Hyundai Card Vice Chairman reveals two-shot photo with Bruno Mars and mentions the celebrity ticket controversy
Hyundai Card Vice Chairman took photos with Bruno Mars and responded to the controversy over invitation tickets for celebrities.
On June 19th, Hyundai Card Vice Chairman Jung Tae Young posted two photos with the caption, “A shot with Bruno Mars. How about forming a duo with me and using this photo as an album jacket?”.
The released picture drew attention as it shows Bruno Mars and Vice Chairman Jung sitting side by side. Vice Chairman Jung also boasted about Bruno Mars’ autograph and praised, “Bruno Mars is such a cheerful and lovely person”.
Vice Chairman Jung added, “I’m grateful that he carefully prepared performances for a stop in Korea as a fan service on his way to the concerts in the Philippines, which is like his second home country”, expressing his extraordinary gratitude towards Bruno Mars.
However, some people reacted coldly to Vice Chairman Jung’s photos, saying “The concert was good, but he invited too many celebrities”, “Only celebrities were invited. The view and sound quality from normal seats were not good”, etc.
Netizens raised controversy over the invitation tickets of the “Hyundai Card Super Concert 27 Bruno Mars” as numerous celebrities were spotted in the Ground seats, which were fiercely competed for during the ticketing.
A netizen pointed out, “Celebrities were given all the front-row seats, and it was like a gathering of friends”. In response to the criticism, Vice Chairman Jung Tae Young replied, “I think you’re talking about artist’s invitation seats.”
Earlier, an official from Hyundai Card explained, “Those seats are typically reserved for artists who personally invite their family, friends, and musicians to attend the performance, or for celebrities who purchased through their entertainment agencies. Hyundai Card does not distribute end separate invitations to celebrities.”
In response to Hyundai Card’s explanation of “artist’s invitation seats”, netizens continued to criticize, saying “Many ordinary people joined a bloody ticketing war but ended up in vain”, “Should artists receive more benefits than Hyundai Card customers?”, “Being celebrities are already their privilege”, “Artist’s invitation seats? You mean Bruno Mars invited them?”, etc.
In the meantime, Hyundai Card added a statement following the explanation, saying “We will contact customers with restricted view seats due to the stage setup directly and refund them.”
Source: Nate
