As a result of Kim Jeongmin was born in 2007 and is presently a minor, the video led to criticism over his underage vaping after going viral on-line.
On April 15, Hello-Hat Leisure launched the next assertion apologizing for the incident:
Hiya. That is Hello-Hat Leisure.
We sincerely apologize for the truth that, by his latest controversy, our trainee Kim Jeongmin has enormously damage and apprehensive the followers who’re rooting for him.
We bow our heads in apology for the truth that, as a way to verify the main points relating to the elements of this controversy that we had been unable to stop prematurely, we had been unable to launch an announcement shortly.
We absolutely acknowledge that this incident resulted from inadequate trainee and artist administration, and we’re presently internally reviewing find out how to deal with trainee Kim Jeongmin. We can be extra cautious in our artist administration sooner or later in order that this kind of unlucky incident doesn’t happen once more.
Thanks.