DAY6’s Jae Announces He Will Cease All Personal Live Broadcasts + Apologizes For Controversy

[Mccuish]

DAY6’s Jae has shut down his Twitch channel and announced that he will be halting all personal live broadcasts in light of his recent controversy.

Earlier this week, Jae came under fire for a personal Twitch stream in which he could be heard saying, “This guy, that’s my sugar daddy,” before using his avatar to mimic a sexual act within the game he was playing.

When some fans objected to his remarks and behavior, Jae initially commented that he believed the issue arose from “cultural differences” and asked those who were offended by his remarks to refrain from watching his broadcasts. However, he later issued an apology on Twitter, writing in Korean, “I sincerely apologize to the people whom I hurt with my actions. I will work even harder to show you a better side of myself.”

On March 25, several days after his initial apology, Jae released a longer statement in both English and Korean in which he apologized again for his controversial remarks and announced that he had decided to cease all personal live broadcasts.

Jae’s full English statement is as follows:

"Hello, this is DAY6[‘s] Jae. First of all I’d like to express my sincerest apologies to everyone in regard to the inappropriate comments made during my personal live stream.

Before listening to the earnest advice from those around me and my dear fans, I didn’t fully comprehend what the problem was nor the degree of seriousness of the incident.

This made me realize my immaturity and lack of judgment. I promise to learn from these mistakes and try my best to become more mature and responsible.

From now on I will not act impulsively, taking into mind the gravity of my words and actions. Moreover, as a member of DAY6 I assure you I will always put DAY6, fans and colleagues on top priority. Thus as an act of sincerity I will stop all my personal live streams including Twitch.

I would also like to again apologize for hurting many people who truly worried on my behalf whilst overcoming mental stress.

Also I want to express my gratitude to my dearest DAY6 members and fans who patiently stood by my side supporting me with unhindering faith albeit all that went through [sic]. I reassure you this will not happen again. I will continuously try to become a better person and someone you can be proud of."

Credit: DAY6’s Jae Announces He Will Cease All Personal Live Broadcasts + Apologizes For Controversy

Edited March 25, 2021 by Mccuish

[satoori]

welp that's unfortunate

[No1]

I mean, it's not that serious unless he was being offensive, who doesn't make sex jokes?

This is why idols develop anxiety.

[JNT-LEGGO]

This is definitely one of this times I lowkey wish Korean media was more like America/Europe. They seriously getting their undies in a bunch over a grown ass man making a sex joke...about himself.

Edited March 27, 2021 by JNT-LEGGO

[Bu2tyful4nia]

this is sad cause i think he actually really liked to stream with his friends and the interaction with his fans  welp his international fans will be pissed and bye bye fun interaction for  international fans.

[Mccuish]

1 hour ago, Bu2tyful4nia said:

this is sad cause i think he actually really liked to stream with his friends and the interaction with his fans  welp his international fans will be pissed and bye bye fun interaction for  international fans.

I love watching him when he's playing with OfflineTV

[Midnight~Circus]

I loved watching his streams and collaborations with other online gamers. I feel bad for him.

[penyair]

f u knetz

[schue]

This is one of the silliest things that someone is getting cancelled over. He didn't deserved to be cancelled. He shouldn't even apologize. Knetz are such a snowflake.

[jay94]

I feel bad for him, he's not in the best condition and now he has to stop his streams.

[Lubbin]

Knetz get on my damn nerves. I try to respect cultural differences, but if it comes to having a heart attack over a grown man making a joke on his personal platform mostly aimed towards international fans anyway, that’s crossing a line

Hopefully Jae doesn’t feel too bad about this, cuz it really is never that serious 

Cuz now people will miss out on his entertaining streams and he’ll miss out on that sense of freedom to have a platform outside of music because of some snowflakes

Edited March 27, 2021 by Lubbin

[Jollux]

He's trying so hard to be dropped by JYPE and I can't blame him.

 

Maybe next time he will get his freedom from the cult.

[aeromancy]

I'm dead that's all? I wish they'd go watch literally any other twitch streamer lol. Twitch has its bad seeds for sure and Jae's not one of them

[Angel_Nessa]

It was a really unfortunate situation. Jae feels so comfortable and happy on social media.

I think the real problem was Jae saying to K-fans who felt offended/annoyed that it was about "cultural differences” and asking them to stop watching his broadcasts, it's like when you're at a party and someone says "leave the room if you don't like my jokes".

Another thing, no matter how big is your I-fandom, never show you favor I-fans over K-fans - that's why K-idols are always apologizing to K-fans when they're mad/annoyed/sad. Afterall, K-fans are the ones streaming day and night the songs on K-charts, supporting them, sending them food, attending concerts/TV shows...   

[biet]

aah why people is like that? for that shows became boring