Kwanghee’s manager, who got involved in a school bullying controversy, has quit his job and left the company.

Kwanghee came back to TV on December 22nd after serving for the military. He appeared on the MBC show ‘Point of Omniscient Interfere’ with his manager Yu Shi-jong, and the duo showed a great chemistry being welcomed by viewers.

However, the day after the episode aired, an anonymous person wrote online claiming Yu Shi-jong used to be a school bully when he was a teenager. The person wrote, “I went to elementary, middle, and high school with Yu Shi-jong and he was one of the kids that slyly bullied other students”.

On the 26th, Kwanghee’s agency BONBOO ENT strongly denied the accusation. An official at the agency told OSEN “Kwanghee’s manager has told us the accusation is not true. Although we wanted to confirm with the person who wrote the post, we couldn’t find him because of privacy laws. If he could email us, we would like to meet him and listen to the whole story. We are very sorry that we’ve caused such trouble and we will try our best not to harm neither Kwanghee nor MBC”.

Yet, on December 27th, BONBOO ENT officially announced that “Yu Shi-jong has decided to leave the company before he puts even more damage on Kwanghee and other people”.

The agency continued and said, “We would like to apologize to everyone who was affected by this incident. We deeply regret that we didn’t handle the situation with enough caution. From the company’s perspective, we had to confirm with Yu Shi-jong himself hoping to settle the situation as soon as possible. However, Yu answered that he doesn’t remember because he was shocked, and we have caused an even more complicated situation”.

Yu Shi-jong has submitted his letter of resignation to BONBOO ENT. The agency explained, “after discussing with us, Yu Shi-jong has decided to leave the company. According to him, he is deeply regretting his past as a teenager and would like to apologize to everyone who was hurt by him.”

 

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by Audrey Joung

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