Group The Boyz’s Kevin has apologized for his rude behavior on stage.Following fellow group member Sunwoo’s apology due to a controversy over his personality, Kevin has joined the group, drawing attention for his negative behavior.Could this be a strategy by The Boyz to increase the recognition of individual members through ‘gossip’ ?

Kevin, along with member Eric, appeared as the ceremonial pitcher and batter for the Kiwoom Heroes vs.KT Wiz game held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 19th.The problem arose when Kevin cheered for the Kia Tigers after the Kiwoom Heroes ceremonial pitch.While watching the game, he wrote on his cell phone, “I hope the day will come when the national anthem is sung in Gwangju, the hometown of the Kia Tigers,” and showed it to the fans.There was a series of criticisms that it was unnecessary and inappropriate behavior as a Kiwoom Heroes ceremonial pitcher.

Here, Kevin posted an apology on the 22nd through The Boyz’s official X(former Twitter), saying, “I sincerely apologize to fans who love baseball and The B(The Boyz fandom).” He continued, “On April 19th, I was grateful that Kiwoom officials welcomed me warmly and gave me a precious opportunity.However, my reckless words and actions at that time caused discomfort to many people.”

He bowed his head and said, “At the meaningful moment to signal the start of the game, I should have only cheered for the Kiwoom players, but I acted carelessly by mentioning another team, and I am truly sorry to those who were offended by that.” He continued, “I first apologized to member Eric, who placed great importance on the ceremonial first pitch, and I once again apologize to Kiwoom fans.”

He then said, “I learned a lot through this incident about how much influence words and actions can have.I will be more careful in my actions in the future.”

Before Kevin, The Boyz’s Sunwoo was embroiled in a controversy over his personality.The controversy started with a video showing him dropping his earphones while moving.When Sunwoo realized that his earphones had fallen, he did not pick them up himself, but instead shouted, “My earphones!!” and remained still.A bodyguard picked them up for him and handed them to him, but he seemed to accept them with one hand without even saying thank you.

The controversy spread further when Nana, a senior in the music industry and actress, commented on the video, “I should get in trouble.” When a netizen responded to Nana’s comment by saying, “You’re judging people based on just a short video,” Nana added strength to her comment by saying, “You know ten by seeing one.”

Afterwards, Sunwoo said through a fan communication platform, “I never do that behind people’s back, but there are fans in front of me, so why would I yell at my bodyguards to pick it up like crazy? You should keep your mouth shut and let it go, but I’m going to talk about it because I feel like it’ll fester and rot if I don’t say anything.” He expressed his grievances, saying, “I will work harder on my actions so that people don’t misunderstand me as a bully and a bad person, so that Derby doesn’t have to make explanations like this, and so that people can just tell at a glance that ‘he’s a gentleman.’These are areas that I need to continue to improve in the future.”

The agency, One Hundred, also said, “We deeply apologize for not being able to properly manage issues related to the character of our artist,” and explained, “We are also deeply aware that Sunwoo’s appearance in the video may have caused controversy over his character.Sunwoo was also calmly reflecting on his actions after communicating with us.”

He added, “It is unfortunate that the situation is unfolding differently from what our company and the artist were reflecting on.We deeply regret that we were not able to manage this more proactively before it happened and that the artist acted recklessly.”

Lastly, while saying, “The controversy over Sunwoo’s character is entirely the company’s fault, and the artist is also reflecting on aspects that he was unaware of,” he took a hardline stance, saying, “The fact that groundless malicious comments are occurring in relation to this incident is something that cannot be ignored in order to protect the artist.We are preparing strong legal action against this.”

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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