Kim Kwang Soo opens his mouth about Kim Jong Kook‘s assault rumors... Tears while confessing to T-ara incident (Let’s Go GO)

CEO Kim Kwang Soo confesses the truth and his feelings about various rumors surrounding him for the first time.

Ahead of the broadcast on the 9th, the pre-released video of MBN‘s real variety show ‘Let’s Go GO’ (Let‘s Go) Season 3 Episode 8 featured CEO Kim Kwang Soo, the ‘Hand of Midas in the entertainment industry’. He mentioned the ‘Turbo Kim Jong Kook assault rumors’ and the ‘T-ara bullying incident’ that have followed him around like a tail for a long time.

MCs Ahn Jung Hwan and Hong Hyun Hee are curious about the various suspicions surrounding CEO Kim Kwang Soo, but he hesitated, saying, “It’s a bit awkward to ask. It might not be true...”. However, upon seeing this, CEO Kim Kwang Soo said, “You can ask anything. To be honest, I wish I had asked him something bad like, “You know, like this?”

Hong Hyun-hee, who had been hesitating, asked a direct question, “Did you really assault Turbo?” and then added, “As we talked, you seemed kind and gentle, but I wondered if you really hit him,” expressing her doubts. Ahn Jung-hwan also seemed even more suspicious, saying, “It seems like Kim Jong-guk would win if anyone looks at it.”

Heard by Kim Kwang-soo, “When we made a comeback with ‘To Heaven’ in 1998, it was a time when the entertainment industry in Korea was just starting to go public. At that time, the only singers under our company were Jo Sung-mo and M to M, so we thought, ‘Let’s strengthen our singers,‘ and we merged with a certain record company and Turbo came in. The assault incident was something Turbo talked about with the CEO of his previous company, but since he was part of our company, it was made into seem like I was the one who assaulted him,” he said, revealing how he was falsely accused of the ‘Turbo assault theory’.

CEO Kim Kwang Soo then confessed for the first time the truth of the untold episode, saying, “A few years ago, when I met Kim Jong Kook, I said, ‘Because of you, I became the one who hit you’, and he said, ‘I’m so sorry, what can I do?’.

In addition, CEO Kim Kwang Soo revealed the whole story about the T-ara bullying incident. CEO Kim Kwang Soo recalled, “I was so shocked and angry that I said, ‘Tell them that I‘m making a major announcement right away. I told them to bring the contract right away, tore it up, and said, ‘I’ll release you unconditionally, so you can leave.’. He continued, “But the termination of the contract brought about the bullying theory, and strange rumors spread like wildfire. And the parents of T-ara came to me and asked me to reveal the truth. However, I thought, ‘What will become of those kids’ lives then?‘ So in the end, I died,” she calmly confessed.

Representative Kim Kwang Soo also said, “When I thought about it, the remaining T-ara kids did nothing wrong, so I pushed ahead with the broadcast. I told them, ’I can take the hate, but if you stop here, you‘ll never be able to get back up. I’ll take it all on myself.‘ It was the biggest crisis of my life, and in some ways, I think it’s still going on.”

Then the MCs asked, “Do you regret that decision?” and Representative Kim Kwang Soo said, “When I meet the T-ara kids sometimes, they cry the most. Every time that happens, he thinks, ‘I‘m sorry, I should’ve just held on a little longer,’,” and sheds tears, making the viewers weep.

Meanwhile, MBN‘s real variety show ‘Let’s Go’ Season 3 Episode 8 will air on the 9th (Sat) at 8:20 PM.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com Reporter shine2562@donga.com