Chanyeol drama explained: SM Entertainment takes legal action about false claims
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SM Entertainment has taken a legal action about the allegations against Chanyeol – here’s all the drama explained.
The last few months have been full of K-pop drama. Irene was involved in a scandal when she publicly apologised for lashing out at her stylist. Then, SM Entertainment producer Lee Soo-man outlined his vision for the future of the South Korean music industry, which included celebrity robots.
Recently, EXO’s Chanyeol came in the spotlight – here’s what happened.
Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images For Tommy Hilfiger Who is Chanyeol?
Park Chan-yeol, better known as just Chanyeol, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter and producer most known for being in the South Korean- Chinese boy group EXO.
The 28-year-old from Seoul is also an actor, appearing in various television dramas and films such as So I Married an Anti-fan (2016) and Secret Queen Makers (2018).
Chanyeol has also more recently become a fashion icon, modelling for many big brands and attending fashion events for Dior, Prada, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger’s show in London. He was also just announced as a ambassador for Prada alongside Irene.
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SM Entertainment takes legal action on Chanyeol’s case
Back in October last year, Chanyeol got involved in a whole load of drama after false rumours started spreading that he allegedly cheated on his ex-girlfriend.
The singer’s agency SM Entertainment has taken legal action against the social media users who have spread the allegations, Soompi has now reported.
In a statement on May 17th, 2021, the agency said: “We sued those who spread false rumors about Chanyeol, and as far as we know, the police have identified those who were accused and forwarded them to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment.”
“This is just one of the cases of infringement on our artists’ rights, which the agency is consistently taking legal action for. We are taking legal action against the spread of false rumors, insult, and more regarding our artists, including Chanyeol.”
Previously, Chanyeol didn’t make a statement, while his managers SM Entertainment said: “We do not have any official stance towards the post in question.”
Photo by Dominique Charriau/Getty Images For Tommy Hilfiger Fans defend Chanyeol
Many fans previously took to Twitter to defend Chanyeol, claiming that he would never cheat on his girlfriend.
One Twitter user said: “Remember what Baekhyun said: ‘Dont believe everything you see on the internet. It’s easy to make lies look like it is the truth.’ I’m going to put this here again, and i hope some fans are smart enough that Chanyeol would never ever do such a thing.”
“The baseless allegations on Chanyeol doesn’t make me love him any less because we exols know what chanyeol is, the antis can make up whatever shit they want to but exols will always got exo’s back. WeAreOne #EXOLProtectChanyeol,” said another.
Another fan tweeted a quote from Park Chanyeol himself: “#EXOLProtectChanyeol “Don’t believe any scandal news about me if it’s not from my own mouth.” – Park Chanyeol.”