The Boyz Sunwoo’s personality controversy, agency says, “Reflecting…Regrettable different development” [Comprehensive]

MUSIC Apr 14, 2025

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As The Boyz’s Sunwoo is embroiled in controversy over his personality, his agency One Hundred has released a statement.

On the 14th, One Hundred stated, “We are well aware of the controversy that has been circulating in the media and various communities regarding The Boyz member Sunwoo in recent days,” and “First of all, we deeply apologize for not being able to properly manage issues related to the character of our artists.”

He continued, “We are also deeply aware that Seonwoo’s appearance in the video could raise issues of controversy over his character.Furthermore, Seonwoo was also calmly reflecting on his actions after communicating with us.”

Meanwhile, One Hundred’s side revealed their easygoing feelings, saying, “However, we feel sorry 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 things more proactively before this happened and that the artist acted recklessly.”

Lastly, they added, “The controversy over Sunwoo’s character is entirely the company’s fault, and the artist is also reflecting on aspects that he was not aware of before.We at One Hundred will do our best to ensure that this kind of negligence does not happen again in the future based on communication with our artists.” They also said, “The fact that groundless, malicious comments are occurring in relation to this incident is something that we cannot ignore in order to protect our artists.We are preparing strong legal action against this.”

Earlier, Sunwoo heated up the internet with a video of his personality controversy.When Sunwoo dropped his earphones while moving, instead of picking them up himself, he shouted, “My earphones,” and stayed still, so a bodyguard picked them up and handed them to him instead.Netizens were divided over Sunwoo’s behavior of silently handing them over to him with one hand without even saying thank you.

In response, Seonwoo stated on the fan communication community, “I watched the video and it really did look like he just didn’t say hello and just received it rudely,” and explained, “I looked for(the earphones)with my eyes but couldn’t find them.When he received the one that was given to him, he didn’t bow his head but said ‘thank you.’ I will behave well so that such unfair stories don’t come up.”

In the midst of this, actress Nana, formerly from senior idol group After School, left a comment saying, “I guess I’m going to get in trouble,” and one netizen responded by saying, “You’re judging people based on just a short video.” However, Nana shot back saying, “If you see one, you know ten.”

Afterwards, Nana once again stated her position on a fan communication community, saying, “You shouldn’t judge people based on just a short video,” but also, “I didn’t judge the person by making a judgment, but his actions seemed very rude and it was quite a shocking video for me.I just wrote down my feelings about his actions and words, thinking that such behavior was not right, and thinking, ‘He deserves to be scolded.’”

As the related content spread like wildfire, Sunwoo once again vented his anger through a fan communication community.He said, “I would never do that behind their backs, but in front of all the fans, would I be crazy and yell at the bodyguard to pick up my AirPods? I’m so stupid.I try to reflect on how I looked(and it feels unfair).I’m getting cursed at like this for saying what I wanted to say with just a few seconds of video and people leaving malicious comments that crossed the line… People are really scary.”

Seonwoo said, “You should just keep your mouth shut and let it go.I’m going to talk because I feel like it’ll fester if I don’t talk.I’m really sorry that there are some fans who don’t like this kind of thing,” and “I’m used to getting cursed at.Please stop worrying about me.I’m really okay.They might be upset, but the fans who’ve seen me for a few years know me better than those who’ve seen me for a few seconds.”

He said, “I will work harder on my behavior 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 see that I’m a ‘gentleman’ even at a glance.This is something that I will continue to work on in the future.”

Reporter Lee com -bi, Donga.com misty82@donga

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