South Korean comic Lee Jin-ho is in scorching water after revealing on Monday that he had illegally gambled, breaking the nation’s legal guidelines and shedding 1000’s of {dollars} within the course of.
The 38-year-old’s confession on Instagram included borrowing cash from family and friends, reportedly together with 100 million received ($74,000 USD) from Jimin of the Okay-pop band BTS. Those funds haven’t but been repaid and a few stories point out he could have borrowed cash from different celebrities as nicely.
The comic expressed remorse for the money owed and determined to admit publicly fairly than see his playing debt revealed by the media first.
“I started playing games on illegal gambling sites on the Internet by chance in 2020, and I took on a debt that was too much to handle,” he mentioned. “I promise to repay the debt left to me it doesn’t matter what. I’d additionally prefer to bow my head and apologize to a lot of you who would have been disenchanted by me, who precipitated a social stir and was in a rush to cover it. I may even faithfully obtain the police investigation and pay for my fault.”
“I will fully cooperate with the police investigation and accept the consequences of my actions,” he added. “It was the harsh advice from those close to me and the fear of losing the work I love that finally made me stop gambling. However, by then, I had already received financial help from many people. I am steadily repaying the debt each month and intend to fully pay it off on my own, even if it takes the rest of my life.”
Television Appearances Canceled
Lee, who has greater than 10 million followers on social media, is a well-liked leisure determine and repeatedly appeared on the range present Knowing Bros on Korean tv. He has since been dropped from the present, nevertheless, after the playing points got here to mild. The present even took measures to chop Lee from the published.
“Lee Jin Ho will leave the program starting with this week’s recording,” South Korean community JTBC famous in an announcement. “We will edit out as much of his previously filmed content as possible.”
Along with that program, Lee was additionally a part of the brand new Netflix present Comedy Revenge. He missed a scheduled Monday press convention to advertise the debut.
“We are deeply disappointed to learn about this just a day before the show’s premiere,” Netflix famous. The firm additionally famous that he would stay within the present. “Because the program is structured around team competitions, fully editing out specific teams presents significant challenges to the narrative. We ask for your understanding.”
