Park Sung Hoon should now be busy filming the drama "The Tyrant's Chef" with SNSD's Yoona. However, the actor born in 1985 was dragged into a controversy for carelessly posting vulgar pictures and reportedly decided to leave the drama.
According to OSEN's report on January 11, 2025, Park Sung Hoon has left tvN's new drama "The Tyrant's Chef." It is said that after a series of controversies, they decided to part ways after discussing with the production team. The drama team from Studio Dragon also immediately spoke out regarding this news.
"After much discussion, the production team and actor Park Sung Hoon have come to the decision that it will be difficult for him to continue this project together," said the drama team. They continued, "In regards to the recent incident, the actor and his agency have apologized several times and have discussed the situation thoroughly.
After discussing, the production team and Park Sung Hoon have decided to go their separate ways." Not only did the drama "The Tyrant's Chef" confirm the news of Park Sung Hoon leaving, his agency also confirmed it. To the media OSEN, BH Entertainment revealed, "It is true that actor Park Sung Hoon is leaving 'The Tyrant's Chef'."
Previously, Park Sung Hoon accidentally uploaded a (vulgar) AV cover parodying the Netflix series "Squid Game" on his personal Instagram, which drew public criticism. The actor immediately drew criticism for his careless actions. At that time, Park Sung-hoon's agency stated in an official statement, "Recently, Park Sung Hoon received a lot of direct messages (DM) on his social media.
So, while checking the DM, he accidentally pressed the wrong button and uploaded the photo. The actor himself was so shocked and embarrassed that he immediately deleted it." After that, when criticism came back because it was impossible to read DMs and immediately become Stories.
The agency made a second statement saying that Park Sung Hoon did save the vulgar images, but with the intention of sending them to the agency. "The actor must have saved it to send it to the agency manager because he thought it might be problematic.
In the end, the picture was uploaded on SNS by accident. The actor himself was the most upset and shocked, so he is (currently) reflecting a lot," the agency said. Park Sung Hoon also personally apologized for the controversy during an interview held on January 8, 2025.
"Actually, I'm very upset, and like you said, I feel very sorry for our entire team at a time like this," he said. "It was uploaded accidentally, but a mistake is a mistake. I made many people worry, and I fully acknowledge my mistake, and I blamed myself, regretted it, and reflected for a few days. I've been doing that up until now," he added.
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