Producer Ryan Jhun apologizes for his insulting remarks to female idols and announces hiatus

Ryan Jhun, who has participated in famous K-pop groups songs such as Weeekly's After School and SHINee's Don't Call Me, has announced that he will take a hiatus. This comes after the producer came under fire for his derogatory remarks towards female K-pop idols.

Ryan left a comment on DC Gallery, a platform notorious for criticizing female idols and spreading rumors. K-pop stans noticed the disrespectful words he used and demanded an apology. He has now apologized and also stated that he will take a hiatus.

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Famous producer Ryan Jhun apologizes for using derogatory terms to refer to female idols

The famous songwriter and producer has been making songs for K-pop groups for more than a decade. He is credited in multiple tracks for groups SHINee, Super Junior, Girl's Day, Lee Hyori, TVXQ, U-KISS, NCT Dream, EXO, Red Velvet, and more.

A netizen noticed Ryan Jhun use the term "Boj-dol", an offensive slang for v**ina, to describe female artists. After netizens slammed him for using a s**ually derogatory word towards K-pop idols, especially when he continues to work with many, Ryan Jhun took to Twitter to post his apology in English and Korean.

Readers can take a look at his apology below:

If I know those bad words. I’m not using certain words. If it's intentional, you can curse at me.but I didn't know. If you don't it you say didn't know I'm sorry if you made y’all feel bad. I thought that the word p word was just being used in my post I saw unintentionally

— Ryan S. Jhun (@ryanjhun) September 10, 2021

and someone told me so I deleted it, but I didn't do it intentionally. I'm not a low-level person. I will use words carefully in the future.😢thank you for y’all concern. Good nite ❤️❤️

— Ryan S. Jhun (@ryanjhun) September 10, 2021

If i know and use words, it's intentional, so you can curse at me. I didn't really know the controversial word, so at first I tho it wasn’t bad because there was a typo in the team name, so I asked. but again, that wasn't the problem, but the word I wrote was a big problem.

— Ryan S. Jhun (@ryanjhun) September 10, 2021

That's a bad word, I didn't know and The word was still written in that article, and just this morning, our production team also searched and told us what it meant. I also found and deleted the posts, and I will write carefully one by one in the future.sorry fans & thank you.

— Ryan S. Jhun (@ryanjhun) September 10, 2021

However, the fire has not been doused as netizens claim it's just an excuse. According to them, Ryan Jhun had first stated that it was a typing mistake. He then claimed he was unaware of what the word meant.

stay away from Weeekly, Loona and other ggs. You're an adult how come you are not aware of that word. You didn't even apologize https://t.co/3qDITm8yHm

— KNOWING LOONA (@loonasouljoo) September 12, 2021

Dude, you're in your "FOURTIES"40-ish ! You say you don't know the Vagina word in your own language?? Hell why don't you just say that you're an alien that live on a space 🤮 https://t.co/bflWff3twk

— nY! (@manwoliee) September 11, 2021

a whole group of minors… YOU’RE ALWAYS TWEETING IN ENGLISH MY GOD YOU’RE ON TWITTER 24/7 YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT WORD MEANT ARENT YOU ASHAMED https://t.co/FVLCxbVHfN

— anna MYSTIC GIRLS WINTER DEBUT (@hyealous) September 11, 2021

you didn't know the word...? u sure? https://t.co/3V52xODYPO

— aru stress (@wrnteo) September 11, 2021

In a telephonic interview with Xsports News, Ryan Jhun stated that he had canceled all his current schedules, including Naver NOW's Midnight Idol. He elaborated that this decision comes from him wanting to reflect on himself and not wanting to hurt other celebrities' reputations.

As translated by Soompi:

"I want to take some time off to reflect on myself, and I didn't want to cause harm to the other idols who would be appearing on the show. All the broadcasts and interviews I had scheduled were canceled so that I could take a period of self-reflection. I didn't want to cause harm to anyone else. There are lots of albums yet to release, so I need to take some time to reflect and focus on that work".

He also apologized for his "thoughtlessness" and shared that he would educate himself on inappropriate words, making sure "it doesn't happen again."