YouTube channel “No Back Tak Jae-hoon”, which faced criticism for suggesting an active female idol debut as an AV actress, finally apologizes
The YouTube channel "No Back Tak Jae-hoon", which faced criticism for suggesting an active female idol debut as an AV actress, finally issued an apology
On June 21st, the production team behind “No Back Tak Jae-hoon” posted an official apology on their YouTube channel community.
The production team stated, “Without any excuses, we sincerely apologize to all viewers who felt uncomfortable watching the <Tanaka & Ogura Yuna> episode.”
They continued, “This issue is entirely the fault of the production team, and we acknowledge that there was a lack of consideration for Jeewon, who recently joined as a new MC. Accordingly, the production team met Jeewon and her agency C9 Entertainment to convey a heartfelt apology.“
They further explained, “We recognized the mistake in the questions asked during the recording and despite Tak Jae-hoon’s attempts to stop it, we edited the segment in a way that did not show his intentions clearly. We apologize for this as well.”
They said, “We have been producing the program with a ‘No Back’ concept targeting male viewers for entertainment. However, with the channel’s growth and the overwhelming love and attention we’ve received, we failed to fully grasp that our mistakes could become a social controversy.”
They added, “Following this controversy, all production staff will be more meticulous throughout the content creation process and strive to repay the support from our viewers with the enjoyable content of ‘No Back Tak Jae-hoon’.“
Earlier, on June 19th, the “No Back Tak Jae-hoon” channel released a video titled “Tanaka & Ogura Yuna, the Recalled Legend of No Back”.
In the video, Japanese AV actress Ogura Yuna and broadcaster Tanaka (a character by comedian Kim Kyung-wook) appeared.
During the episode, where cignature’s Jeewon was the MC, Ogura Yuna told Jeewon “You have a great body. Please debut (as an AV actress). You can become a top actress (in Japan). I will help you“, causing controversy.
Jeewon tried to handle the situation by saying “I debuted as an actress in Korea“, but Tak Jae-hoon added “That’s different“, making Jeewon uncomfortable for the sake of entertainment. Subsequently, the production team edited out the problematic scenes.
