According to Allkpop, on December 30, Park Sung Hoon posted on his personal Instagram account an AV (adult film) cover photo inspired by the Netflix series “Squid Game”. In the photo, the adult actors are dressed like the “Squid Game” characters but in a revealing, offensive style.
Park Sung Hoon immediately deleted the image, but it quickly spread online and caused a huge controversy.
Some netizens speculate that Park Sung Hoon's account may have been hacked.
The rest, the majority of the audience criticized this behavior of the actor. Especially in the context of Korea holding a 7-day national mourning (from December 29), after the Jeju Air plane crash tragedy that killed 179 people. Any unusual action of a celebrity is easily condemned.
On the same afternoon, Park Sung Hoon's management company BH Entertainment explained: "Park Sung Hoon received a large number of direct messages on his social media. While checking, he accidentally uploaded the image.
The actor himself was shocked and felt regretful for making a mistake, especially in this situation. He will be more careful in the future to ensure this does not happen again.”
However, many people think that this explanation is unreasonable, because the mechanism for posting photos in story mode on Instagram requires several steps, so it is difficult to "accidentally" post the image directly. In addition, according to the way it is displayed, it is likely that this is a photo that Park Sung Hoon saved in his device.
The audience expressed their disappointment with the actor born in 1985. On X (or Twitter), many posts pointed out that Park Sung Hoon's behavior "darkened" the scandals of the male actors in "Squid Game 2". Previously, Lee Jung Jae, Lee Byung Hun, T.O.P, Song Young Chang were involved in scandals about personality, ethics and even the law.
A discussion post on the online community theqoo with more than 65,000 views on the evening of December 30 also recorded hundreds of comments criticizing Park Sung Hoon.
Notably, the post expressed concern about the next film project that Park Sung Hoon will star in with YoonA (SNSD) - "The Tyrant's Chef". The film is directed by famous director Jang Tae Yoo, who has made many hit films such as "My Love from the Star" and "Flowers Bloom at Night".
Korean netizens left many comments “defending YoonA” and asking the producer to change the male lead.
Park Sung Hoon is currently gaining attention for taking on the role of Hyun Ju in "Squid Game 2", a transgender woman who participates in a competition to earn money for sex reassignment surgery.
