Well known Youtuber Lee Jin Ho, who was a K-ent reporter before turning to his own YT channel, was the first to announce that the Actor K in the allegations posted by a woman was Kim Sun Ho. That was yesterday and today he posted a new 12-minute long video (link) providing his own explanation for a variety of issues surrounding Kim Sun Ho’s scandal – to refresh, a young woman said Actor K got her pregnant, he didn’t want the baby but she wanted the baby, so he promised to move in together and then marry her and asked that she not ruin his career, she agreed to an abortion believing that and afterwards he dumped her. It’s been over 24-hours and still Kim Sun Ho’s agency Salt Entertainment has not provided an explanation and went a whole day before announcing that it was still investigating. Kim Jin Ho explains what’s going on behind the scenes – (1) he says Salt’s statement has already tacitly admitted that Kim Sun Ho is Actor K in their “checking on the truth” statement, otherwise they would have said it’s not true, (2) but the reason Salt can’t release an explanation is because the ex-girlfriend’s identity is hugely problematic and will be a big hit on Kim Sun Ho’s career if revealed. So even if there is an explanation for her allegations, i.e. some facts are not true or accurate, it appears that simply having dated her and had sex with her is very very damaging to his Good Boy image.
Lee Jin Ho says that K-ent reporters earlier heard this rumor already, and that the ex-girlfriend’s reveal of the timing of the relationship matches what the reporters knew and heard. Now that it’s out in the open with so much damaging allegations, news publications and the 13 endorsement brands that hired Kim Sun Ho have been calling Salt nonstop to get their response but Salt is not answering their calls. He said initially Salt wanted to just say “no comment” and hope this went away, but the reporters and brands demanding explanation is putting them in a tough spot. To date, 7 brands have deleted all CFs and images of Kim Sun Ho from their official Instagram accounts. Lee Jin Ho says the fallout is especially bad as Kim Sun Ho’s been on a hot streak with landing CF campaigns and his rate went up with the success of Hometown Cha Cha Cha. That means the penalty will also be higher for breaking the morality/good image clause in those CF contracts, in the industry its now 2-3 times what he got paid. Lee Jin Ho says Salt is on the hook for nearly $12 million USD in damages if Kim Sun Ho’s reputation tanks from this scandal and that is why Salt is unable to quickly respond. Lee Jin Ho added that that the ex-girlfriend’s allegations are not 100% accurate, and if Kim Sun Ho came out and admitted to what is true and explained what is not true, and then sincerely apologizes, there is a sliver of chance for him to salvage this scandal. But not saying anything is why this is growing bigger and that’s why the CFs have dropped him within a day. Basically Lee Jin Ho’s scoop is that Salt and Kim Sun Ho are between a-rock-and-a-hard-place on this one.
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I doubt the legitimacy of this Lee Jinho dude. Sounds smarmy. There are also reports KSH’s contract with SALT had expired in Sept ‘21 but got extended for HCCC promo management, and that he was being courted by other agencies.
So yeah. There are definitely layers to this issue. But his career is definitely over for now. People are just so keen to gleefully dance on his grave for unverified stories—just straight on ask the guy to off himself, why don’t you? Haters gonna party when that happens for sure. Humans sometimes really disgust me.
He took not that long to reach stardom and now he immediately exiled or banned or reach D-list level because of this. What karma is this. His fans must be in shambles right now. RIP to his fans. He can't be saved. Looks like the allegations are all true and they can't say no that easily because they the woman has strong evidences it seems. Now ksh can only apologise and admit his wrongdoings, comeback after a year with cheap dramas and unpopular casts or go back being theater actor his fans especially international will stay loyal to him
Who gives a crap about his fans? It’s the artists themselves and the people closely involved that will suffer from the fallout of these blown-out “issues”. I’ve seen actors and actresses self-destruct & commit suicide for less… and all for our entertainment, we who eagerly gobble up these types of news cause they’re just.so.juicy. Because it’s such fun watching someone else’s misery.
I think its due to the way his fans (some if not most) behave since Start Up. Criticizing NJH, Suzy & Start Up team. They are also the ones who proudly call & trend KSH as good boy.
I hope this issue makes people stop being too obsessed with celebrities, and treat them as purely entertainment.
The more you invest your time in something & the more obsessed you are, the more worried you become & the more disappointed you will be when it does not go the way you wish for.
Compared to SYJ, KJH or other celebrities with scandal, i think this issue can have greater impact towards KSH due to the good boy image. Like LSG, even dating a woman whose family Knetizen has issue with was a big deal that time.
not sure why fans are mentioning the contract almost expiring (?) as a possible gamechanger. it's not proof of anything being true or false?
this is the danger of being a celebrity, and managing your private life is key to having a long lasting career. haters celebrating the fallout is inevitable, i've seen it happen plenty in kpop as well and recently in c-media too. no need to be dramatic, it is what it is, the rules of the game. they know what they get into, especially someone in his mid 30s.
in any case, i stay neutral and this issue didn't stop me from watching the last episodes of the drama lol but in this industry image is everything and his nice boy image took a hit so big that i'm not sure it can be recovered (unless they go for the Big Full Denial route).
I suspect they're mentioning the almost expiring contract because of KJH's case. Possibly an attempt to spin it as Salt trying to sabotage Sun-Ho's career for leaving them.
And yes, OP is being dramatic. Them pulling the suicide card is just like how delulu SYJ stans pulled the same card and even disrespectfully used Sulli's name to defend their scandal queen.
You said it yourself, there’s no proof of whether this is true or false, and people baying for his blood isn’t me being dramatic, just take a look at this blog’s threads on this issue and all the other sites and look at all the gleeful, nasty comments rejoicing in this man’s downfall. And in case you have been living under a rock, the rate of suicide in SK is one of the highest in the world, and that includes those in the public eye. It’s people like you and your blasé attitude to these types of behaviour, calling it normal just because actors/ idols chose to be in this business, that perpetuate horror shows like this. Vile and rotten?
And don’t be so naive to think that this guy’s contract expiring with Salt and him being courted by other agencies don’t have anything to do with these allegations coming to light. It has happened before.
@Smells Fishy
Apparently, Salt released a statement that those contract expiration rumors are not true. That it's not yet time for his contract to expire.
@smells fishy, there are quite a few posters here like @helen who have a hate boner for rising or as they call it, nugu celebs, and worship veterans, and they are just salivating to see newbies get into scandal and be cancelled.
USD 12 million!! That's more than what PSH makes in a year. Her fans were saying she is the biggest star in salt but apparently not.
No, the penalty is $12 million and that's 2-3 times what he made on his CFs so he made between $4-6 million.
Is that really normal? A penalty clause thrice than the money he can realistically pay back?
@Dakchigo though I don't know how CF contracts work, but it sounds pretty reasonable to me. 13 endorsement brands and $4m-6m means KSH and his agency is paid around $400k per endorsement and penalty fee is $800k-1.2m per endorsement. Let's say a brand company pays him $400k as endorsement fees, then the company spent another $200k-400k to push the endorsement ads out. The remaining amount is compensation for damaging the brand's image and potential earnings losses.
Guess who the ex-girlfriend is....a minor? A nun? Some high status daughter?
Or room salon girl? Bar girl, escort
That statement also had me baffled. I wonder what he means by saying that her identity is "hugely problematic".
By problematic I instantly thought of Yoochun’s ex or TOP’s druggie ex. Lol
I'm guessing she's a room salon girl or similar. Her actions are pretty calculative, choosing the right timing etc, so it's unlikely she's a minor. High status daughter is out of question as she can just use her dad's power to exile him from the industry and she has more to lose than KSH. For her identity to be "hugely problematic", it should have something to do with sleazy stuff. KSH's image is goody-goody, so for him to date someone working that sort of jobs is definitely damaging to his image.
That at least fits the rumors I heard of KSH having a bad habit of dating "bad girls".
Because of his image highly problematic probably just means escort or something, which isn't problematic in itself but since they spent so much money building this goody two shoes virginal image it became highly problematic.
People actually bought that a mid-30-something year old guy in the acting industry was a virgin?! I’ve got a bridge to sell to them.
Maybe... not Korean? Not even (East) Asian?
The only thing I can think of that will make it worse for KSH if the ex-gf is barely legal. Oh my, I hope she's not a teen.
She might be of age or else how would she know it's not easy for her to conceive unless the abortion part is false... The youtuber said all she said is not true...
He didn't said all she said is not true though. Just it's not 100% trustworthy aka some stuffs maybe exaggerated but for most part it's true
It's starting to mess up when the articles said that his contract with Salt expired since Sept but it was extended till HomCha ends so that means he's a free agent now? It does make sense of why Salt took long to issue a very vague statement.
I read that too. But considering the potential contract damage/repayment Salt is liable for as KSH signed quite a few deals while with them I wouldn't think they took their time because of the contract expiry. If KSH goes down they're also in deep. Damned if you do damned if you don't.
Sounds like some script for the next k-drama.
This guy has made blatantly false statements in the past. I just want to see how they counter it before commenting. Not wanting a child isn't a crime but forcing to get an abortion is trash behavior. So we'll see. These seem speculative statements by the youtuber.
entertainment world in South Korea is really cruel and unpologetic. in my country, no matter how shitty the person is, they will find a way to come back and getting popular again. so the celebrity in my country is pretty much can open up either they are shitty person or decent human being. in fact they openly talk shit about each other to add spice every time divorce case announce lol...
Looks like it's gonna be a Kim Sun-Ho Week all week on Koalasplayground.
Meanwhile, his stans on Twitter are vehemently insisting their boy is a virgin. They've been bending over backwards and twisting themselves into all sorts of painful shapes to defend their 'Good Boy'. This stanning business... the salary and benefits must be bloody worth it. Else what's the point of putting your entire being into someone you don't know who doesn't know you back... Whew.
Exactly! Imagine putting so much effort and feelings into someone who is doesn't care if you're alive or dead.
No wonder I dropped the Hometown Cha Cha Cha within 6-7 episode. The character he acted is out of this world. No one is that perfect in real life and his character gave me goosebumps. I find the chemistry between Shin Min Ah and Kim Sun Ho is lacking. So I don't really like this drama. And I don't really like Kim Sun Ho to begin with. He's not that handsome. With this scandal, he can kiss his career goodbye
You're so judgemental and want to justify what happened in real life because of your opinion of the kdrama? What a small mind. One has nothing to do with the other <>. Don't feign E.S.P. because you would have guessed this when eps. 6 & 7 were airing and not after the fact. Ha,ha,ha!