Many have sided with Yewon and called out Lee Tae Im for being overly-sensitive, while just as many or maybe even more have also criticized Yewon for staying quiet about what really happened and speaking informally in the first place. There were also questions about why Star Empire was remaining silent, and the agency has now come out with an official apology.
Star Empire released the following statement on March 31:
"Hello, this is Star Empire Entertainment. This is our official statement regarding what happened on the set of MBC's 'Tutoring Across Generations' on February 24. Firstly, we apologize for causing worry to those who love and care for Yewon and Lee Tae Im.
Star Empire Entertainment should take a large amount of responsibility for this recent situation for making a hasty response without hearing Yewon's personal account of what happened accurately and only relying on the context of related people on set.
We made our judgement based on the sentiment of the surrounding people, and we deeply apologize to both Yewon and Lee Tae Im's side for causing harm. In the future, we'll try to take a more careful approach to sensitive situations. Yewon herself has also promised to do her best to become more mature through this recent occurrence.
Please understand our late response, and we once again apologize with heads bowed to those who love Lee Tae Im as well as both parties."
Lee Tae Im's side has also responded, stating, "Lee Tae Im is currently in her hometown, so we haven't spoken to her about the contents of the official apology. However, we contacted her on the weekend, and she expressed that it was regrettable that the footage was leaked. She felt apologetic that the leaked footage seemed like it caused harm to Yewon... She also finds it regrettable that there are so many parodies being made. We don't think that Lee Tae Im will add anything more to Yewon's apology."
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