Controversial Korean actress Seo Ye-ji, 31, star of “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay,” received the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards’ Tiktok Popularity Award and her company mentioned her attendance at the ceremony is under discussion.
Seo Ye-ji was chosen by followers as No. 1 within the Tiktok Popularity Award’s feminine class with 789,170 votes. “Start-Up” star Kim Seon-ho received the award within the male class with 1.3 million votes.
The 57th Baeksang Arts Awards will likely be held on May 13 and Goldmedalist, Seo Ye-ji’s company, advised Korean media that there was no ultimate determination but if she’s going to attend the occasion. Seo Ye-ji can be nominated for finest actress for “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay.”
Some Koreans have been shocked that she received the recognition award amid the controversies she is going through.
“I wager it’s all of the overseas followers who watched ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ and voted for her with out understanding any of her scandals occurring,” one commented on an article about her profitable, in accordance with Netizen Buzz.
Another posted, “I doubt it’s often because she’s in style. The votes are most likely half from foreigners who do not know what’s occurring and half from people who find themselves making an attempt to see if she’ll be a no-show at the Baeksang too.”
Seo Ye-ji has been out of the general public eye since final month after Korean leisure information web site Dispatch revealed a report on April 12 that accused her of manipulating and controlling actor and former boyfriend Kim Jung-hyun when he was filming the drama “Time” in 2018.
The information article acknowledged that she advised Kim Jung-hyun, who was her boyfriend at the time, to not movie scenes involving “skinship,” or bodily contact, and romance along with her co-star Seohyun, member of Okay-pop group Girls’ Generation, and to vary the script.
In certainly one of their KakaoTalk message exchanges, Kim Jung-hyun advised Seo Ye-ji, “I hold studying the script. I’m not doing anything.”
“Correct it nicely so there isn’t any romance. You are comfortable due to me. So make me happier,” Seo Ye-ji advised the actor. The report acknowledged that from episodes 5 to 12 of “Time,” the script had 13 skinship scenes however none of them made it to the airing.
As a consequence, she didn’t attend the press convention and media presentation for her film “Recalled” that was held on April 13.
In addition, different accusations have been hurled in opposition to her together with mistreatment of workers, faculty violence and mendacity about her tutorial background.
In an announcement issued by Goldmedalist relating to the Dispatch report, Seo Ye-ji admitted that she and Kim Jung-hyun grew to become lovers. Seo Ye-ji additionally refuted the allegations and blamed Kim Jung-hyun.
“As a results of checking with Kim Jung-hyun, it was clearly confirmed that the drama-related controversy was not brought on by Seo Ye-ji, and he expressed his intention to subject his place about it,” mentioned Goldmedalist.
About the problem that Seo Ye-ji manipulated Kim Jung-hyun through the filming of “Time,” Goldmedalist mentioned, “It is tough to grasp by frequent sense the controversial report that the principle actor of the drama would act as he’s advised by somebody with out his personal free will. It is virtually unattainable for an actor to behave and movie with none will.”
Regarding the revealed KakaoTalk messages between Seo Ye-ji and Kim Jung-hyun, the company mentioned, “It was not proven within the launched dialog however there was a dialog that Kim Jung-hyun additionally requested Seo Ye-ji, who was filming one other drama, to not movie kiss scenes and many others. In response, Seo Ye-ji advised him, ‘Then you don’t both’ as a part of conversations between lovers exhibiting jealousy about skinship with others.”
Goldmedalist described it as mere “lovers’ quarrel.”
“This might be seen as a typical lovers’ quarrel between actors who’re lovers within the business. However, all actors movie usually, setting apart their lovers’ quarrel. We assume Kim Jung-hyun should have had different inevitable private circumstances too,” it mentioned.
With the controversies, Seo Ye-ji confronted backlash from corporations whose merchandise she has endorsed together with a well being care complement, face masks, cosmetics and eyewear. The corporations both deleted her advert photographs or turned YouTube movies that includes her to personal.
Recently, Goldmedalist and CJ ENM introduced that Seo Ye-ji determined to not star within the drama “Island” and the manufacturing crew is discovering her substitute.
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