Actor Lee Yi-kyung has temporarily stepped down from Brave Detective 4 amid a private life controversy, and the Brave Detective side plans to maintain a guest system for the time being.
On the 27th, T-cast E Channel's Brave Detective 4 (hereinafter "Brave Detective 4") told OSEN, "The guest system will be maintained for the time being."
Brave Detective 4 is a program that deals with the case logs of detectives who fight crime to protect the safe daily lives of the public. Led by profiler Kwon Il-yong, former soccer player Ahn Jung-hwan and actors Kim Sunyoung and Lee Yi-kyung have served as fixed members.
Meanwhile, in December last year, Lee Yi-kyung's private life controversy erupted and he temporarily stepped away. At the time, Lee Yi-kyung was engulfed in controversy after an internet user alleged they had engaged in sexual conversations. The internet user released conversations and photos said to have been exchanged with Lee Yi-kyung, and Lee Yi-kyung sued the rumor spreader, calling it "false information."
Despite such explanations, Lee Yi-kyung left MBC's Hangout With Yoo, on which he was appearing, and decided not to appear on KBS2's The Return of SUPERMAN, which he was scheduled to join. Lee Yi-kyung also posted attack posts about the two programs that recommended he step down and expressed gratitude toward ENA, SBS Plus' I'm SOLO and Brave Detective 4, which believed in him.
Then in December last year, Brave Detective 4 announced Lee Yi-kyung's departure. Brave Detective 4 said, "Actor Lee Yi-kyung, who has played a reliable role as an MC, will be absent from his MC position on Brave Detective 4 for the time being due to personal reasons. Accordingly, over the next several weeks, various guests will appear on Brave Detective 4," and said it would be organized with a guest system through the end of January.
However, Brave Detective 4 reportedly postponed the decision on whether Lee Yi-kyung will leave and drew attention by taking a cautious stance by extending the guest system through February. It is said this decision was made because the investigation results into Lee Yi-kyung's private life controversy have not yet been clearly resolved.
Meanwhile, Lee Yi-kyung will take a global leap by appearing in the Japanese drama Dream Stage on TBS. Dream Stage is a work that depicts the intense bonds of a producer who was expelled from the industry and moves toward a dream together with seven Korean trainees across generations and nationalities, and Lee Yi-kyung is scheduled to play Choi Ki-yong, the head of a large entertainment company that holds K-pop stars.
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