[theqoo] [EXCLUSIVE] FIFTY FIFTY BOYCOTTING "SBS INKIGAYO" BY NOT ATTENDING... "HONOR AND PRIDE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY"

The girl group FIFTY FIFTY, which has resumed activities as a five-member group, has confirmed that they will not appear on SBS's "Inkigayo."

After releasing their second mini-album "Love Tune" on the 20th, Fifty Fifty appeared on Mnet's "M Countdown" on the 26th and KBS 2TV's "Music Bank" on the 27th. They will perform on MBC's "Show! Music Core" on the 28th, but will not participate in SBS's "Inkigayo" airing on the 29th. This is a protest against SBS's failure to officially apologize despite receiving a severe penalty from the Korea Communications Standards Commission for biased broadcasting during last year's tempering allegations related to the current affairs program "I Want to Know." Essentially, they are "boycotting" SBS until there is an official apology. A boycott refers to organized collective actions against unfair practices in various fields, including politics, economics, society, labor, entertainment, and sports.

The CEO of FIFTY FIFTY's agency, Attrakt, Jeon Hong-jun, stated on the 28th to The Cultural Daily, “I will speak clearly,” and continued, “Even if entertainment and current affairs are different, ‘I Want to Know’ made a huge mistake regarding Attrakt and me, Jeon Hong-jun.” He added, “People around me say, ‘Since entertainment and current affairs are different, why not participate for promotional reasons?’ I don’t care about publicity. Sometimes, honor and pride are much more important than money.”

After the controversy arose, “I Want to Know” eventually deleted the relevant broadcast segment and admitted its mistake. The Korea Communications Standards Commission also issued a “warning” sanction. However, since then, the production team of “I Want to Know” has not contacted or apologized to Attrakt or CEO Jeon.

Jeon stated, “There has been no contact at all. Having been in the broadcasting industry for 30 years, I received indirect messages from PDs I know saying they would arrange a meeting. I told them, ‘Instead of planning an unofficial apology, make an official one. That’s how my pride will be restored. How can I accept this after you’ve attacked me while I was doing nothing?’” He expressed, “It’s extremely unfair that they have not given any official apology to date after attacking a passerby. Just because they are a powerful group or a broadcasting station, it doesn’t mean they can act however they want."

Rumor has it that the ‘Inkigayo’ production team is also troubled by this situation. However, since FIFTY FIFTY has not made an official request to appear, it is not easy for ‘Inkigayo’ to request participation as well.

CEO Jeon said, “Through my manager, I said, ‘Don’t even bring them a CD.’ There are two types of death. One is physical death, and the other is economic death. These are the people who drove me to economic death,” he said. “It's common sense. If there is no apology or action, how can I get out of there?” he asked.

source: https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/021/0002662402

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1. That CEO is so confident and cool... Me too, after that episode, I've stopped watching I Want To Know

2. If you think about it, the appearance fee is 50,000 won, but you'll end up spending way more on hair and makeup, so what's the cost-benefit ratio? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It's not like there's only Inkigayo out there as music shows

3. They're legendary for not apologizing, FIFTY, I support you

4. I'm supporting them, I hope SBS can reflect

5. What a cool person ㅠㅠㅠ I'm supporting him

6. I hope I Want To Know stops speaking on the entertainment industry

7. I can understand him, I wouldn't go on Inkigayo after what I Want to Know did either.

8. I Want to Know are just good at pretending they know when they don't know anything ㅋㅋ

9. Hes' so cool, it's not easy to do something like that, but even harder to put it into practice

10. They never apologized???

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