Recently, the video posted on ŌĆ£MIJOO PICKCHUŌĆØ YouTube channel in June stirred up a heated debate on online communities. At the time, Mijoo met with people in Seoul Forest and made some inappropriate remarks during her conversations with a male college student. During their conversation, Mijoo found out that the student had a girlfriend, and suddenly asked, ŌĆ£You have a girlfriend? How far did you guys go? How long you two been together?ŌĆØ He answered, ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve been dating about 200 days,ŌĆØ and Mijoo started making ŌĆ£sexualŌĆØ remarks, saying, ŌĆ£You guys went till the end. No doubt.ŌĆØ When he added, ŌĆ£We only kissed. ThatŌĆÖs all,ŌĆØ Mijoo looked up and down at him, saying, ŌĆ£DonŌĆÖt be ridiculous. Are you even a man?ŌĆØ This conversation became controversial, where some people pointed out what she did is, in fact, sexual harassment, whereas some pointed out that it was just for fun. However, as the controversy only grew more, Mijoo and ŌĆ£MIJOO PICKCHUŌĆØ production team officially wrote their apologies. The production team wrote, ŌĆ£We apologize to the citizen who must have been hurt by the careless scene and to all the viewers who loved ŌĆśMIJOO PICKCHUŌĆÖ for causing you concerns.ŌĆØ They added, ŌĆ£We have personally apologized to the student and would like to apologize once again. The video has been deleted. We will pay more careful attention to prevent such problems from happening again in the future. WeŌĆÖre truly sorry.ŌĆØ An official from MijooŌĆÖs label Woollim Entertainment said, ŌĆ£We will pay more attention to what the artists say and do.ŌĆØ Source (1)
