Prince From Another Dimension Becomes An Idol [EN]: Chapter 221

#221.

[MOST, Park Woo-cheol’s MyTube YuchulTV Subscription Controversy!]

[Is it okay for an idol to do this?.. Park Woo-cheol, YuchulTV subscription.. Fans “Disappointed!”]

[MOST Park Woo-cheol, Private Life Controversy Captured on Observation Camera]

It was an unexpected controversy.

Articles with sensational titles poured out.

However, the articles weren’t the only problem.

Even before the articles were published, community sites were already in an uproar.

The controversy grew when a post was uploaded on a community site popular with idol fans.

[I watched Remora Season 2 yesterday, and what is this? I’m so shocked.

(Capture of Woo-cheol showing Gyu-sung a cat video and then switching the screen.jpg)

It’s so small and the quality is bad, but isn’t that YuchulTV in the subscriptions?.. I hope I’m wrong]

-헐? [Korean slang expressing disbelief or shock]

-ㄴㅇㄱ [Short for ‘No-eung-geol,’ another expression of shock, like ‘OMG’]

-Is it real??

-Wow…. Crazy…

-This was mentioned on Tweety (Korean Twitter) early yesterday morning, but Woo-cheol’s fans were blocking it like crazyㅇㅇ [Korean abbreviation indicating agreement or affirmation]

-Fans even captured the subscriber list to see, and YuchulTV was there, but no one said anything, so I thought it was just going to pass.

[Park Woo-cheol subscribes to YuchulTV? Is it real?

If it’s real, I’m so disappointed.

How can you watch YuchulTV?

He uses abusive language like eating rice [Korean idiom meaning he uses it constantly or excessively].

Didn’t he even upload an animal abuse video last time?]

-Look at the capture, it’s real.

-Park Woo-cheol, goodbye.

-Just search on Tweety, it’s all over Tweety right now.

-I feel like throwing up;

[Isn’t there a possibility that the ㅇㅊ [initials for Woo-cheol] controversy being talked about right now isn’t real?

I saw the capture, but the quality is so bad that it might not be YuchulTV]

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Korean equivalent of ‘hahaha’]

-Your mental victory is amazing, there’s even a capture.

-MOST is so popular, there’s all sorts of shielding.

-(Writer) I’m not trying to shield, I’m just saying it might not be real.

-When it was first mentioned, I couldn’t believe it either, but after seeing the capture and still saying it’s not, that’s a bit much.

[What is YuchulTV?

I don’t watch MyTube [Korean version of YouTube].. Is it that serious of a channel?]

-http:/mytube.com/cheori696969 Don’t go there and increase the views, just look at the thumbnails, you’ll get the answer just by looking at the thumbnails.

-I almost threw up after going in.

-He’s originally a gamer Youtuber, but his talks are very provocative.

-There was even an animal abuse controversy last time.

-Honestly, making money off female fans and watching this?? He’s crazy.

[The shocking thing about the idol being talked about right now

Is that he said he liked cats on that broadcast

And tried to show a cat video to a member, and his subscription list was exposed.

But he watches MyTube that abuses animals;]

-Oh, that’s right.

-So scary.

-It’s really creepy..

-The agency needs to release a statement about this.

-Leaveㅜㅜ [Korean emoticon for crying]

-I’ll boycott if you don’t make him leave!!!

-Have you ever bought even one album?

-It’s a huge scandal.

-MOST finally has a scandal memberㅎㅎ;; [Korean emoticon for awkward laughter]

-Am I the only one who thinks it looks fun?

[I’ll still wait.

Last time, Do-jae even had photos, so it was said to be definite, but it wasn’t.

I’ll wait until the statement comes out.

I believe in Woo-cheol that I’ve seen so far.]

-Is that the same as this?

-They’ll say it’s not.

-Blindly love him^^ [Emoticon for smiling].

-How pathetic..

[I know it’s too late to say this, but I knew something like this would happen.

He uses the internet a lot, so he’s well-versed in all sorts of communities, right?

His fans liked that he knew all their stories..

Honestly, subscribing to YuchulTV makes me suspect a lot of things.]

-I wondered what it was when they used this for marketingㅇㅇ [Korean abbreviation indicating agreement or affirmation]

-Wow, isn’t this too late to say?

-That’s why I just like kids who don’t know anything.

-Do you think there are kids like that?ㅋㅋ [Korean equivalent of ‘hahaha’]

-I was tired of MOST’s personality marketingㅋㅋㅋ [Korean equivalent of ‘hahaha’] I guess I won’t see it anymore?

The public opinion criticizing Woo-cheol was boiling over.

There was even an absurd accusation that Woo-cheol, along with the forgotten Big Boyz Hwang Ju-ho, had also taken drugs.

Some of YuchulTV’s subscribers defended Woo-cheol and attacked those who criticized him.

As that happened, things got bigger and more confusing.

After that, articles began to spring up like mushrooms after the rain.

As MOST’s popularity increased, attention was bound to be focused on even small things, and this controversy was a rather sensitive issue for an idol.

Thanks to that, the fans were in an uproar, divided into various positions.

Those who had been fans for more than a day or two were already predicting the future and lamenting.

Like the previous case of The Origin’s Hwang Ju-ho, it wasn’t an ‘illegal’ matter, so the company would gloss over it and deny it, and Woo-cheol would continue his activities.

Considering the previous cases, it was not unreasonable to feel such disillusionment.

***

“…….”

“…….”

If there was anything fortunate for the MOST members, it was that they were currently on a break.

It would have been truly terrible to face the faces of the angry fans directly.

However, ‘somewhat fortunate’ couldn’t really be considered fortunate.

The atmosphere in the dorm was heavy with silence.

Gi-jun and Heung-min sat side by side, looking at Woo-cheol.

Woo-cheol lowered his head and ran his hands over his face.

Gyu-sung and Louis were each in their rooms, holding their breath, wondering how the situation in the living room would turn out.

Even if they tried to do something else, they couldn’t focus on anything.

If they went on the internet, posts criticizing Woo-cheol popped up everywhere.

“When is Do-jae hyung [older brother or male friend] coming…….”

Louis lay on the bed and muttered with a heavy heart.

It wasn’t that Do-jae would come up with a solution, but it seemed like Do-jae would be able to keep everyone grounded even at this time.

Do-jae was away from the dorm due to a drama-related meeting.

In fact, Woo-cheol was originally scheduled to have a meeting with Team Leader Jung Hee-young and others today to choose a new drama script.

However, with things like this, such a meeting was impossible.

It was uncertain whether the casting offer would still be valid after the image damage.

“Woo-cheol. Look up. You punk.”

Heung-min, who had been frowning, said to Woo-cheol, who had his head down.

Gi-jun stared at Woo-cheol with a blank expression.

However, the worry and concern contained within were deep.

Even with Heung-min’s words, Woo-cheol didn’t seem to want to lift his head.

Woo-cheol was the one who always threw jokes, played pranks, and lifted the atmosphere of the dorm.

The older brothers’ hearts were heavy as they watched Woo-cheol fall into despair.

Wasn’t Heung-min and Gi-jun the ones who had been watching Woo-cheol, who felt like the youngest even though he wasn’t the youngest, since middle school?

Even though he was slick, he was never bad-hearted or immoral.

Rather, (as with all MOST members) he was miraculously kind and didn’t even dip his toes into ‘bad water’ compared to his peers.

The members trusted Woo-cheol completely.

They had already believed him even before Woo-cheol told the company that he was “not.”

However, no matter what the truth was, those who had started to doubt would not believe him.

There were those who doubted to doubt, and too many celebrities had already lied to the public, deceived them, and left.

The words ‘it’s not true,’ that one word was not enough.

Time would pass and things would calm down, but in any case, a negative image would continue to stick to Woo-cheol like a label.

It was clear that the fans would continue to bite and tear at each other.

The ones who would be hurt the most were, of course, Woo-cheol’s fans.

That was why the dorm atmosphere, where no one doubted Woo-cheol, was so subdued.

“Hey. Woo-cheol. I said look up? We didn’t gather here to say anything to you right now. How to…….”

Heung-min was more worried about Woo-cheol than anyone else.

He was frustrated that his beloved younger brother had to go through such suffering, and his voice was rising.

Woo-cheol, who had been keeping his head down, shrugged his shoulders, and Heung-min couldn’t continue his words.

“…….”

“Woo-cheol.”

Gi-jun, who had been silent all along, called Woo-cheol’s name.

Heung-min asked in shock.

“You, are you crying?”

Woo-cheol, who finally managed to lift his face, was crying.

Tears were smudged everywhere, and his face was red.

It was a completely wounded face.

Heung-min and Gi-jun were speechless for a moment.

Woo-cheol, who they thought had become quite an adult, was still endlessly tender in his vulnerable side.

Louis and Gyu-sung, who had been focusing all their attention on the living room at Heung-min’s voice, jumped out of their rooms.

Louis, who confirmed that Woo-cheol was crying, looked like he was about to cry, and Gyu-sung burst into anger.

“Ha! Those who don’t know anything and just start typing on the keyboard should all disappear!”

Louis grabbed Gyu-sung, as if telling him to calm down.

“You said it’s not true, it’s not, right? But why are you crying! You idiot!”

At Heung-min’s urging, Woo-cheol barely opened his mouth.

“Hic…. I’m just…. I’m just so frustrated…….”

“Are you a kid? Crying because you’re frustrated?! Don’t cry. Shit…….”

Heung-min swallowed his frustration and curses and roughly pulled out a tissue and handed it to Woo-cheol.

Woo-cheol knew that crying in this situation was foolish, but he couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed.

In fact, the first person to know about this controversy was Woo-cheol.

As people said, Woo-cheol monitored all sorts of internet communities.

This time, while searching for reactions to Remora Season 2, Woo-cheol saw that fans who wanted to know everything about him had captured his MyTube subscription list.

Most of the MyTube channels that Woo-cheol subscribed to were music-related channels, so fans were happy that they could know Woo-cheol’s musical tastes.

Then, the question arose as to whether he was also subscribing to the problematic YuchulTV.

‘Huh? It really looks like it?’

YuchulTV was a channel that Woo-cheol knew well because of its high notoriety.

However, the captured scene was so short that the quality was not good, and Woo-cheol dismissed the post as nonsense.

But he never dreamed that the ‘absurd suspicion’ would gain so much power.

It was truly frustrating.

Of course, he didn’t just cry because he was frustrated.

The thought that he had caused damage to the team in any way.

The absurd situation where even the other members were being cursed because of him.

The worry that people wouldn’t believe his explanation.

Nevertheless, the gratitude and apology to the members who unconditionally believed in him without considering the pros and cons.

Too many emotions were mixed together.

It was frustrating to be cursed for something he didn’t do, and to hear things like he knew this would happen, and he didn’t like him being cocky in the first place….

The malicious words towards him were the most hurtful.

The fact that he was being disparaged so carelessly, regardless of what kind of person he was, made Woo-cheol afraid.

“That’s why I told you not to look at comments like that…….”

Heung-min, who knew Woo-cheol well, muttered in a frustrated voice.

Woo-cheol wiped away his tears with the back of his hand and calmed himself down.

“Let’s start by figuring out why this misunderstanding happened.”

Gi-jun said calmly as the leader.

He was planning to not just say it wasn’t true, but to thoroughly explain the situation from the beginning and reveal his position.

The reason for trying to eliminate the suspicions as much as possible was for the fans who believed in him.

“Yeah. What the heck is that thing in the capture? It can’t be YuchulTV.”

When Heung-min asked, the sound of the front door opening was heard, and Do-jae came in.