Group Jam alumnus restaurateur Hwang Hyun-min resurfaced the brawl from 17 years ago between actor Bae Jung-nam and Marco.
On the 17th, Hwang Hyun-min wrote on his social account, "This guy is a leftist who supports Cho Kuk, and did you know I was the CEO of the agency that Marco belonged to when he appeared on We Got Married?" as he spoke about Bae Jung-nam.
Hwang Hyun-min said, "When Marco was appearing with Son Dam-bi as a married couple on We Got Married and was at the height of his popularity, I beat up Bae Jung-nam at a club and paid a settlement of 20 million won out of my own pocket. When I think about how hard I ran around to keep the article from coming out, I still want to beat both of those guys to death. The anecdote about the night he was hit, when someone brought Busan gangsters asking to kill Marco… Marco and I went out together and dealt with them," he added.
The brawl between Bae Jung-nam and Marco that Hwang Hyun-min mentioned is a rumor that surfaced in 2009, saying Marco and Bae Jung-nam fought, the fight ended when nearby foreigners and staff intervened, but the result was Bae Jung-nam's crushing defeat.
Bae Jung-nam explained about it after about eight years. He appeared on Radio Star and said, "One day in 2009 I went to a club and heard Marco hyung was on another floor. I went to greet him, but Marco hyung told me to sit for a moment, and while I was sitting one of his party looked at me with a displeased expression."
Bae Jung-nam said, "They were Marco hyung's party, but one of them seemed to be a Korean-American friend Marco didn't know well. He suddenly hit me and ran away, then later came back and apologized. Suddenly, five months later, an absurd video that didn't even show my face was passed off as mine and circulated. It spread as if it had happened yesterday. I didn't explain because I was worried it would harm hyung, so I left it as it was. After that my work all stopped and my endorsements all ended. It happened because I tried to protect him," he said.
After Bae Jung-nam's explanation, Marco also appeared on Video Star and said, "This happened between Bae Jung-nam and another acquaintance of mine. However, I wasn't drinking much at the time. I also hadn't been at the club long after arriving. The two of them were talking. I was talking with other people when the incident happened," and he cleared up the misunderstanding by making an on-the-spot phone call with Bae Jung-nam.
The brawl that had been closed about 10 years ago with explanations from Bae Jung-nam and Marco unexpectedly surfaced again due to Hwang Hyun-min's mention. But it should be noted that Hwang Hyun-min's account is a one-sided claim that has not been independently verified.
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