Actor Park Eun Seok of 'The Penthouse 3' conveyed his apologies to the viewers.
Previously, actor Park Eun Seok was in the spotlight after the new character he played in the drama 'The Penthouse 3' was considered racist.
In the latest episode of 'The Penthouse 3', Park Eun Seok appears as a new character named Alex, who is the brother of Park Eun Seok's other character, Logan Lee.
After watching the episode, many international netizens thought that Alex's character had a racist appearance, because he wore black hair attributes and hairstyles. Not only the attributes he uses, Alex's character also speaks in a typical black style in America.
After receiving a lot of criticism, now actor Park Eun Seok conveyed his apology, "Regarding the drama character 'The Penthouse', Alex, I want to let everyone know that there is no appearance of the character that is intentionally to hurt, ridicule, disrespect, or demeaning the African-American community. I want to apologize to those who were offended by the character's appearance. It was more of cultural admiration than ridicule, but now I realize that it could be considered cultural appropriation. It was a wrong attempt at character development."
“Once again, I want to apologize to everyone who was offended. I as a minority myself should have known better. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to grow in awareness.”
"I hope there is sincerity in your hearts, that Alex's appearance is more of an approach to characters who admire culture and want to 'be' like that, not intentionally portray ridicule," said the actor. (www.kpopchart.net)
