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GS Home Shopping CEO Kim Ho-sung apologized on the 24th for inappropriate remarks related to ‘I want to know’ by Kim Sae-rom, a broadcaster.
Representative Kim Ho-sung made an official position on this afternoon, saying, “I apologize for the broadcast of’Show Me The Trend’.”
CEO Kim Ho-sung said, “During the night of the 23rd, I disappointed customers and viewers with Kim Sae-rom’s inappropriate remarks,” and “GS Home Shopping takes this situation seriously and feels a heavy responsibility.”
He said, “We will temporarily suspend’Show Me The Trend’ in order to be reborn as a broadcast that sympathizes with customers and shares with customers,” he said. “We will check the entire process including the production system so that this does not happen again.”
Earlier, Kim Sae-rom said, “Is it over? Is it not important now?” aiming at SBS’I want to know it’, which airs at the same time during the Dyson Hair Products home shopping broadcast.
The’I want to know that’ side announced the broadcast of the sequel to Jung In in advance, but Sae-Rom Kim apologized to the effect of “I didn’t know that the broadcast dealt with Jeong In-i,” and was caught in a genuine controversy.
Consumers are campaigning to quit GS Home Shopping and Sae-rom Kim in online communities. On the other hand, voices of caution that the interest in the’Jung Ini case’ should be concentrated on the trial of the adoptive parents of Jeong In also broke out.
The following is the full text of GS Home Shopping’s official statement.
We apologize for the broadcast of’Show Me the Trend’ on the night of January 23rd.
During the broadcast on the night of the 23rd, we were disappointed to our customers and viewers due to inappropriate remarks from the performers.
GS Home Shopping takes this situation seriously and feels heavy responsibility.
Accordingly, in order to be reborn as a broadcast that sympathizes with customers, we will decide to temporarily suspend the program and check the entire process including the production system to prevent this from happening again.
Once again, I bow my head to our customers and viewers.
Hosung Kim, CEO of GS Home Shopping
Reporter Lee Mi-na, Hankyung.com [email protected]
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