Actor Choi Hyun Wook recently garnered much attention online for pitching at the KBO League playoffs in Incheon.
This quickly spread online after some discovered he had almost hit a child’s head after throwing the pitch.
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As criticism grew, he quickly revealed that he would contact the child and parents to apologize.
Since a young child was standing there, I should have thrown the ball slowly and from a closer distance, but I failed to think of that. I feel truly sorry.
— Choi Hyun Wook
Actor Choi Hyun Wook Almost Injures A Child Fan, Issues Apology
However, K-Netizens continued to criticize his actions, disappointed that he didn’t apologize to the child right away.
- “Who pitches like that? I don’t think he understands what pitching means…even the catcher looked surprised.”
- “He threw that and went to shake hands with the pitcher….he didn’t even make a gesture to apologize to the child.”
- “I saw the news today, and it said that he was ‘considering’ writing a handwritten apology LOL.”
- “Things wouldn’t have gotten this big if he had just apologized to the child and the parents right away…”
- “I watched this live, and aside from his fans, everyone else responded negatively.”
- “Much talk was about him throwing the pitch while wearing sunglasses.”
- “I don’t understand why he didn’t apologize right away…isn’t it common sense?”
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