Drug scandal that erupted last weekend : Korean heartthrob Joo Ji Hoon, best known for his role in "Goong" as Prince Shin, was charged for acquiring party drugs for personal use.
Joo Ji Hoon was not charged with drug trafficking nor possession of it but was being interrogated by police suspecting him acquiring the drugs. Apparently, two lesser known Korean actresses were arrested for trafficking ecstasy and ketamine into Korea from Japan which they then sold to their friends. And Joo Ji Hoon was one of those names that they dropped. Being the most recognizable name, Joo Ji Hoon is therefore getting a lot of attention. Side tracking : the hilarious part was that these two actresses smuggled the drug past custom by inserting them into a menstrual pad!
The Japanese media reported the scandal "with particular gravity". Joo Ji Hoon has been dropped from all current and future screening. Cancellation of filming/events would eventually lead to lawsuits. It affects all of the other people involved in his projects in a very negative way.
I was shock and disappointed when I first heard about it. I am not a huge fan of his but I think he is gorgeous and a pretty good actor too. Grooming as a model turned actor, he sure has a great body.
I was personally saddened that he is idiotic enough to consume those drugs. He is such a talented person with so much going for him. I was looking so much forward to his future projects "Naked Kitchen" and "Tokyo Tower" but it seems his career may be going down the drain, at least for now.
He must be kicking himself in the ass right now and he has no one to blame but himself. He knows that doing drugs in Korea is illegal, no one put a gun to his head and forced him to consume drugs. He wanted to do drugs because he thought it was pleasurable. You do the crime, you pay the time. Simple as that. He was in such a privileged position with a promising career but he blew it. It wasn’t like he was an unknown struggling korean actor feeding from hand to mouth who couldn’t catch a break. I suppose he was in the whirlwind of being a celebrity and thus making foolish life wrecking choices.
Very disheartening that he needs to learn the hard way. But he is still young and I am sure he can rebuild his career. ... only if he can bear it through the storm and not resort to do silly things thereafter.
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