The creator and two stars of Netflix’s new series Beef addressed a controversy that brewed Friday over another actor on the show who said he sexually assaulted a masseuse on a podcast in 2014, and is now on social. Comments recirculating in the media.
Actor and artist David Cho has long said he fabricated the incident he described on the podcast, which was confirmed in a statement by the show’s creator Lee Sung-jin and its lead actors Steven Yeun and Ali Wong. It is claimed that .
Lee, Yun, and Wong, who are also executive producers of “Beef,” said, “The story that David Cho made up nine years ago is undeniably hurtful and deeply disturbing.” I will never condone this story and I understand why this is so upsetting and triggering.”
“We are aware that David has apologized in the past for fabricating this horrific story, and he has spent the last ten years trying to improve himself and get the mental health support he needs to learn from him. I’ve seen you doing Miss.
Netflix has confirmed the veracity of a statement made exclusively vanity fair, but declined to comment. Representatives for Choi, Lee, Yoon and Wong did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
About the 2014 episode of the podcast On a show co-hosted by Che, he spoke about what he called “an act of rape” when he forced a masseuse to perform oral sex. He later said the story was a hoax.
“I have never raped anyone,” he told the New York Times two years ago.
Clips from his podcast have been redistributed on social media since “Beef” premiered earlier this month. The show stars Yoon and Wong as Angelenos, who become embroiled in a road-rage confrontation that ripples through the rest of their lives, and Choi appears in seven episodes as Yoon’s character’s cousin.
10 episode season praise from critic, and was the service’s second-most-watched English-language program this week, according to Netflix.
Choe is hosting a four-episode limited series on FX and Hulu in 2021, and has sporadically appeared in other shows, including one episode of “The Mandalorian.” “Beef” is his first substantial acting role.
Choi rose to widespread prominence in 2012 after seemingly becoming a billionaire through an initial public offering.
A few years ago, entrepreneur Sean Parker commissioned Cho to paint a mural in the offices of an internet startup in Palo Alto, California. Parker offered him $60,000 or stock in the startup, Cho said.
