Singer Han Dong Geun accused of sexual harassment against MAMAMOO Solar

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Many MAMAMOO fans and netizens have become enraged after hearing about an incident that occurred during the recording of a show involving Solar, Han Dong Geun, and Sung Si Kyung.

According to a netizen who was present at the September 13th filming and recording of MBC‘s Duet Song Festival, many people in the audience felt disturbed when the host of the show, artist Sung Si Kyung, and weekly guest, artist Han Dong Geun, made a sudden and irrelevant sexual remark towards MAMAMOO’s Solar.

The netizen who initially posted about the incident took to their own Twitter handle to write about their firsthand account of the situation, which is seen below.

Initial tweet regarding the MBC Duet Song Festival incident by the netizen who was at the recording. / via Pann
Initial tweet regarding the MBC Duet Song Festival incident by the netizen who was at the recording. / via Instiz
Initial tweet regarding the MBC Duet Song Festival incident by the netizen who was at the recording. / via Pann
Initial tweet regarding the MBC Duet Song Festival incident by the netizen who was at the recording. / via Pann

The first tweet reads, “During the filming of the Duet Song Festival stage performances, they all took a short break so several of the celebrity cast members including Solar all went to the restroom and returned. As Solar was returning, Yoo Sae Yoon (one of the show hosts) said to her that her smile was really pretty and that it reminded him of a foreign actress. When Sung Si Kyung asked him who that actress was, Yoo Sae Yoon said he couldn’t remember the name.”

Subsequently, the second and third tweets read, “Then Han Dong Geun called out saying Solar looks like the actress from the first Transformers movie, but he couldn’t remember the name either. When someone else asked if it was Megan Fox, the rest of the cast members all disagreed and thought he was strange for thinking that. But then Sung Si Kyung asked Han Dong Geun, ‘Why are you only attracted to erotic women?’ in which Han Dong Geun then stared at Solar and said, ‘Well, she does give off an erotic vibe…’ regarding Solar. Even though I am not Solar myself, it was repulsive to hear him say that and I honestly thought I heard wrong. But it turns out several people around me were also all feeling pretty uncomfortable with that remark. All he [Yoo Sae Yoon] did was compliment that Solar’s smile was pretty, but I don’t understand how that conversation ended up turning into a topic of eroticism and saying that she gives off an erotic vibe?”

In response to these tweets about the incident, many MAMAMOO fans have expressed the repulsion and concern that they were feeling towards the sexual remark made by Han Dong Geun. Other fans are claiming that Han Dong Geun is not the only one at fault, but Sung Si Kyung should also be called out for instigating the topic of eroticism in the first place.
Some people have claimed that the two men said it out of light humor because the mood and vibe of the studio was also light and funny. However, fans are claiming that what Han Dong Geun said could be categorized as sexual harassment and that it can still be repulsive to hear if you are on the receiving end of it.
While many fans were upset over the issue, other netizens began discrediting the alleged firsthand account written and even began claiming that MAMAMOO’s fans were only creating lies and rumors to bring down the image of Han Dong Geun, who has recently been rising up to fame due to his appearances on Duet Song Festival as well as other programs.
Due to the accusations of creating false rumors, a MAMAMOO fan who had felt it was unfair that she and her fellow fandom members were being treated as liars, took to a newly created Twitter account to reveal an actual audio recording from that same day’s filming of the show. The audio recording is approximately 00:21 seconds long and captures most of the dialogue that was first written in the three aforementioned tweets.
The audio, which is in the form of a video, is seen below.

Source: Instiz, Twitter, Pann

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