On April 26 airing of KBS 2TV's 'GAG Concert,' viewers were confused when there was a brief moment of silence during a popular segment titled, 'This or That.' Though some viewers might have brushed it off as an error or malfunctioning of their television set, fans of Junsu caught that the show had actually muted out the idol's name for the airing.
During the segment, comedian Park Sung Ho sang comedically, "Male celebrities, when they play soccer, Minho is manly and (Xiah) Junsu is cool, but Lee Duk Hwa is reverse."
Though live audiences were able to hear the full verse, audiences at home who were watching the show on television only heard a faint sound that was barely made out as Junsu. Only when they caught a glimpse of Junsu's picture that the comedian was holding up were viewers able to tell that he was talking about the idol.
Following the airing, fans of Junsu expressed their discontent and complaint through viewer forums of the show, writing, "To both the singer and fans, this is unpleasant!!! You should apologize," "It's not like (Xiah) Junsu is a criminal or anything," and "What did he do so wrong that his name was muted? I am so confused."
According to the most recent report, there were about 50 complaint posts on the viewers' forum.
In response to the complaints, producer of 'Gag Concert' later explained to Star News, "We thought that using the name 'Xiah Junsu' would hurt his fans more so we muted 'Xiah,' but it caused even more misunderstanding. While editing, since Junsu was promoting not under the name 'Xiah Junsu' but under 'XIA' or 'Kim Junsu,' we thought that it would cause harm to his fans. On the airing, we didn't mute out the name 'Xiah Junsu' as a whole, but we were being considerate of his current promotional name and muted out 'Xiah.'"
Check out the problematic segment from 'Gag Concert' below.
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