Kim Hyun-woo, starring in’Heart Signal 2’and gathering popularity
Kim Hyun-woo controversial over habitual drunk driving
“I couldn’t contact people”
/Photo=Channel A’Friends’ video capture
Kim Hyun-woo, who has been controversial over the allegations of habitual drunk driving and extortion of money and goods, is controversial after appearing on the broadcast.
In the channel A entertainment program’Friends’, which aired on the 3rd, Kim Hyun-woo appeared and revealed her daily life. Kim Hyun-woo drew attention by saying, “There was something bad personally,” and “I couldn’t contact people.”
Kim Hyun-woo appeared as a handsome chef from the magazine editor on Channel A’Heart Signal 2′, which was broadcasted in 2018 popularly, captivating women’s hearts. Among the men who appeared at the time, it was the most popular and showed off the same influence as celebrities. The restaurant in Itaewon, run by Kim Hyun-woo, has become a tourist attraction that you have to line up to visit.
However, it was later known that he was caught drunk driving while appearing in’Heart Signal 2′, and continued to participate in filming afterwards. Kim Hyun-woo was caught in a drinking crackdown near Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, around 3 am on April 22, 2018, and the blood alcohol concentration at that time exceeded the level of license cancellation, and was intoxicated with 0.238%. After that, on September 20, 2018, he was sentenced to a fine of 10 million won.
The problem is that it wasn’t the first time drunk driving at the time. On November 28, 2012, he was fined 4 million won, and on April 30, 2013, he was fined 8 million won for drunk driving. Three times fined for drunk driving alone. At that time, Kim Hyun-woo was known to have appointed nine large law firm attorneys, and attracted attention.
In particular, the punishment has been strengthened recently, seeing drunk driving as an’attempt to kill’. The amendment to the road traffic law related to drunk driving, also known as the’Yoon Chang-ho Act’, passed the National Assembly on November 29, 2018, and took effect on June 25, 2019. In the event of an accident or the death of a victim due to drunk driving, life imprisonment is possible.
In addition, Kim Hyun-woo held a one-person protest, claiming that a woman who claimed to be her ex-lover had been extorted by him. Kim Hyun-woo’s side explained through a media that “the woman was dating for a while 5 years ago, but extortion of money and goods is not true,” but Koo Seol-soo continued.
/Photo = Channel A’Heart Signal 2′
‘Friends’ was a program with the concept of a glimpse of the relationship unfolding by making friends regardless of the season of the’Heart Signal’ series, which was a popular dating reality program. However, it is pointed out that “even if you didn’t know during the broadcast, there is a ruling that was released after the broadcast, but I don’t know what the production crew is thinking” about the reappearance of the performer who was a problem due to the program’s criticism.
In addition, there is a lot of debate about Kim Hyun-woo’s dismissing as a “personal bad thing” without embarrassment or reflection on drunk driving, which is a felony crime.
Along with this, noise surrounding’Friends’ continues to flow, such as the appearance of a new member Lee Ki-hoon that does not fit the program concept. It’s time to see if’Friends’, which I thought would be able to get a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes and charm of the cast of’Heart Signal’ beyond the season, could meet the expectations of viewers again.
Reporter Kim So-yeon, Hankyung.com [email protected]
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