Actor Jung Haein's "Our Sticky Love" interview was canceled.
On the 11th, the Netflix series "Our Sticky Love" (hereinafter "Our Sticky Love") side told OSEN, "The interview with actor Jung Haein scheduled for Friday the 14th has been inevitably canceled," adding, "We ask for your kind understanding."
Originally, the "Our Sticky Love" side planned to invite reporters for one day on the 14th to hold a round interview with lead actors Jung Haein and Ha-young. However, just four days before the interview, on the 10th, the controversy over Ha-young being a descendant of pro-Japanese collaborators spread, dealing a blow to the schedule.
In a promotional video for "Our Sticky Love" released by Netflix, Ha-young boasted, "I heard that my father, grandfather and great-grandfather were doctors. I know they first opened a practice in Hanyang using Western medicine. My older sister is also an internist," and celebrated being from a "fourth-generation medical family." Afterwards, speculation that Ha-young's great-grandfather was a doctor active during Japan's colonial rule and might be An Sang-ho, who is suspected of pro-Japanese actions, arose and caused a stir.
In response, Ha-young's agency, Beasters Entertainment, while acknowledging that the great-grandfather was An Sang-ho, dismissed the pro-Japanese activity allegations as "groundless." But within a day it issued an additional statement saying, "As a result of further confirmation, we have verified that a record actually exists listing teacher An Sang-ho on the 1916 Daijeong Chinmokhoe council member roster. We sincerely apologize for hastily replying 'groundless' without sufficient verification and causing confusion," thus acknowledging the controversy and apologizing.
Ultimately, Netflix canceled Ha-young's "Our Sticky Love" schedule. Moreover, because the interview was set one day before Aug. 15, Liberation Day, it appears Netflix judged that proceeding with the interview amid the pro-Japanese controversy would be inappropriate. In this context, with Jung Haein's interview also canceled, he was unintentionally affected by Ha-young's controversy.
Meanwhile, Netflix made private the promotional video for "Our Sticky Love" that featured Ha-young. Although a second promotional video was scheduled to be uploaded on the 10th after the first video was posted on the 6th, it has not been uploaded so far.<
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