Actor Kim Sung Cheol Addresses His Instagram Voting Controversy Involving Female Idols

His agency admitted to the mistake.

Actor Kim Sung Cheol has apologized for interacting with an Instagram account notorious for sexually harassing female idols.

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Kim Sung Cheol

On February 3, KST, a representative from Story J Company, the agency that manages Kim, issued a statement of apology regarding the matter.

We acknowledge our mistake. We are reflecting on it and are sincerely sorry.

— Story J Company

However, the representative also clarified that Kim Sung Cheol was unaware that the account he was interacting with had other problematic posts and withdrew his vote from the poll created by the account immediately after realizing it.

He was unaware that the account was controversial and withdrew his participation as soon as he realized. Since this involved content concerning other artists, we understand that some individuals were affected. We apologize to those impacted and have conveyed Kim’s apology through the agency.

— Story J Company

The statement concluded by asserting that “Moving forward, he will be more cautious to ensure that such a mistake isn’t repeated.”

The controversy involving Kim Sung Cheol erupted when the actor was caught voting in a poll between two popular female idols, Kwon Eunbi and Kang Hyewon. You can read more about the incident here:

Popular K-Drama Actor Slammed After Participating In “Sexually Harassing” Account’s Vote Between Female Idols

Source: Hankook Ilbo
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