Group Espa member Karina (Yoo Ji-min) posted a handwritten apology as backlash from fans intensified after admitting to being in a romantic relationship with actor Lee Jae-wook. Previously, Karina acknowledged her romantic relationship with Lee Jae-wook on the 27th of last month. The two reportedly met for the first time at a fashion show in Milan, Italy last January and developed into a romantic relationship.
Espa fans who heard the news of Karina and Lee Jae-wook’s romantic relationship left comments such as “Is the love you give me not enough?”, “Why did you decide to betray your fans?”, “Rather than feeling sorry for your fans, you should feel sorry for yourself for working hard for 7 years.” They prepared a truck with the phrase written on it and staged a protest.
He also warned fans, “If you don’t apologize, you’ll see lower album sales and empty concert seats.”
In response, on the 5th, Karina expressed her regrets, saying, “I’m sorry for surprising you, and I’m sorry for my (Aespa’s official fandom), who must have been very surprised, so I’m sorry, so I’m late.”
He added, “I know how disappointed my friends who have supported me must have been and how upset they are as they recall the stories we shared together. I feel even more sorry because I know how they feel.”
“I am writing this letter in the hope that this feeling will be conveyed even a little,” he said. “The reason I am writing this despite the worry that I may be hurt again is because of my fans who have given me the warmest winter since the moment I debuted.” “It’s because I wanted to convey my sincere apologies to people,” he explained.
Lastly, Karina said, “I want to make up for the hurt my children have suffered in the future. I have always been sincere to them, and they are still a very precious person to me. This is a short post, if not short enough to express all my feelings, but thank you for reading and in the future. “I want to show my people that I am more mature and work harder without disappointing them. Please watch over me,” he concluded.
Meanwhile, Lee Jae-wook debuted in the 2018 drama ‘Memories of the Alhambra’. Afterwards, he appeared in ‘Enter your search term WWW’, ‘Extraordinarily I Found You’, ‘Hwanmoon’, and ‘Lee Jae, I’m Dying Soon’. He is currently appearing in the Disney+ original series ‘Royal Lauder’.
Karina debuted with the group Espa in November 2020. She has hit songs such as ‘Next Level’, ‘Black Mamba’, and ‘Savage’.
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