Father Touches Daughter Inappropriately On Variety Show, Netizens Seething

The daughter was blamed for resisting.
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Serah S. Cherrie
Serah S. Cherrie

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This article includes descriptions of sexual assault that may disturb some readers.

A disturbing clip from a popular Korean variety show recently went viral on X (formerly Twitter), inviting global backlash.

The clip is from a popular variety show called Same Bed, Different Dreams. The original episode, which aired in 2016, featured a father-daughter duo who were in conflict with the father’s physically affectionate gestures. During the episode, he was seen barging into his teenage daughter’s room while she was asleep, lying down beside her, and wrapping his arms around her. The daughter kept asking for him to leave, but he continued touching her, including her inner thigh and hips.

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In another clip, he was seen asking his daughter for a kiss after she told him she wanted to buy new clothes. The older daughter and the mother were unfazed by this demand, and the family, in fact, gathered in the living room at one point to see the younger daughter give the father a peck. The daughter immediately walked into the kitchen, grabbed a tissue, and started crying.

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Some other clips also showed the father grabbing the teenager and holding her down on the couch while she resisted quite strongly. He was even seen putting his hand on her waist while they were out in a public setting, and the daughter was clearly uncomfortable.

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What disturbed netizens even further was that the celebrity panelists and MCs of the show reacted to most of these scenes by laughing. One of them also reassured the father that nothing he did was wrong.

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Netizens feel that the incidents featured in this particular episode did constitute sexual harassment and criticized everyone involved in the show for making light of the situation.

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