Jeon Jong-seo has been a big star since her debut. She worked with director Lee Chang-dong through the movie “Burning” and hugged Yoo Ah-in as he stepped on the red carpet. However, as he was about to depart Korea, he covered his face and stared at the reporters. The reporters, who were embarrassed by his face mixed with anger and irritation, were busy keeping their surprise calm. This turned out to be a misunderstanding. He debuted when his father was diagnosed with a rare disease. He had a poor attitude because he was worried about his father’s health.
It was not just his attitude and personality that emerged as a hot potato. There were a number of posts on social media and communities raising suspicions that Jeon Jong-seo committed school violence. However, it disappeared instantly at the request of his agency, ANDmark.
The Song Ha-yoon incident broke out around the time Jeon Jong-seo’s past was buried. Song Ha-yoon’s 90-minute beating of a junior male student for no reason came to the surface. Song Ha-yoon completely denied the report, but the truth battle continues as further revelations continue. It was revealed that he was forced to transfer to a different school after being given the eighth severe punishment just before his expulsion due to school violence in high school, and his image was directly hit as personality problems arose.
As a result, a variety of online communities were in full swing. With actor S (Song Ha-yoon) in the midst of this situation, the writer of the movie urged him to dig into actor J (Jeon Jong-seo)’s past misdeeds. In particular, the writer took courage and hit actor Jeon Jong-seo directly. “I was so angry that I was looking for an article about J commercials these days, but I saw an article that says ‘If there is a controversial article about school violence, it will be erased like a knife’. Just to be sure, the article I wrote was erased. I am leaving a message because I thought it would be erased from OO.”
“I heard there was no school in Korea, but I went to Yeongdeungpo-based school until the beginning of my second year of middle school to study abroad,” he said. “I stole or took out my kids’ gym clothes and school uniforms when they didn’t give them anything, and if they didn’t, they cursed and became the subject of multiple scolds. I once didn’t give out my gym clothes, but I went to school listening to crazy noises. I chased them to the bathroom and went out when they got scared because they kicked the door and became quiet.”
“Victims consistently post their posts in agreement, and J’s company is erasing them at the speed of light,” he said. “It’s because they want to hide something because it’s true. Whenever I see J’s face, I get upset because I can’t get my hands on other things, so I take courage.”
The agency, Andrew Mark, threatened again this time. “As soon as we checked the posts on the community, we checked the facts closely through the actor himself and his acquaintances, and confirmed that what was claimed in the post was not true at all,” they said. “We have refrained from official responses because we judged them to be explicitly false. However, we will strongly respond to the spread of false information as speculative posts and malicious comments are indiscriminately written and spread, causing serious mental damage to the actor himself and his neighbors. In response, we will take necessary legal action to protect the actor through the law firm.”
“After this time, we will continue to actively respond to malicious posts and comments that go beyond reproductions, malicious interpretations, acts that promote them, or simple expressions of opinions,” he added.
As a result of the iMBC Entertainment coverage, Jeon Jong-seo has not met with any of the numerous people who claim the damage since several years ago. Usually, when there is a person who claims the damage, the agency actively arranges a place with the other person to share opinions on the past and future actions. There are many cases where they apologize or clear up misunderstandings and end quietly. However, Jeon’s agency, ANDmark, simply wants to know how to contact the person who wrote the comment on the Internet. There seems to be a catchphrase to say, “We have carefully checked the facts.”
Jeon Jong-seo said, “I wanted to meet him like that, but it was a shame that we couldn’t meet him because they didn’t have any substance.” Since he already hinted at strong legal action, there is only one thing left to face at the police station. It remains to be seen in what direction Jeon Jong-seo’s alleged school violence will move.