As Sunwoo and Nana’s war of words continues, THE BOYZ’s agency has stepped in to calm netizens and apologize on his behalf.
In the late hours of April 13, ONE HUNDRED released an official statement addressing the controversy. The statement reads,
We are aware of the recent controversy surrounding THE BOYZ member Sunwoo that has been circulating in the media and online communities.
We deeply apologize for failing to properly manage the issue regarding our artist’s character.
We acknowledge that Sunwoo’s actions in the video could have led to the controversy surrounding his character. Sunwoo has also been reflecting on his actions after communicating with us.
However, we are saddened that the situation is unfolding differently than we and the artist intended. We deeply regret that we failed to manage the situation more proactively and that the artist acted rashly.
All of our artists should be protected and managed by our company. This controversy surrounding Sunwoo’s character is entirely our fault, and the artist is also reflecting on aspects he was unaware of. We at One Hundred will do our best to prevent such negligence from happening again based on communication with our artists. We apologize again with bowed heads.
Finally, we would like to inform you that we are preparing strong legal action against the spread of unfounded malicious comments related to this incident, as we cannot ignore this situation for the protection of our artist.
Thank you.
The controversy surrounding Sunwoo started with a video showing him dropping his earphones and having a bodyguard pick them up for. The issue was highlighted by actress Nana who left a comment “Someone needs to be scolded”. Many netizens criticized his behavior as impolite and entitled, while others defended him.
The 25-year-old K-pop idol addressed criticism over a video saying he did thank the guard and would work on his behavior. Nana also responded to the massive backlash saying she did not judge Sunwoo but later clarified she was commenting on the behavior in the video. Sunwoo responded, feeling unfairly targeted, but apologized and promised to improve his actions to avoid misunderstandings.
