The scandal that began with the exposure of actor Heo Yi-jae continues. As the netizen investigative team uncovered the identity of the male actor in the reveal, secondary damage occurred, and Heo Yi-jae made a statement one day after the revelation, saying, “Please refrain from witch hunting.”
Heo Yi-jae appeared on the YouTube channel ‘Wayland’ on the 10th and said that he had been subjected to various abuses on set. While continuing the conversation, such as filming a scene in which a middle-aged female actor was slapped on the cheek while wearing a large ring, he told a shocking story that he decided to retire after being abused by a male actor. It was an exposure that a male actor, who is now a married man, forcibly demanded sex from him.
“He was a drama partner, but at first he was nice. I said, ‘Why don’t you contact your brother on your days off?’ I said, ‘I see you every day, but don’t you have time to contact me?’ Then, “The director said, ‘He’s looking at you sexually, but because he doesn’t fall, he’s trying to knock you down, even if it’s scary.'” did. Heo Yi-jae said, “Suddenly, my voice softened and people said, ‘I don’t know what people are saying after watching our drama. It’s not like you and I are lovers.’ I said, ‘I need to sleep,'” he revealed. This was not the end. “‘But you don’t want to do that? So, do your best. Because of you, I can’t concentrate on acting,'” he said, reproducing the situation at the time.
The netizen investigation team came out to expose the shocking content. The male actors with whom Heo Yi-jae worked together in the drama were nominated for ‘Gapjil Male Actor’. Heo Yi-jae said that the male actor is currently married and raising a family, so the ‘candidate’ was again narrowed down to a married male actor. A specific actor was mentioned, and the netizens are swarming without checking the facts. Currently, the actor has not responded to the scandal and the comments from netizens.
As the scandal grew, Heo Yi-jae announced his position on the 11th, one day after the revelation. Through the same YouTube channel comment window, ‘I read all the comments with fear, but reading it was rather healing. I’m really grateful.” He said, “The event that triggered my retirement for a long time was a huge trauma for me, and I was in agony whenever I thought of it. As I get older day by day, I think that if I could go back to that time, I would have the courage to face it instead of just standing there crying. And surely there must have been some shortcomings of mine at the time.” He continued, “But I’m proud that I’ve never done anything disrespectful as a junior,” he said.
Born in 1987, Heo Yi-jae is an actor who debuted in 2000 with the movie ‘Dacapo’. He received attention as ‘Post Kim Tae-hee’ through the MBC drama ‘Gung S’ (2007) and the movie ‘Sunflower’ (2006), which he starred in. She appeared in the KBS 2TV drama ‘Single Papa is in Love’ (2008), the movie ‘Mean Street’ (2006), and ‘Girl Friends’ (2009).
Reporter Park Jeong-sun, Entertainment News Team park.jungsun@jtbc.co.kr (Content Business Headquarters)
