Chaewon finally spoke up about the accusations of bullying he did with APRIL members to their former member, Hyunjoo after a long silence.
One by one, APRIL members finally spoke up about allegations of bullying their former member Hyunjoo. Previously, it was Naeun and Jinsol who had expressed their denial of the bullying.
Today, Thursday (17/6) Chaewon finally spoke up about the allegations through the fancafe. Just like Naeun and Jinsol, Chaewon categorically denied having bullied Hyunjoo.
"Hello, this is APRIL's Chaewon. After a long debate, I decided to write this post to reveal in precise detail that the claims made by Hyunjoo's side are not true. Maybe this is a long post, but please read to the end," said Chaewon.
Chaewon revealed that at the beginning of his debut Hyunjoo was often reluctant to practice and often disappeared without news. Hyunjoo was the one who made APRIL labeled as a bad idol group because they missed dress rehearsals on music shows.
While preparing for our debut, Hyunjoo often said that he wasn't feeling well or his body ached here and there, and refused to practice. Even when there were compulsory lessons, he tried not to attend, and our manager tried hard to take care of Hyunjoo; however, he keeps skipping practice," explained Chaewon.
Even so, as an older member, I did my best to take care of Hyunjoo, and I also relied on Hyunjoo more than she relied on my care, so I thought she was a good friend of mine. But once we debuted, the incident that we were all worried about would happen. happened, happened," he added.
Chaewon revealed, "Immediately after our debut on August 25, 2015, we headed to the hair and makeup salon before our scheduled 'Music Bank' performance when we found out that Hyunjoo had disappeared. We didn't know why Hyunjoo was nowhere to be found, and we were worried that this would negatively impact us in some way on such an important schedule. We had to have dress rehearsals and camera rehearsals without Hyunjoo, and we were anxiously waiting for Hyunjoo to return."
"Just before the live stage, Hyunjoo entered our waiting room and said, 'I still have to go on stage~'. Because of that, we were immediately branded as a disrespectful girl group who missed the dress rehearsal not even a week into our debut. unpredictable and selfish, and we were hurt by his actions that put him in front of our team; however, I think that if I continue to take care of Hyunjoo more carefully, things will get better."
Chaewon also admitted that APRIL was hurt by Hyunjoo's attitude but tried to be more understanding. Hyunjoo even got special treatment by bringing a cellphone first. Chaewon also made sure that Hyunjoo's attitude did not make APRIL bully the former member.
However, Hyunjoo kept skipping our rehearsals. It's true that we were tired of Hyunjoo skipping practice as a member who strongly felt that everyone needed to be there, trying during rehearsals to put on a good stage; however, we never excluded Hyunjoo in any way. whatever, as claimed," explained Chaewon.
No member of April was allowed to have a personal cell phone until 2017. But Hyunjoo is the only exception, and he also has special permission to attend schedules while staying at his family's house. Many of you may say that this is the reason why we are 'bullying' Hyunjoo, but that's not true. I tried my best to take care of Hyunjoo and protect APRIL. I always hang out with Hyunjoo, so any claim that Hyunjoo was kicked out or bullied doesn't make sense to me."
Chaewon also admitted to wondering why Hyunjoo told everyone he was bullied, "I did my best to understand Hyunjoo and adjust his personality, and he always told me that he felt grateful to me. So now, I want to ask him why he suddenly suddenly turned me into someone who 'always stirred him up' and 'make it hard', and 'betrayed him'. I want to ask him why he goes around telling people unbelievable lies. /wowkeren.com