Recently, actress Lee Se-young and actor Choi Min-soo, who took over her on-screen father’s role in the new K-drama “Motel California,” appeared together at the drama’s press conference.
However, a video of this press conference, in which Lee Se-young and Choi Min-soo pose together, sparked negative reactions.
Notably, the video shows Choi Min-soo rubbing Lee Se-young’s arm between camera flashes, and then making several cute poses with the actress. Seeing this, some fans accused Choi Min-soo’s action of being inappropriate and making Lee Se-young uncomfortable, and many even said that Choi Min-soo was basically sexually assaulting Lee Se-young.
However, others argued otherwise, claiming that the context was Choi Min-soo joking to calm down Lee Se-young from intense nervousness. These people also criticized those who take things out of context, saying they should not rush to accuse people of serious charges such as sexual assault.
Below are some comments from netizens:
- Lee Se-young looks really uncomfortable
- What’s wrong with that old man who keeps squeezing and rubbing Lee Se-young?
- It sounds like sexual harassment
- It’s not uncomfortable. In fact, she spoke very highly of him in an interview, saying that she is very proud to work with him even though they only filmed a few scenes together because his on-screen character is mostly distant from his father according to the script.
- She said in an interview that he was like her real father on set. It seems like he was trying to ease her tension with his cheerful manner.
- Please do not accuse Choi Min-soo, who is a family man, of such nefarious statements
- You have to watch the entire video. Choi Min-soo was joking because Se-young was shaking because she was too nervous. Se-young even joked.
