cancel drama and many baseless accusation is being publish hope girly will not suicide cause the mental depression her ex give her well i mean they both inflict it to each other but the witch hunt happening is so ugly i think her career is over compare to Kim Jung hyun cause we know men can have many chances cause they will always be forgiven by his fans
There is a saying.."As you sow so shall you reap".. All those brands included a moral clause.Thus if your image screws up u gotta pay hefty fine..I got to know Kim jung Hyun doesnt have any current ongoing cfs, so he is safe from that side..To be honest, he had that only Time allegations against him..So u can't compare Yeji who has like 5-6 other accusations apart from gaslighting him..Not saying all of them are true but her company should have clarified by now... Also, If yeji simply apologised that she indirectly may have had caused trouble to the
drama team (come on her instructions were clear on the chat) , this wouldn't have escalated so much..
Remember Irene?? Her scandal was also quite big and she was mass cancelled both in korea and abroad.lmao..even billboard talked abt it.However, she apologized and the other person forgave her. And no brands dropped her..But again allegations against Yeji are nothing compared to Irene's.
Don't bother replying to trolls. They don't understand English at all. Obviously using shoddy translation app. Not using punctuation marks at all. peym and Ulikeiu same person.
LMAO this is not about men and women. Get a grip. KJH acknowledged his mistake and owned up to it at least. What did your precious SYJ do?
Yeaji career is over sad she talented her being sued with multimillion advertisement and cancel drama hope she didnt suicide the mental depressionns she having cause of her ex i mean they brought it upon themeselve but atleast this kim jung hyun can recover we know men can have many chances cause fans forgive them while women one wrong and its their pitfall
I'm amazed one can write a full paragraph without s single full stop or comma. ESOL tutors can advertise here. Lol.