N, bowing today when I said anything to my rural grandfather...Take it seriously, get in touch with me right away and apologize (Full Story)

Jan 02, 2025

 N, bowing today when I said anything to my rural grandfather...Take it seriously, get in touch with me right away and apologize (Full Story)
'Today's N" broadcast screen capture



MBC's current affairs and culture program 'N (today)' bowed to the PD's controversy over his rude words and actions.

On the 2nd, MBC 'Today N's official website "We apologize for causing concern to the viewers."He left an apology with the title ".

In MBC 'Today N's corner 'Isn't It Good', which aired on the 1st, the story of the main character, a grandfather, who returned to a remote mountain village nine years ago and built three houses, was depicted. Viewers pointed out that the PD's rude words and actions were uncomfortable to watch.




In this regard, the production team took the situation seriously, contacted the cast immediately and apologized, and immediately corrected the video"We sincerely apologize to the viewers who must have felt uncomfortable watching this broadcast."

"We will pay special attention to the filming site and the later work process to prevent this from happening again in the future."I promised.

In the broadcast, the producer told his grandfather that he had three houses "You must have some money. Do you have a lot of money?" Then he introduced his grandfather's own loess room and said "Don't you go to the loess room a lot?" "I don't go very well." I'm not old enough to like the loess room yet, so I replied, ". In this scene, the PD's words came together with the caption 'City PD'.




After my grandfather played the drums "When you get older, you have to keep moving your hands and feetLet's say ", and the PD said "Can't you just do the fieldwork?" Then the grandfather showed me the mushrooms and said "Can't you see them in Seoul?" When I said I'd wrap it with you when I go to Seoul, it's all in the Seoul mart. What's the difference?"

Even when my grandfather tried to cook a charcoal-grilled chicken for the production team that had suffered, "Chicken only likes chicken. He said, "I only like fried food." He looked at the roasting chicken and said, "Isn't this burnt?"

Regarding these words and actions, viewers criticized him, saying that he seemed to be talking to his grandfather. As the capture of the scene is also posted on various online communities, the controversy over PD's rude talk seems to be growing. In fact, the viewer's opinion bulletin board is overflowing with posts criticizing the PD's words and actions.




Perhaps the production team was also aware of this, eventually stopping the broadcast's VOD service. On the terrestrial OTT platform Wave, the replay service of the 2407th episode of 'N' containing this broadcast has been suspended.

The following is the full text of the apology from 'today's N'.

I apologize for causing concern to the viewers.

On January 1st, I broadcast the daily life of my grandfather who returned to the mountain village in the corner of 'Isn't It Good'.

After the broadcast, many viewers said that some of the words and actions of the producer who produced the segment were inappropriate.

The production team of "Today N" took this situation seriously, contacted the cast immediately and apologized, and immediately corrected the video.

I sincerely apologize to the viewers who may have felt uncomfortable watching this broadcast.

In the future, we will pay special attention to the filming site and the later work process to prevent this from happening again.



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