While some of these issues do lie on the more humorous side, many of the problems are of a more serious nature that likely require professional intervention.Įarlier this May, a similar controversy arose when an episode of Hello Counselor featured a daughter whose father’s physical advances caused her tension. Similarly, this could explain why the episode did not raise many eyebrows until the content reached Western audiences after going viral on social media.ĭespite its popularity, Hello Counselor has always had its issues as any viewer knows, the entire premise of the show is to bring average people on to have their problems counseled by the hosts and special guest stars. While deeply-rooted beliefs such as these can explain why the father may have behaved this way with his family, tradition should not excuse him. In collective cultures such as South Korea, the bonds between families are quite strong with heavy respect for elders.
Of course, cultural differences between Eastern and Western societies come into play here, as explained by DKDKTV in a recent episode on their YouTube channel.
GFRIEND members Yuju and Umji starred as guest counselors for the episode and have also been targeted on social media for their reactions to the family’s story. The show, of course, more or less played this behavior off for laughs, although it is unclear how much the reaction of the cast was scripted. The show ended with the man promising to be more respectful towards his family. When asked for his reasoning for this behavior, the father simply said that the whiteness of his son’s skin entices him and that this is normal behavior between a father and son. In response, the son-who was sitting beside the father for the duration of the episode-would yell and hide. The most alarming of these accusations, however, was the claim that the father would kiss and play with his son’s body, most notably his genitals for five to ten minutes at a time. Along with inappropriate behavior towards his wife, the man often harassed his son and daughter (aged 5 and 3 respectively), often taking what he claimed to be “jokes” too far. In the episode, a mother was featured as the guest with concerns over her husband’s behavior. Earlier this week, the hashtag #EndHelloCounselor began circulating widely on Twitter, calling for the cancellation of the problematic show after yet another controversial episode. KBS’s Hello Counselor is under fire for a recent episode featuring a father boasting about touching his son’s genitals in a manner that is raising red flags for sexual abuse.
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