SEOUL – South Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo's agency has denied recent accusations that she was bullied at school, calling the rumors groundless and vowing to take legal action.
“We checked with Ms. Chung and her acquaintances and found out that (the rumors) in the online posts are completely untrue. We will take legal action to protect her,” she said. agency andmark said in an April 4 statement.
The controversy began on April 3, when an anonymous post surfaced on South Korean workplace community app Blind alleging that Chung was a bully in middle school.
The person who posted this post said that 29-year-old Jeong, who appeared in the popular Netflix series “Money Heist: South Korea – Joint Economic Zone” (2022), “frequently steals other children's gym clothes and uniforms. , and snatching them.''
The author added, “Just seeing Chung's face brings back those unpleasant memories.''
of Star He is currently headlining the romantic comedy series Wedding Impossible, which is currently streaming on Prime Video. She rose to fame in the acclaimed 2018 psychological thriller Burning, co-starring Yoo Ah In and Steven Yeun, and garnered rave reviews for her role in the sci-fi thriller The Call (2020). She won the Best Actress Award at the Arts Awards.
She is the latest Korean artist to be plagued by the return of her alleged past.
On April 1st, the bullying accusations against actress Song Ha Yoon became a hot topic. Her agency initially denied her accusations, but confirmed on April 2 that she had been forced to transfer to another school “in connection with an incident of school violence.”