Super Junior leader Leeteuk has been receiving flak from some
netizens after delivering the final speech at MBC‘s ‘Korean Music Wave in Google‘ concert recently held
in California. On May 21st, Google and YouTube hosted MBC ‘Korean Music Wave in Google‘ in Mountain View , California
Towards the
end of the concert, all the artists came on stage together to sing the
customary traditional Korean song, Arirang. When the song came to a close, Leeteuk
grabbed his microphone and closed the event saying, “Our languages and our faces may be different, but the music has
united us as one.” But netizens began criticizing Leeteuk for
delivering the closing speech, as SNSD members Taeyeon and Tiffany were the MCs for the event. They felt
Leeteuk hindered Tiffany from giving the final speech, and staff members from
the event who heard about the misunderstanding stepped forward to defend
Leeteuk’s actions.
A
representative from MBC who was at the event remarked, “The misunderstanding had spread amongst netizens, because they did
not completely understand the situation at hand. The head director had
specially asked Leeteuk to deliver the closing speech, as he is exceptionally
talented and experienced when it comes to leading such events. The director had
simply wanted to neatly and efficiently end the large-scale show.”
“It makes no sense to say that he had interrupted Tiffany from
making her speech. The fact that Leeteuk stepped onstage with a mic already in his hand
proved that everything was pre-meditated.”
Leeteuk also
attempted to relieve any misunderstandings by writing on his Twitter page,
“Towards the end of Arirang, a
cue card went up asking me to deliver the closing comment. If it was wrong of
me to respond to the producer’s cue and deliver a speech during a show that was
streamed live all over the world, then I apologize. I will respectfully reject
any gifts of criticism that are given without reason.”
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