Sidus HQ CEO & JYP’s heated ‘history’ escalates with rumors of Jay Park’s “Secret Garden” miscast

After Sidus HQ Entertainment’s CEO, Jung Hoon Tak, left insulting statements against JYP Entertainment’s producer, Park Jin Young, many have been confused about what had happened between the two for the situation to reach such an apex. Various Korean media outlets have dug up a bit of background information in order to explain the tensions between the two company heads.

CEO Jung is a widely recognized and respected figure in the industry who had previously expressed his issues with Park Jin Young after signing Park Jaebeom with his company this past July.

During this time, JYP Entertainment released the following official statement: “We’re suspicious of Sidus HQ’s ulterior motive in taking a singer we terminated, and promoting them. It’s a violation of business ethics.”

Sidus HQ representatives responded, “A talented singer was forced to drop his dreams due to an unfortunate event. We merely want to give him another chance.” CEO Jung also went ahead and complimented Park Jaebeom at any given chance, affectionately nicknaming the star his “Giant Baby.”

The problem lies in the fact that this high tension between the two companies has not yet receded. While Jaebeom remained low-key, the media alleges that obstacles continued to block his path, with the most recent involving a casting decision for SBS’s weekend drama, “Secret Garden.”

Apparently, Sidus HQ put forth their top stars - Jang Hyuk, Kim Sarang, and Jaebeom – as potential actors for “Secret Garden”, but was unable to receive a positive response from SBS due to pressure from JYP Entertainment.

There are allegations that JYP Entertainment supposedly threatened SBS by stating that if they should they cast Jaebeom for “Secret Garden,” JYP Entertainment would be pulling all of their artists from SBS programs, essentially boycotting the entire company. Other entertainment companies backed up JYP Entertainment’s stance, forcing a strain on SBS’s variety and drama team.

Eventually, the producers of “Secret Garden” caved under the pressure and cast Hyun Bin in place of Jang Hyuk and Jaebeom. Industry representatives have since nicknamed the controversy as “the happening that scratched Jung’s pride,” and “Park Jin Young’s uncool solution.”

As KBS2TV’s “Win Win” became the catalyst for this animosity between the two heads, PD Yoon Hyun Joon disclosed to Newsen on December 10th, “The information revealed on the internet regarding Park Jin Young on the show’s recording yesterday was exaggerated and distorted. Park Jin Young was practical and only talked about the basic points. All he said, very carefully, was that Park Jaebeom’s withdrawal was an inevitable decision.”

He continued, “A recording is one form of editing. We don’t believe that a problem should arise from what someone said during the recording process. Please try to be understanding of the final product. I don’t believe that Jung Hoon Tak’s swearing on his Twitter is related to the ‘Win Win’ recording. It’s hard for me to understand him.”

Jung Hoon Tak has since deleted his tweets regarding the controversy.

Again, the points raised above are all heated allegations, and nothing has been confirmed at this time.


source : allkpop