On April 25, Min Hee Jin held an emergency press conference at the Korea Conference Center to refute HYBE's claims about the latest feud with ADOR.
During the press conference, Min Hee Jin became emotional while defending her stance. Despite the formal setting of the event, she employed inappropriate language, using terms like 'Shibal' (a strong profanity equivalent to 'f***'), 'Gaejuhssi' (a derogatory term for an older man), 'Yangachi' (a derogatory term for a thug), and other explicit expressions.
After Min Hee Jin's emotional press conference, Korean netizens were divided as some criticized the ADOR CEO for her emotional outburst and use of profanity while some supported her courage to face the issue head-on.
Additionally, many felt sympathy after one netizen highlighted Min Hee Jin's argument regarding the rumors that Min Hee Jin left Source Music because she wanted to plan a girl group on her own.
The netizen shared, "NewJeans was the first girl group that HYBE was supposed to launch that's why the members were gathered, but then (HYBE) CEO Park Ji Won came and notified them that a girl group will debut first with Sakura and Chae Won... That's why Min Hee Jin said she was going to leave the company and NewJeans were pushed back... That's the beginning of the feud."
The netizen elaborated, "That's why Min Hee Jin cursed but then HYBE executives came and grabbed her. That's how NewJeans was made. The members felt anxious too... that they might not debut because they were pushed back... On top of that, Park Ji Won came and said that they needed to make people think LE SSERAFIM was Min Hee Jin's group so don't promote NewJeans... Bang Si Hyuk also supposedly sent a message to her saying 'You happy that NewJeans entered HOT 100? Why are you smiling? Are you enjoying this?' through Kakaotalk. She fought with them because they won't promote NewJeans. So Min Hee Jin went on 'You Quiz' because Park Ji Won and Bang Si Hyuk wouldn't promote New Jeans."
Korean netizens commented:
"If this is true, I can understand why she's getting so emotional."
"I get why she's so pissed. She basically held back everything and now it exploded."
"I feel so bad for her."
"So after all that they were using the media to make her look bad and then kick her out of the company."
"If this is true, I would be so pissed too."
"Wow, I understand why she's saying all these things."
"She must feel so unjust if all this is true."
"I get it but she still tried to commit a crime."
"So this was the start of all this."
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