Once a famous child star, Kim Yoo Jung’s reputation and acting skills caused controversy because of her participation in scandalous films and her disrespectful attitude towards others.
The year 2014 – 2015 marked a transformation for Kim Yoo Jung. No longer taking on teenage characters, Kim Yoo Jung took on leading roles in a number of films such as Moonlight Drawn by Clouds (2016), Because I Love You (2017), Clean With Passion For Now (2018 – 2019) and most recently, Saet Byul Convenience Store (Backstreet Rookie). However, this was also the time when this former child star had the most “scandals” in his acting career. The return is a big disappointment after more than a year since Clean With Passion For Now, Kim Yoo Jung returns to the small screen with the project Saet Byul Convenience Store. Yet after only 2 episodes aired, the show was called to stop airing because there were too many sensitive scenes.
Right from the opening episode, Kim Yoo Jung’s character Jung Saet Byul made the audience angry when he innocently asked Choi Dae Hyun (Ji Chang Wook) to help him buy cigarettes because he was underage, even though Korea regulates the age of consumption. cigarette. More noteworthy, the character Kim Yoo Jung plays, a high school student, even kissed U.30 gentleman Choi Dae Hyun after hearing him advise her to quit smoking.
And yet, the appearance of female lead Jung Saet Byul makes netizens even more fed up. As a convenience store employee, the character always appears in tight clothes, short skirts, high heels, and loose hair. Many people believe that this way of dressing is not only inappropriate for the nature of the job, but also intentionally takes advantage of Kim Yoo Jung’s body in an offensive way.
As a result, the Saet Byul Convenience Store crew was cursed as a “trash movie” and Kim Yoo Jung also received a lot of criticism. She was criticized for not having an eye for choosing movies to act in. Fans wonder why the 21-year-old beauty participated in this film, a sensitive work to polish her name. 4 years ago, Kim Yoo Jung was also involved in a controversy when filming a sensitive scene. Specifically, in Love in the Moonlight, her role as Hong Ra On has a chest-binding scene to hide her female identity in episode 1. Notably, the beauty is still in her teens. minor (not yet 17 years old). In addition, some of the couple’s kissing scenes were also “whistle blown”.
In response to the audience’s complaints, the Korean Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) had to step in and request that the footage deemed inappropriate be cut. After Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, Kim Yoo Jung took on the role of Gil Oh Sol in The Cleaning Fairy and met with failure. The female artist is considered to have good acting, but there is no “chemical reaction” with male lead Yoon Kyun Sang and the film has too little appeal.
In particular, Clean With Passion For Now aired at the same time as the “TV masterpiece” Sky Castle, so it was completely submerged. Ratings (viewership rate) of Sky Castle set a record while Clean With Passion For Now gradually decreased, no one remembered. Receiving ‘criticism’ for her behavior scandal In late 2016 – early 2017, Kim Yoo Jung was involved in a scandal for her lack of sophistication. The controversy originated from a promotional event for the movie Because I Love You at a theater. During the show, she was accused of having a disrespectful attitude towards the audience and the media by standing with her legs spread apart, swinging her body to appear distracted, and even calmly getting a tattoo and looking at her nails while her senior Cha Tae Hyun was broadcasting. expressed very seriously.
At that time, Korean public opinion expressed frustration with the young star’s attitude and scolded her for having star disease, intending to disrespect not only viewers and the press but also being disrespectful to veteran seniors. . Kim Yoo Jung’s fans once defended their idol’s young age and her legs hurt so she couldn’t stand. The management company apologized and said the actress deeply reflected on her actions. However, the series of “criticism” towards her did not decrease at that time. Some comments even affirmed that Kim Yoo Jung did not deserve the title of “national little sister” of Korea. The star of Moonlight Drawn by Clouds was under so much pressure from public opinion that she had to be hospitalized and canceled her entire schedule at the end of 2016. Her image plummeted.
Previously, Kim Yoo Jung caused shock when she made a statement surrounding the nature of each person’s career. At an interview, she innocently shared: “I think it would be interesting if I played a higher class role than Park Bo Gum in the new movie. I can play a rich girl and he plays someone from a small business.” Immediately, netizens said that Kim Yoo Jung was discriminating against small businesses. Her way of speaking makes people from the common class feel hurt and disrespected. The disappointed public commented that the 9X beauty spoke without thinking, lacked social knowledge and looked down on other people’s careers. Many people emphasized: “All jobs are equal”, “All jobs deserve to be treated equally”, “I come from a small shop, but never thought of myself as inferior to rich children”…
