In an exclusive interview, APRIL discussed the allegations of bullying in which Hyunjoo claimed to be the victim. The members blamed Hyunjoo for their messy career.
APRIL held an exclusive interview with Sports Kyunghyang, discussing the allegations of bullying in which Hyunjoo claimed to be the victim. The members blamed Hyunjoo for their messy career.
During the interview, Naeun straightened out the shoe and tumbler problem that Hyunjoo mentioned. They also vigorously denied the accusations of bullying. In addition, the members claimed to have been yelled at by Hyunjoo.
APRIL discusses the kimbap incident, explaining how things really went. They said that there was kimbap in the back seat of the car, where the youngest members usually sit. Since it was summer, food spoiled easily and Hyunjoo allegedly started spraying perfume a lot.
Since Yena was sensitive to smells, she started having a headache and asked Hyunjoo to stop spraying perfume, and presumably Hyunjoo started yelling at her like usual. He also allegedly scolded Yena and Chaewon for telling him to lower his voice when the manager was on the phone.
It was reported that Hyunjoo did not appear for "Show Champion" the next day and the members haven't seen him since. They claim to understand why problems like this can happen.
"Maybe this is the limit of an idol living in a dormitory away from their family without a cell phone during their teenage years. Even though we are adults now, we were only 14-15 years old at that time. We may not have known each other well because of the trainee days. we are short," said the members.
Also, we may not be able to reach all the members yet, or we may not want to get close to each other. We all can't be close to each other. Is that a big sin? Like all girl groups, there is jealousy within the team, and even though it's not intentional, there will be words that hurt each other. But we are still working hard to try and make things work. We feel that all the other idols, seniors, and trainees will understand us."
During our stay in the dorm, there were times when we couldn't say anything even when we were upset. At that time, we just did what the company told us to do. There was no time to take care of each other. As we passed our fifth year when we started living in separate dorms. , we started to miss each other and realized the importance of each other."
The members openly blamed Hyunjoo for their messy career. "APRIL fell apart all because of Lee Hyun Joo. We hope he doesn't blame the members, regardless of the reason for the difficulty," they said.
Previously, Hyunjoo's younger brother claimed that his sister had been severely bullied, leading to a suicide attempt. After DSP Media denied the claim, another acquaintance who claimed to be Hyunjoo's classmate repeated the accusation of bullying. (wk/chus)
