The manufacturing staff of MBC’s “How Do You Play?” has responded to Lee Yi Kyung’s current assertion wherein he expressed his grievances concerning the present.
Earlier this month, Lee Yi Kyung left the solid of the range present “How Do You Play?” within the wake of allegations about his private life, which his company denied. On the time of his departure, it was stated that he had voluntarily withdrawn from the present as a consequence of scheduling conflicts.
Nevertheless, on November 21, Lee Yi Kyung posted a lengthy statement wherein he talked about that he had been “suggested to step down from a spread present” despite the fact that the person who posted allegations about him (“A”) had “admitted their claims had been fabricated.” (Though the person in query initially backtracked and stated the submit was a joke primarily based on pictures fabricated utilizing synthetic intelligence [AI], they later reversed their place, stating that all the proof of their submit was true they usually had falsely confessed to mendacity solely out of worry.)
On November 22, the “How Do You Play?” manufacturing staff launched a prolonged assertion of their very own in response to Lee Yi Kyung. The manufacturing staff confirmed that that they had suggested Lee Yi Kyung’s company that he step down from the present, however said that it had been his company’s choice to explain his departure as a voluntary withdrawal as a consequence of scheduling conflicts.
The manufacturing staff additionally addressed Lee Yi Kyung’s point out of a previous controversy over the “myeonchigi” (noodle-slurping) method that he displayed on the present, apologizing for having failed to totally defend him in the course of the fallout.
Whats up. That is the “How Do You Play?” manufacturing staff.
We apologize to all of the individuals who love “How Do You Play?” for supplying you with trigger for concern via this incident. Relating to the problems within the a part of the assertion that Lee Yi Kyung posted on the afternoon of Friday, November 21 that pertain to “How Do You Play?”, we’ll communicate frankly.
First, the “myeonchigi” (noodle-slurping) state of affairs talked about by Lee Yi Kyung was a failure on the manufacturing staff’s half to guard a solid member. Throughout filming for the Hong Kong and Japan episodes, Lee Yi Kyung, who was striving to carry laughter to viewers, improvised the “myeonchigi” state of affairs on the spot, and on the time, the manufacturing staff judged that the response wasn’t dangerous.
Afterwards, in an try to entertain viewers another time, we requested Lee Yi Kyung to [repeat] the “myeonchigi,” however we acquired too grasping. In the course of the manufacturing course of, we edited out the “I’m simply doing this for leisure!” comment talked about by Lee Yi Kyung, and as a consequence of our failure to precisely assess viewer sentiment, we damage Lee Yi Kyung and made viewers uncomfortable. As an alternative of the comment that we edited out, we selected the remark and caption “For the sake of enjoyable, as soon as once more…” as an alternative, and we hoped to convey the message that [the situation] was supposed to be seen as leisure for a spread present, however evidently it fell quick.
After controversy arose, we apologized to Lee Yi Kyung, and we shortly edited our clarification of the “myeonchigi” incident that was initially scheduled to air in the course of the opening of the next week’s episode and aired it that very same week as an alternative. Nevertheless, we acknowledge the manufacturing staff’s shortcomings in failing to totally resolve the “myeonchigi” controversy, and we apologize as soon as once more to Lee Yi Kyung and everybody who felt uncomfortable.
Subsequent, we’ll handle the circumstances of [Lee Yi Kyung’s] departure from the present. With rumors about Lee Yi Kyung’s private life being unfold via the media, we decided that, given the character of a spread program that should carry viewers laughter each week, it might be troublesome for him to proceed with the present.
Simply as Lee Yi Kyung talked about, the manufacturing staff first suggested his company that he step down from the present, and we additionally said that if his company selected to publish the truth that we suggested him to step down within the information, we’d associate with that call. Later, Lee Yi Kyung’s company knowledgeable us that he had determined to voluntarily step down from the present as a consequence of his schedule.
Because it was the manufacturing staff who suggested him to step down, we felt that the least we may do for Lee Yi Kyung was to ask the solid members to say that he had withdrawn voluntarily as a consequence of his schedule, which we had agreed on together with his company, and this was relayed on air. The solid members merely complied with our request out of consideration for Lee Yi Kyung. We ask that you simply please chorus from blaming or making groundless speculations concerning the different solid members.
Sooner or later, the “How Do You Play?” manufacturing staff will extra intently and thoroughly look over your complete manufacturing course of so as in order that the solid’s efforts to ship laughter should not tarnished.
As soon as once more, we sincerely apologize to Lee Yi Kyung, who has been damage, together with everybody whom we gave trigger for concern.
