So it’s off to a rocky news start in K-ent this first week of April 2024, and this is not an April’s Fool Joke either. K-ent news reported that a recently broke out from playing an antagonist role actress has been accused of being a high school bully by a male classmate. Said classmate claimed in high school she beat him up for 90 minutes straight among other bullying situations. He said he talked to her agency about it and the agency confirmed his claims were true, but then she denied it and the agency took her side. K-ent is saying the actress in question is Song Ha Yoon, and her agency did today officially deny the allegations and says Song Ha Yoon has no memory of doing anything being alleged. This is the second antagonist breakout actress bullying allegation in recent months, the prior being Kim Hieora from The Glory, who admitted she was a teen delinquent that took snack money from other kids but denied all violence and other more series allegations.
Yikes. I would have been on the fence about this, but apparently there already were rumours since years ago and records that she transferred schools because of her behaviour. Also, she told her company she doesn’t remember it happening. Someone with a clear conscience would say “I didn’t do it”, not “I don’t remember”. A pity because I thought she elevated MMH.
I am always going to say I’m on the fence with these sort of allegations. Nam Joo Hyuk went through one that turned out to be a lie. But it’s her statement of claiming she cant remember doing that doesn’t sit right with me. Is that a translation issue or her exact words? Because if it is, she’s opening herself up to a lot of suspicions. On the other hand, beating someone up for 90 min straight sounds like gross exaggeration. Either the bully has super human skills or she was just tapping her lightly for it to have gone on for 90 min straight. And also, being beat up for 90 min would have the victim almost killed, no?
Anyway, I’d rather wait for further details. However, if her agency can’t clear this up quickly, she’s be losing her new found fame very soon. Which is either karma or really unfortunate.
May not be beating up 90 minutes straight but rather bullying session lasted 90 mins i guess. That would be more possible.
Anyway, I don’t find her impressive in Marry My Husband (though i FF that drama a lot). I find her acting so very makjang.
That’s what I was thinking. 90 minutes beating session does not only mean that she slapped the victim for 90 minutes continuously. It could be that she or may be her group bullied the victim for 90 minutes which can be anything like daring her to do something, slapping her etc.
Eh, that’s quite literally the allegation here based on all the translated articles. The victim was apparently beat up for 90 min straight. So if it was a bullying session, then the initial complain is an exaggeration. Not that bullying isn’t enough to cancel someone if true but I’m pointing out how unrealistic the accusation is when worded a certain way.
Anyway, tbh, I don’t exactly care either way. Hope she gets what she deserves – whether it be justice for herself or getting cancelled 🤷🏻♀️
I am with you too… I am not able to sit on the fence due to her response. There will be records in the school she has been.
I am just curious how this will affect her career?
Playground bullies are more common then we think in SK in the older years…
@Butterfly Apparently there is another new released that suits they admit to one bullying case that made her transfer school and deny another case.
So messy.
Oh yeah, this isn’t exactly new. There’s been talk about this for a while. She also isn’t exactly denying it. It is not a small thing either.
I’m gonna need more prove than that. If the accuser is so adamant then they need to go full force. We do not need to cancel every person that did others wrong w/out concrete prove. Lives have been taken because of hopeless.
Maybe it is Korean language issue that don’t remember also means didn’t do? 90min beating a male classmate? That takes stamina and dedication. If she admitted will Koreans forgive her? So she says she didn’t remember. I don’t think any agency will admit liability. I think they just said what he wanted to hear to drive him away. But if she was that sort of bully it would have been more than 1 person? Or Koreans are I to dedicating all bullying effort into 1 single victim?
It can be 1 single victim, sometimes bullers seeking for some “loser” at their opinion. But I think people around them (classmates) probably notice this kind of thing.
Read right now:
“In response to these allegations, Song Ha Yoon’s agency asserted, “After verifying the facts with the actor in question, we have confirmed that there has been no contact with the informant and that the information provided is untrue.”
“Hello. This is King Kong by Starship.
We would like to express our position regarding the reports regarding our actress Song Ha Yoon.
We recognized the seriousness of this issue and after receiving the initial report, we spoke with the reporter to confirm the facts. Afterwards, we requested a meeting to confirm the exact facts through messenger, but the informant refused. We requested a phone call, but did not receive a response.
As a result of confirming the facts with the actor regarding the informant’s claims, we confirmed that we have no contact with the informant and that all of the information in question is not true.
Currently, reckless speculation and speculative content are spreading due to the one-sided claims of the informant. In relation to this, we sincerely ask you to refrain from reporting unconfirmed facts and speculation.””
Sometimes, it is best not to meet the agency. The victim, if there is one, will provide evidence and released them on his own. That will be his best revenge.
He need not meet her agency that will use money to stop his revenge. All understandable if there is really a victim. Hit those that abuse him at their Perk.
I personally hate playground bullies alot. I have personally seen and saves afew victims but no one dared to messed with me as I was the tough girl at school. Thus the bullies kept away. But even after reporting them, they are still in school. I knew then, some justice must be taken on your own. Some laws do not protect you.
I am not saying Song Ha Yoon did bully anyone as we have no evidence…just statement from her agency. Lets wait and see. If she is innocent, then the person that threatened her should also be charged and punished.
But victim said, what he has already contacted with agency, and they responded him “She doesn’t remember”. Agency said, that they couldn’t contact the victim. Honestly, I don’t know who to believe in this situation.
I need more proof to choose the side.
Yeah, I have the same experience too. Unfortunately, it didn’t really help, but in my situation the victim wanted to stay “friends” with bullers, probably she was lonely, idk. Glad, now she’s okay.
For my opinion, school has two types of bullers: one physically and mentally threatened another schoolers, second is just two scandalous girls, who often spreading gossips and fighting with each other, and nobody cares about their actions.
This issue is first type, but situation with actress from “Glory” for me more similar with second type. When I read what victim called her “s*ut” in school days and etc, and didn’t denied it, i thought “Oh they were these two scandalous girls”. Maybe I’m wrong, but in scandals like this I don’t chose the side and just don’t care.
Sorry for my Ted talk)
She has been in show business for a very long time, why do accusations just report recently ?
I think that her saying she doesn’t remember this incident proves, if that indeed was her exact word that she was a bully. It’s like when you say harsh things to a person and the person remembers every word but you can’t because you probably weren’t giving it much thought or you’re a serial offender. Now if you’ve never bullied, there’ll be no incident to try and remember. Maybe she doesn’t exactly remember it, that could be true, that may also mean it’s because she has bullied so many persons. It’s like in avatar when katara was asking her mother’s killer to remember the incident (an incident she herself could never forget). If she was a bully I don’t think it was wise of her to tell her agency that she doesn’t remember doing that particular act, the prudent thing would be to try and remember (that’s very important for the victim instead of just giving a blank apology) and then apologize. Talk to the victim, remember by all means, after all she isn’t in her 90s, shouldn’t have a problem recalling and then apologize sincerely. I want to say it’s all in the past, but also SK seems to breed bullies in their schools like it’s a way of life. I’d like the bullies to see that what goes around comes back around no matter how long it takes. In all of this, I hope it ends well.
I agree. If she isn’t a bully then it would be simple to outright deny because there wouldn’t be anything to remember. Saying she can’t remember implies she can’t remember just this instance of bullying.
When you bully a person, you can’t forget that unless you are a sociopath , suffering from amnesia, dis she also forgot her school days, …don’t know if she is guilty or not but the agency gave a very bad statement . There isn’t a week since this year without one or two scandals . Lee Jae Wook and Karina also break up, Han So Hee and RJy aren’t filming the movie anymore, ….who is next ? Are Medias in a struggle situation and need to open all their secret files to gain more readers, viewers, … or as we said in my country ” la parole se libère” !
The break up of LJW and Karina is most ludicrous. The news was even on BBC. BBC pointed out K-ent “super fans” who are increasingly dictating celebs’ private lives. It’s unfathomable to westerners why an entertainer had to apologize to fans for her dating life. LOL. They both are still young but welp, I have trouble putting in Karina’s shoes that she had to go that far to officially issue an apology to her rabid fans. I must have felt pretty hurting if I were LJW besides non-stop harassment from Aespa fans. BBC also included the breakup of Blackpink Jisoo/Anh Bo Hyun and Han So Hee/Hyeri mess in the news coverage. I guess Asian showbiz’ “super fans” meddling in celebs’ lives are novel enough to be news worthy to western media. Another prominent example was C top actor Xiao Zhan 227 that an American reputable and serious media like PBS even wrote an article to analyze the pathetic Chinese fan culture. LOL.
I dont get it too…Why apologise for dating. Ludicrous.
I don’t know who that is,so not a fan. I see the victim is claiming they hit him for more than an hour, and that is bad. He probably spoke against her because she’s the only one of the group of bullies that is somehow famous. That doesn’t mean she beat him all by herself.
On the other hand, I once came across an old elementary school classmate who kind of said I used to bully her. I asked her why was she saying that, and she said that on 3 instances throughout elementary school I ate her chocolate. Of course I didn’t remember that, so if I had been publicly accused, I would very much deny it too. But I would also argue that eating a kid’s chocolate three times in 6 years is not worth to ne labeled as “bully”(not that I think it was right either, chocolate is sacred!!😃). What I mean to say is that we all at some point may have exhibited a kind of behavior that another classmate perceived as bullying. But we are not bullies. Of course I am not referring to physical violence as is claimed here, but everything else should be proven imo, because the truth is that some people are more sensitive than others and being over sensitive is not an excuse for ruining old classmates lives (by the way, chocolate girl didn’t ruin anything for me, I apologized for eating her chocolate but I did tell her that even though what I apparently did wasn’t right, she was being totally defamatory claiming I was a school bully because I ate her candy three times at age 8).
@Nena….i don’t know the exact circumstances of what happened but if 8 years old you yanked/ pushed your classmate to steal said chocolate 3 times, I would still classify that as bullying behavior and to me personally, 3 times is not a small number and 8 years old is old enough to know it’s not right to take what belonged to others. And obviously, your classmate was hurt enough to still remember your actions all these years later. The ax doesn’t remember but the tree does. So reading the chocolate story, to me you were a little bully (albeit a short period one). there’s also a difference of severity being a bully in elementary school vs being in middle school vs being highschool.
@R, I don’t agree. Unless Nena beat the kid to steal their candy, picking another kid’s candy at age 8 only proves she’s gluttonous (sorry Nena), not someone who should be labeled as a bully 20, 30 or more years later. I am 45 years old myself and I remember there was a lot of pushing and calling names when I was a kid in primary school. Like there was this boy who spent the entire 5th grade pulling my pony-tail but I wouldn’t want to ruin his career if he was a famous actor now 🤣🤣🤣
But of course you are right, primary school is one thing, junior high or high school is another.
Is that why she played the role so well?! I will always adopt the “innocent until proven guilty” mentality. For something as severe as a 90 minute beating, I would think there’s substantial evidence from the victim such as hospital records and/or disciplinary records for the bullies. They should just release it all rather than playing he said she said.
@Soph, There are new released from her agency that admit one bullying case that caused her to transfer school. but she denied the second accuser… Such a mess.
I dont know how her career will be affected.
Transferring schools is quite a big deal. I’m sure if she lays low for a while, and does a great job on a comeback role, she’ll probably get a second chance. I feel like Korean entertainment industry is more forgiving, not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.
Is it me or does it feel like a lot is going on in the korean entertainment industry? It feels like more “scandals” than usual in 2024.
Yes…it has been rather busy this year..
I don’t understand why past actions are such a big deal especially it happened during teenage years… If she committed a crime, trial her for jail time. People can have a productive life after being released from jail. If she did poorly in her job (ie acting), she will be eliminated by industry standard. How on earth should she be cancelled now for her action when she was 15… She is now approaching 40!! I am not judging right or wrong here, just what is appropriate in this day and age.
You can say the same to ‘Me Too’ victims… You clearly do not see why justice can be sought for victims.
Why should past crimes be ignored?
Not a crime!! Can’t believe you imagine this to the ‘Me Too’… You need a talk with the lawyers.