After 6 years, this sitcom still leaves its mark in the minds of the audience, but it’s not the best. The three male protagonists who appeared in the two seasons of this series were all involved in serious scandals.
Kim Jung Hyun
Kim Jung Hyun plays Kang Dong Gu, a man who wishes to become a director, as part of the first season’s male lead trio. Even though this character’s character is a bit short-tempered, he is a person full of emotions and always knows how to take care of others. Kim Jung Hyun’s role in Welcome to Waikiki helped him make a strong impression on audiences.
Thanks to the success of the successful films in which he participated such as “Shock landing on you” OR “Mr. Queen.” However, the controversy was about his bad attitude towards his co-star Seohyun at the press conference for the 2018 drama Time was unearthed. Then, the story took another direction when the public discovered that his girlfriend, the famous actress Seo Ye Jithey had manipulated him psychologically Jung Hyunleading to his rude actions towards Seohyun.
Although he wrote a letter of apology, the public reaction towards him has not yet been positive. Kim Jung Hyun He has good acting ability and has a lot of potential, but he ruined his future career.
In 2024, Kim Jung-hyun decided to appear in KBS2’s new weekend drama “Iron Family” (written by Seo Suk-hyang, directed by Sung Joon-hae).
“Iron Family” is a work that portrays the warm love and intense conflicts between family members, providing an opportunity to reconsider the meaning of “family” in modern society. Kim Jung-hyun will take over the role of Seo Kang-joo. The goal is to broadcast in September as a follow-up to “Beauty and Mr. Romantic.”
Kim Seon Ho
In season 2, Kim Seon Ho he played a role called Cha U Sik. This character is a high school classmate of the male protagonist played by Lee Yi Kyung. Welcome to Waikiki season 2 is one of two projects with the participation of Kim Seon Ho in 2019, in addition to the work “Capture the ghost” in collaboration with “national sister” Luna Geun Young.
In recent days, while gradually becoming a major league star, Kim Seon Ho he was involved in a serious scandal that ruined his image and career. After many days of silence, he wrote a letter of apology and confirmed that he was the actor “K” in the post of the girl who claims to be his ex-lover. Actor “K” in the girl’s post there is an irresponsible person in love and above all her personality in real life is completely different from the image constructed on TV.
Kim Seon HoThe scandal is much more serious than that Kim Jung Hyun’yes, not only because it is more famous, but also the gravity of this is on another level. His rising career was ruined. He also had to withdraw from the variety show he was participating in and from many future projects.
In 2024, Suzy was cast as the female lead in “Hypnosis”, Kim Seon-ho was considered for the role opposite her. Kim Seon-ho is expected to play the character of Yoon I-ho, the main character and painter, alongside Suzy.
Kim Seon-ho and Suzy previously worked together in the 2020 tvN drama “Start-Up”.
Son Seung won
But the scandal of the two actors mentioned above is nothing compared to what Son Seung Won caused in the first season of Bong Doo Shik. In late 2018, Son Seung Won was revealed to have caused an accident while driving in traffic. The public was even more angry because his driving license had been confiscated earlier.
This mistake caused Son Seung Won to receive an 18-month fine announced in April 2019. This is considered the end of the acting career of this male star born in 1990. He was released in May 2020 and has appeared periodically on his personal accounts on social media. The public, however, has yet to accept his return. Son Seung Won’s career now seems irreversible, even if a miracle were to occur.
Although Son Seung Won’s career is no longer redeemable, Kim Jung Hyun and Kim Seon Ho still have a chance to return.
