The members of T-ara N4 talked
about their bullying scandal and various other rumors for the first time on an
episode of Beatles Code 2.
Hyomin was
the first to speak up, and she said, “There were rumors that I was a thug when
I went to school. I just hung out with kids who weren't the nicest kids, but
that was it. There are also rumors that I was forced to move schools because I
had hit another student. I never hit anyone. I’d rather someone come out and
say that I hit them.”
She revealed that she had moved schools, but
it wasn't because she had hit someone. She explained, “My mom decided that I
should switch schools because she wanted to pursue a
better education for me. It’s not related to violence at all. The
reason why I didn’t say anything back then was because I didn’t want people
to look down on my friends because of me.”
The girls also admitted that they had an
argument with Hwayoung during the
SNS controversy. However, Eunjung asserted
that there was no bullying, saying, “People might think so if you just read
everything that’s online. But even I was rumored to being bullied. To be
honest, we had an argument with Hwayoung for about 2 days during the incident.
But it was wrong of us to publicly make statements through Twitter. It was
wrong to write about the topic, period. The more we stayed silent, the rumors
and misunderstandings kept growing. It was so bad that even we were
getting confused. I thought I’d lived without any regrets, but I was
pained because I felt I’d become a bad person.”
On all the hate comments they received,
Eunjung said, “Whenever articles about us come out, we get a ton of hate
comments. At first, I just read it out of curiosity but I can’t read it
anymore because the more I read, the more energy I lose.”
Hyomin added, “The worst one was when Soyeon unni got
into a car accident, and someone wrote, ‘she should have just died’. There were
others who said the entire accident was made up. It was such a bad accident
that she got tossed out of the car.”
On their Music Bank controversy, Hyomin
spoke up to say, “After we argued in Japan, we had a Music Bank schedule
right away. It was so awkward. After we came back to Korea, we had a
conversation with Hwayoung for about 40 minutes. I didn't want to have fights
when it was a stage we were dreaming of. After Hwayoung left, we had an
official schedule, but we couldn’t say anything because of the
circumstances. We wanted to say something so badly that it even came out in our
dreams. I just wanted to say two things: ‘I’m sorry, and I’ll work harder’. But
if we tried to explain ourselves back then, the situation would have just
gotten worse. But we really wanted to. We wanted to admit the parts that were
true, that they weren’t false, and then take time off to self reflect. But in
the end, we just became the kids who didn’t care.”
Jiyeon also
expressed her apologetic heart to Hwayoung and said, “We had been together for
over 3 years, so Hwayoung might have had difficulties being with us. She
probably had a hard time adjusting.”
Later, the girls added, “If
we truly hated her, we wouldn't have even argued. But we disappointed her and
made her feel lonely. No matter the reason, we’re sorry and also apologize to
have created a disturbance as public figures.”
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