K-netizens react to the irony that 'The Glory' director Ahn Gil Ho is facing bullying allegations

On March 10, The Glory' director Ahn Gil Ho was accused of being a school bully.

According to reports, the netizen alleged Ahn Gil Ho's bullied him during their middle school years around 1996 when the director was a high school senior in the Philippines. The director was allegedly dating another middle schooler at the time when the netizen and their friends made fun of his girlfriend. Ahn Gil Ho then told his friends to bring the netizen and their friends to him and assaulted them.

The alleged victim claimed that about ten kids, including Ahn Gil Ho, had beat him up. The victim also claimed that Ahn Gil Ho asked his seniors to assault the victim's friend as well.

The netizen, who currently lives in America, concluded, "If Director Ahn denies it, I'll provide you with testimonies from my friends who were assaulted with me. If he denies it and takes legal action, I'll also respond actively. He's shameless."

However, other Korean netizens are reacting differently from what was expected. Many netizens doubt that the director was an actual bully because this incident seemed like a one-time happening. Additionally, netizens pointed out that the director only beat up the alleged victim because the alleged victim made fun of the director's girlfriend first.

Netizens commented, "To be honest, he was just fighting back for his girlfriend because she was being picked on. So, I don't know I would call that bullying," "Isn't this ironic?," "But then bullying is if he picks on you constantly. This sounds like it was one time and he did it because that guy was making fun of his girlfriend," "An alleged bully is in charge of a drama about bullying? He's perfect for the job!," "Is this called school bullying though? Bullying is when people pick on you and give you a hard time for no reason for a lengthy period of time. But this was to teach the people making fun of his girlfriend a lesson," "Well, the alleged victim said they were picking on the director's girlfriend so the victim deserved to be beaten," "Sounds like the 'victim' just got educated for his actions," "I think the director was retaliating against this 'so-called' victim who is actually like Park Yeon Jin, who was the bully."