Former T-ara member Ryu Hwayoung has once again voiced her thoughts about past controversy.
Earlier in November, sisters Ryu Hwayoung and Ryu Hyoyoung took to Instagram to refute their former CEO and MBK Entertainment founder Kim Kwang Soo’s remarks about the past T-ara controversy from over 10 years ago.
On November 18, Ryu Hwayoung made an additional post to further share her stance regarding the controversy:
This is former T-ara member Hwayoung.
I sincerely apologize to the public for unintentionally causing fatigue with the “T-ara bullying” incident that has caused commotion recently.
For the past 12 years, my family and I have endured false information, numerous speculations, excessive malicious comments, baseless blind criticism, threats, and harassment. We have watched and endured this with heavy hearts, but I can no longer remain silent. I had no choice but to post my statement on Instagram, and I ask for your understanding.
After posting my statement on Instagram last week, I waited for their sincere apology more than anything. However, I have decided not to expect anything from CEO Kim Kwang Soo and the T-ara members, who have not made any statements so far.
However, I find solace in the fact that my sister and I were able to speak the truth and free ourselves from numerous misunderstandings and false accusations.
Regarding this, I have decided to post a long explanation as I believe additional clarification is necessary.
First, the reason my sister sent a text message to Areum was that, at that time, I cherished and took care of the new member Areum like a younger sister. However, I was hurt by various instances of the T-ara members and Areum driving a wedge, and I contacted my sister telling her that I was upset. My sister then sent a message to Areum. Although my sister and Areum personally apologized to each other and reconciled years ago, CEO Kim Kwang Soo publicly broadcasted my sister’s text message without accurately confirming the facts, using it maliciously for personal gain, causing mental harm to me, my sister, and Areum once again. This is defamation based on facts.
Second, CEO Kim Kwang Soo neglected the fact that I was already an outcast. I remember living in the living room without a room in the dorm because everyone refused to be my roommate, and the T-ara bullying incident, including numerous amounts of verbal abuse, criticism, and assault, remains my biggest wound.
Third, the shampoo comment by T-ara stylist Kim Woo Ri, who is close to CEO Kim Kwang Soo.
I want to correct the content of the malicious comments I am still suffering from.
At that time, Kim Woo Ri appeared on a past entertainment show, pretending to know everything as if he was a staff member directly in charge of T-ara and fabricated stories to slander me. Kim Woo Ri was in charge of T-ara’s styling due to his connection with CEO Kim Kwang Soo. However, when I joined, he was not the stylist in charge of T-ara. I have never met or spoken to Kim Woo Ri. His appearance on an entertainment show, where he mentioned that I said, “Shampoo~ Let’s go,” to a hair salon staff, implying I had a personality problem, and his statement that “the new member has no manners or discipline, and I can firmly speak about the T-ara [controversy]” are all lies.
To accurately convey the facts, I have never been to the hair salon Kim Woo Ri mentioned, nor do I know the person he interviewed. It was a scripted video, and this is also clear defamation.
After I clarified on Instagram that this was not true, Kim Woo Ri irresponsibly shifted the blame for his lies onto the broadcasting company’s “evil editing.” While Kim Woo Ri might think “if not, then never mind,” I am still receiving pain and suffering from numerous malicious comments due to his “shampoo comment.”
I believe bullying is no different from murder in our society.
My sister and I do not wish for anything more. We just want to forget this incident. I do not know why CEO Kim Kwang Soo is bringing this issue to public attention again. I only want to convey the truth to prevent further speculation and malicious comments.
Even if it’s for our sake, we will forgive and understand CEO Kim Kwang Soo and the T-ara members and live with more effort to recover from the wounds we received.
For the sake of my family and myself, I will take more resolute legal action against the spread of false information and malicious comments, including on YouTube.
Thank you for reading this long post.
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