Actor Park Bo-young was reportedly barred from accessing the red carpet at the W Korea breast cancer campaign for not wearing stockings.
Dispatch reported on the 17th that at last October's W Korea breast cancer campaign "Love Your W," actor A was reportedly not allowed to stand on the photowall because she did not wear stockings from the sponsor brand.
According to entertainment industry sources, the actor A mentioned in the report was confirmed to be Park Bo-young. Park Bo-young had been assigned a full outfit from sponsor company V, but a problem with the stocking size led her to enter with bare legs. W Korea, however, said that without stockings a full-body display was impossible and did not place Park Bo-young on the photowall.
W Korea holds charity parties through brand sponsorships. When luxury brands provide money and clothes as donations, W Korea dresses stars in those clothes and positions them on the photowall, so if a star is not wearing all sponsored garments they cannot go on the photowall.
In fact, Park Bo-young was listed on the pre-released list of celebrities participating on the photowall, but she could not be seen at the photowall that day. W Korea also uploaded a cropped photo on its official account showing only Park Bo-young's upper body, and her full-body image could only be confirmed through photos posted on the social media accounts of actors who were on site.
These behind-the-scenes details came to light after controversy erupted over allegations that the recent W Korea breast cancer campaign mocked breast cancer patients. W Korea held the 20th breast cancer awareness campaign charity event on the 15th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The event, held as a gala dinner and party, attracted attention with a range of celebrities attending from idols to actors.
But critics pointed out that despite the event's purpose of raising breast cancer awareness, there was no mention of it, and not even the "pink ribbon," a symbol of charitable efforts for breast cancer, could be found. Moreover, it was revealed that accumulated donations over 20 years amounted to only 1.1 billion won, drawing criticism despite the charity event featuring many top stars.
In addition, it was revealed that at the afterparty Park Jaebeom staged a performance called "Mommae (MOMMAE)" that included explicit references to women's bodies such as "you go zzoog-zzoog and bang-bang" and "the twin sisters hanging on your chest," prompting accusations of mocking breast cancer.
Regarding this, Park Jaebeom apologized, saying, "After the official breast cancer campaign event ended, I understood the party and performance as something for the people gathered there with good intentions and good hearts, excluding busy schedules, so I just performed as I usually do," and "If any cancer patients felt offended or uncomfortable by my performance, I'm sorry. I wish you good health. Fighting!" W Korea deleted the "Mommae" stage video uploaded to its official account.
Meanwhile, when asked about the controversy, a W Korea representative told OSEN, "We cannot provide a response."
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