Lee Naeun: Being kicked out of Taxi Driver because of a bullying scandal that ruined his career overnight?

Lee Naeun was once called the most beautiful female idol in Kpop, not only that, but she is also multi-talented when she successfully invades the acting field. At the peak of her career, Lee Naeun suddenly became a criminal who was ostracized and lost her career after being exposed to her bullying past.

Taxi Driver is currently a movie that is highly sought after by the audience, the rating is also over 10% right from the opening episodes. In it, the role of the personality hacker Go Eun was assigned to the beautiful female idol Lee Naeun. She even participated in the promotion of the film, recording 60% of the time of the first part. But when everything was almost completed, Naeun was caught in a concussion scandal and immediately had to leave the crew.

Lee Naeun was born in 1999, famous from teen school dramas such as A-Teen, Extraordinary You... Despite being a rookie, Lee Naeun quickly became famous, and often topped the popularity chart. Monthly. The female singer was also ranked 1st in the poll "the most beautiful female idol in Kpop" voted by her colleagues.

With a pure and pure appearance, Naeun is DSP Entertainment's "golden egg" when she alone is a model representing nearly 10 brands, big and small, from soju, handbags to cosmetics...

Lee Naeun is popular because of her outstanding appearance, the singer-actress's face is praised for being as pretty as a doll and more attractive the more she looks. Beautiful beauty is a strong point that helps her win many hearts from the audience. Lee Na Eun gradually built her reputation through singing and acting.

However, Naeun's career seems to have ended after the scandal of bullying her bandmate Hyun Joo. Specifically, in March 2021, a netizen claiming to be the younger brother of former April member - Lee Hyun Joo revealed that Naeun bullied her older sister, causing her to suffer from depression for a long time and even find a way to end it. end life. Just a day later, Lee Hyun Joo's close friend also confirmed that leader Jeon So Min (left April) and Lee Na Eun were the two leaders of the bullying boycott.

Specifically, because Jeon So Min did not like Lee Hyun Joo, she deliberately isolated the female singer born in 1998 in the group. Witnessing that, the other members did not dissuade but also responded. Lee Na Eun even "violent" the spirit of colleagues by violently shoving, taking Lee Hyun Joo's shoes and belongings. Lee Hyun Joo's close friend confirmed that Lee Na Eun poured fermented soy sauce - a traditional Korean dish with a strong smell - into the victim's drinking bottle.

After that, Lee Na Eun continued to stir the audience up when she revealed a vulgar message to a friend. Specifically, she mentioned Goo Young Wook - a notorious criminal in the land of kimchi. "Do you also want to be "harmed" by Go Young Wook?", wrote Lee Na Eun.

The fact that the beauty surnamed Lee threatened her friends by using the name of a person who was sentenced to prison for "abusing" underage actor and singer trainees made the Korean public stir a wave. angry. Notably, the friend who talked to the singer also posted an article confirming that the above conversation was real and said that Lee Na Eun often texted him with harsh words.

The incident became even more noisy when the video of Na Eun repeatedly expressing hate and deliberately shoving Rachel - the member who joined the group to replace Lee Hyun Joo was "dug up" by netizens and spread widely.

Although DSP Media - April's management unit denied all allegations and said that all were misunderstandings in the past, the audience was still not satisfied with that answer. Netizens think that DSP Media wants to cover for Lee Na Eun because she is a "goose that lays golden eggs".

SBS's drama "Taxi Driver" was also hit when the audience demanded that the producer remove Lee Na Eun from the cast. After that, the actress withdrew from the drama even though filming was almost over, SBS immediately rushed to find a replacement, causing heavy losses to the drama.

Lee Naeun's management unit then suddenly decided to sue Hyun Joo and her family. This created a big wave of anger from Korean netizens, a series of brands represented by Naeun and April were boycotted.

On June 11, Sports DongA reported that actress and singer Lee Na Eun spoke for the first time after the scandal of bullying former member Lee Hyun Joo. In a letter to fans, Lee Na Eun affirmed that she has never done anything wrong to her bandmates.

"Although I don't want to mention every single incident that happened, I still want to say that I really have never done so," Lee Na Eun wrote. The singer said she did not speak up as soon as the incident broke out because she wanted to wait for an accurate response from the manager.

In the letter, the female singer mentioned that she joined the company at the age of 17 and only trained for three months before debuting. Due to her debut at a young age, she is still clumsy and inexperienced in many things. She also thanked the fans for trusting and waiting for her.

Although she dared to speak out about the scandal related to her, Naeun's explanation did not calm netizens' anger or change their minds about her. Lee Naeun's career also began to freeze from here.

It was not until January 2022, that Lee Naeun was suddenly vindicated in the accusation of school bullying. Lee Naeun's management side confirmed that the person who accused the female singer of being a bully in elementary school admitted that she had fabricated information and apologized to the female idol. However, the bullying scandal of Naeun, as well as that of APRIL members with Hyunjoo (former member of APRIL) has not been clarified yet.

Specifically, DSP Media has released an official statement on the investigation of Lee Naeun's school violence. According to the announcement, the person who accused Naeun of being a bully during elementary school (temporarily called A) admitted that the information he spread was fabricated. This person sent a handwritten apology letter to Naeun. Naeun's side also decided to drop the accusation of defamation against A.

Naeun's fans expressed their joy because after a long time of misunderstanding, the female idol has also been vindicated. However, fans think that Naeun's forgiveness for A is too light. Because rumors of school violence have created countless scandals for Naeun, causing the female idol to be criticized for nearly a year, her activities have been halted, her advertising contract has been cancelled, etc.

However, most of the public still thinks that the above announcement is only half the truth in Naeun's bullying scandal. The mystery of Lee Naeun's bullying scandal has not been officially clarified so far. Although half of the truth has been vindicated, Lee Naeun from a famous singer and actress has now had to freeze her career and cannot return to artistic activities.