South Korean Comedian Admits To Illegal Gambling

South Korean comic Lee Jin-ho is in sizzling water after revealing on Monday that he had illegally gambled, breaking the nation’s legal guidelines and shedding hundreds 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. These funds haven’t but been repaid and a few reviews point out he might have borrowed cash from different celebrities as nicely.

The comic expressed remorse for the money owed and determined to admit publicly moderately than see his playing debt revealed by the media first.

“I began enjoying video games on unlawful playing websites on the Web by likelihood in 2020, and I took on a debt that was an excessive amount of to deal with,” he stated. “I promise to repay the debt left to me it doesn’t matter what. I might additionally prefer to bow my head and apologize to a lot of you who would have been upset by me, who brought about a social stir and was in a rush to cover it. I may also faithfully obtain the police investigation and pay for my fault.”

“I’ll absolutely cooperate with the police investigation and settle for the implications of my actions,” he added. “It was the cruel recommendation from these near me and the concern of shedding the work I really like that lastly made me cease playing. Nevertheless, by then, I had already acquired monetary assist from many individuals. I’m steadily repaying the debt every month and intend to completely pay it off alone, even when it takes the remainder of my life.”

Tv Appearances Canceled

Lee, who has greater than 10 million followers on social media, is a well-liked leisure determine and commonly appeared on the range present Figuring out 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 go away this system beginning with this week’s recording,” South Korean community JTBC famous in a press release. “We are going to edit out as a lot of his beforehand filmed content material as attainable.”

Together 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’re deeply upset to find out about this only a day earlier than the present’s premiere,” Netflix famous. The corporate additionally famous that he would stay within the present. “As a result of this system is structured round staff competitions, absolutely enhancing out particular groups presents vital challenges to the narrative. We ask on your understanding.”