At the 2018 Melon Music Awards (2018 Melon Music Awards, hereinafter '2018 MMA'), which was held on the 1st, Son Tae-young's agency and the organizers acknowledged and apologized for the mistake when the controversy over the preference of Actor Son Tae-young's son to sit in the singer's seat.
Son Tae-young, an official of H8 Company, said on March 3, "I have nothing to say but sorry." "I am so sorry that Son Tae-young's child was sitting there."
"2018 MMA" officials also said, "It is our responsibility to not control the scene properly no matter what the situation is," he said. "I am so sorry for the artists and fans who attended the Awards because of the unfortunate incident. I will pay more attention to the operation by taking this case as a lesson. "
In the '2018 MMA' held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Gocheok-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul on the 1st, Son Tae-young's son and nephew were sitting in the seats of the singers who appeared instead of the general audience or VIP seats. The controversy grew as Son Tae-young's son and nephew sat side by side among the singers and watched '2018 MMA' online.
The agency said that Son Tae-young asked the organizers to show Son Tae-young's son directly to the award at the 2018 MMA. Son Tae-young attended as the best song winner on the day.
An agency official said, "Son Tae-young came to the Awards with his son and was quiet in the place where the staff was waiting." After that, I wanted to see the child's mother awarding and asked the organizer to ask him. " "While Son Tae-young was moving in advance to prepare for the Awards, the children sat down according to the organizer's leadership and watched the stage." After Son Tae-young won the prize and the winner went on stage, he also received the signing of the Awards organizer and moved from his position under the staff's leadership. "
"It is true that there was a request from Son Tae-young," an official of the 2018 MMA said. "We have informed us that it may be a problem, but it is our responsibility that we have not properly controlled it."
Some pointed out that Son Tae-young's son and nephew are watching the stage of the boy group BTS, not Son Tae-young's prize in the singer's seat, and claimed that Son Tae-young is lying to avoid responsibility.
However, an agency official said, "The stage of the BTS overlapped with the time to stand by just before Son Tae-young was awarded." After that, Son Tae-young announced the winner and the icon gave me the impression. Son Tae-young was waiting, and his son came down the stage. "
Meanwhile, Son Tae-young's son and nephew covered the blanket, and a woman who seemed to be their guardian handed a blanket to the girl group Black Pink, but an agency official said, "The children and the field staff who were moving handed the lost blanket, It is irrelevant to the children."
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