FTISLAND’s Lee Hong Ki Responds To Fan’s Comment On Controversy Involving Choi Jong Hoon

[MzKittyKath]

FTISLAND’s Lee Hong Ki has left a brief response to the ongoing controversy involving his bandmate Choi Jong Hoon.

 

On March 14, Lee Hong Ki took to his Instagram and posted a photo of a dog named Monggeul. Along with the photo, the FTISLAND vocalist included the hashtags “Monggeul†and “I give up.â€

 

 

Afterwards, fans brought up the controversy about Choi Jong Hoon in the comment section, some of them asking about the meaning behind the second hashtag. One particular comment was written in Japanese, “I beg you. Please don’t give up on Choi Jong Hoon.â€

 

In response, Lee Hong Ki left a short comment in Korean and said, “I give up.â€

Following the reports of a chatroom that includes Seungri and Jung Joon Young, where the participants shared illegally taken videos and photos of women, both names of the FTISLAND members came up as possible participants of the chatroom. Afterwards, Lee Hong Ki’s name was cleared by the reporter who released the initial reports, and FNC Entertainment denied Choi Jong Hoon’s involvement in the chatroom.

 

However, it was later revealed that Choi Hong Joon was a member of the chatroom, in which he allegedly talked about asking personal favors to the police to cover up his drunk driving incident from three years ago.

 

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Soompi

 

hongki :( hugs remaining 4members of ft island 

[mmmmm]

I kinda want to punch that Japanese person who left the comment. Who gives a crap about Choi Jong Hoon, his ass can rot in jail

[facade]

to think that CJH is ftisland leader...

[Lil Ayy Big Gay]

I feel so bad for him

 

People be going 'ooooh snap tea sis!' regarding his comment, but these guys must be feeling like absolute shit and hurt someone they knew closely could do shit like this

[blossoms]

how strong of hongki, i hope he and all the other innocent members left behind from all of this mess are doing okay.

[Just Peachy]

Even though he's not saying much, I'm still glad he's saying something. These guys are predators, and even though the betrayal hurts it should be no problem for any sane person, friend or not, to disown them/cut ties with them after what they've done. It's good to speak up to show you don't support them anymore.

[Lamington]

I feel so bad for him

 

People be going 'ooooh snap tea sis!' regarding his comment, but these guys must be feeling like absolute shit and hurt someone they knew closely could do shit like this

[baby_baby_baby]

Poor him, wish he won't be any hurt in this situation

[topazz]

I feel so bad for him

 

People be going 'ooooh snap tea sis!' regarding his comment, but these guys must be feeling like absolute shit and hurt someone they knew closely could do shit like this

This exactly. As fans it feel so shitty and like we were betrayed now that we ve found out our idols are criminals, it must feel 1000x worse for people that were actually friends and coworkers with them

[JihyoStoleMyHeartAYAYAY]

fighting hoongki!!! 

[Wade-kun]

I kinda want to punch that Japanese person who left the comment. Who gives a crap about Choi Jong Hoon, his ass can rot in jail

 

Sometimes fangirls are unredeemable shits.

[Moon Jellyfish]

The fact that he had to clear his own name, only to have one of his members involved. That's gotta be a hard pill to swallow

[ByulHarangBona]

I feel so sorry for Hong ki to have someone like Choi Jong Hoon in his group/band.

 

Hong Ki, stay the good person you are.

[howaboutno]

Must be difficult for Hongki to have all these Jonghoon supporters spam him with all these comments asking him to support someone just because they're an ex-fellow band mate. 

 

I commend Hongki for openly expressing his dissociation from Jonghoon. It can't be helped but there will always be people out there pulling the OT5 card and what not, but Hongki basically just cut that off then and there. 

[Phoenix Wright]

So the bastard was the leader of the group? I thought Hong Ki was.

I'm glad he disasociated from that asshole even if that gains hate from brainless fans.

Hong Ki please cheer up and be the new leader from now on, general public will appreciate it

[loonatrash]

Hongki hwaiting

[Kstarnet]

Good for you to put some distance from Jonghoon.

 

Hongki, just surround yourself with your good friends and families and move on with the remaining innocent members

[LaRue]

I can't imagine what it feels like to find out someone you've worked with side by side for years has been involved in such deplorable things. You probably start thinking back on every interaction looking for clues and second-guessing your own judgement.

 

Someone will probably ask how he could not have known but unfortunately people who have these dark sides are often very good at keeping up a civilized facade. Human psychology has evolved in such a way that most of us who are normal and capable of kindness and compassion have the default attitude of giving people the benefit of the doubt. Narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths, though not capable of empathy themselves, understand this about others well and know how to use it to their advantage.

[MzKittyKath]

hongki we prims always here for you

[Fracherin]

Stay strong

[Aegyo]

Stay strong bb

[campfire]

I can't deal with this commenter, how can you tell a real person how to deal with something like finding out their bandmate was a serial rapist and distributed non-consenual videos just because you're a fan?

[respectmyauthori-tah]

I hope this is one more thing between other things already reported to help his image and name which has being dragged by countless people into sexual crimes just because of his surname