Comedian Park Na-rae announced she would suspend activities amid a dispute with former managers, and production of the Daesung episodes of the upcoming "Nado Shinna" and "Naraesik" has been fully canceled.
On the 8th, OSEN exclusively reported that production of MBC's new variety show "Nado Shinna" and the YouTube content "Naraesik" had been completely canceled. The fallout follows the suspension of activities by core member Park Na-rae.
On the 3rd, Park Na-rae was accused by former managers of filing a provisional seizure on real estate, failing to register a one-person agency, illegal medical procedures and "gapjil" abuses. The former managers claimed they witnessed not only "gapjil" abuses such as verbal abuse by Park Na-rae, special injury, nonpayment of hosting fees, constant on-call duties and personal errands, but also illegal medical procedures including proxy prescriptions and prescriptions of controlled psychotropic drugs through a "shot auntie."
However, on the 5th Park Na-rae's side rebutted in an initial statement that the former managers left without raising issues, that despite proper payment of severance they demanded 10% of sales and, when refused, continued unnecessary misunderstandings and pressure with claims that differed from the facts, so they decided to take legal action. They also said the "shot auntie" was a medical professional who made house calls.
Meanwhile, this morning Park Na-rae said on social media that the dispute with the former managers had been resolved through conversation. At the same time, she suspended activities. Park Na-rae explained, "In early November two managers who had been like family suddenly resigned, and until recently we were not given an opportunity to talk with the parties involved, so misunderstandings accumulated. With help from many people, I was able to meet face to face with the former manager only yesterday, and although we were able to resolve our misunderstandings and mistrust, I still think everything is my fault and I am reflecting deeply."
Nevertheless, Park Na-rae said, "As a comedian whose job is to bring laughter and joy, I decided to suspend broadcasting activities until everything is neatly resolved because I cannot continue to be a burden to programs and colleagues," expressing her intention to halt activities.
Previously Park Na-rae was a regular cast member on the ongoing MBC variety shows "Save Me! Homes" and I Live Alone, and on tvN's "Amazing Saturday." Those programs decided to respect Park Na-rae's wishes and have her step down, and they officially announced they will edit out as much of Park Na-rae's footage from already filmed segments as possible.
Park Na-rae also ran YouTube content titled "Naraesik" under her own name. "Naraesik," which was scheduled to release a new episode on the 10th, suspended publication entirely starting with the Big Bang Daesung episode that had been set to be released that day. She was also preparing for MBC's new variety show "Nado Shinna" and Disney+'s new variety "Woonmyeong Jeonjaeng 49". Among them, the "Nado Shinna" slot was fully canceled.
Disney+ said regarding Park Na-rae's footage in "Woonmyeong Jeonjaeng 49" that "there is no separate official position yet. At this point it is under discussion," and remained tight-lipped. However, because filming has already finished and its release is still planned for the first half of 206 and thus some time remains, discussions are expected to continue.
[photo] OSEN DB, provided by MBC, YouTube source.
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