Ji Chang-wook‘s agency, Spring Company, announced on February 11th, “We apologize to everyone who felt uncomfortable by actor Ji Chang-wook’s action in the drama making content released on January 26th.”
“In the contents, actor Ji Chang-wook smoked e-cigarettes indoors. It caused inconvenience to those who saw it as inappropriate,” it said. “We are sorry for causing the disappointment of many people. We recognize that actor Ji Chang-wook was also inappropriate. Once again, we apologize deeply to the people who encountered the contents, the staff, the actors and actresses, and the viewers who loved the work.”
On this day, a behind-the-scenes video of “Welcome to Samdal-ri,” which shows Ji Chang-wook smoking an e-cigarette during rehearsals for an indoor shooting, went viral online. This was a video released last month, but it became known later through the online community. In the video, Ji Chang-wook is smoking in a place where all the staff members and fellow actors and actresses such as Shin Hye-sun and Lee Jae-won were together. Currently, Ji Chang-wook’s smoking part has been deleted, and Ji Chang-wook also apologized, but netizens still criticize him.
Recently, stars have been criticized for smoking indoors, causing controversy. On February 5th, singer/songwriter Meenoi accidentally showed an ashtray piled up with cigarette butts placed in her room during a live broadcast. She said, “I don’t know what to do,” but added, “I’m embarrassed. If you love me who is actually like this, I’m embarrassed and thankful.”
In addition, controversy arose when member Haechan was seen using e-cigarettes indoors in NCT 127’s choreography practice video. At the time, SM, the group’s agency, announced it plans to pay the fine for the matter, adding, “We deeply apologize for causing concern to many people due to careless actions. We will pay special attention to prevent this from happening in the future.”
Source: StarNews
