Is Kim Sae-ron cancelled? 5 scandals the K-drama child star faces: drink driving, swearing and claims she only quit Dear. M because Park Hye-soo and NCT’s Jaehyun were credited above her
- She made her debut in 2009 with A Brand New Life, but it’s not been smooth sailing for the now 21-year-old, who’s often the topic of controversy in Korea
- Her drink-driving incident in May caused 50 places in Seoul to lose electricity, and resulted in her losing jobs with SBS’ Trolley and Netflix’s Hunting Dogs
The first alcohol controversy
In 2014, when the actress was only 13, a photo of Kim hanging out with some friends was uploaded to an online forum. The problem? The snap apparently showed a bottle of wine, while another photo also contained cigarettes. Naturally, people were critical because she was still a minor. She later explained that she had just attended a family party with some friends and didn’t engage in any drinking or smoking, per Kbizoom.
Rather than silently sucking up the hate, a deeply frustrated Kim demanded an apology from the press when the controversy got out of hand. Though people were critical, in the end she escaped this scandal mostly unscathed.
Re-gifting fan gifts?
When a popular Kim Sae-ron fan website called Ronday announced its closure via Twitter in 2018, it raised the question of – why?
Although closing fan webpages is common, this one was a special case ridden in speculation. Announced the closure, the founders said that they hoped the actress wouldn’t take gifts from fans lightly and to be grateful, “I hope in 2018, you are the Kim Sae-ron loved by even more people.”
While the announcement wasn’t aggressive, people started to wonder if the actress had re-gifted or thrown away fan gifts. Though there was no concrete evidence, many fans were so disappointed they imagined the page’s founder had been wronged in some way which led to its closure.