‘Home Sweetie Home’ apologizes for dialogue on Super Junior
MANILA, Philippines — Kapamilya sitcom “Home Sweetie Home” has apologized to fans of K-pop boy group Super Junior for implying that the group is already passé in its episode on Saturday, Dec. 22.
Home Sweetie Home apologizes for a dialogue on our December 22 episode which has offended some of our Kapamilya Super…
Posted by Home Sweetie Home on Saturday, December 22, 2018
“Home Sweetie Home apologizes for a dialogue on our December 22 episode which has offended some of our Kapamilya Super Junior fans,” the show said in a statement via Facebook on Sunday.
“We have high respect for SuJu and acknowledge that they are one of the first groups to pave the way for KPop Revolution in the PH,” it added.
Further, the statement said: “We intended to establish their seniority, but we admit that we should have used better terms to say it. We truly regret the mistake, and it’s a learning experience for us.”
In the episode aired Saturday, Empoy Marquez’s character asked a group of girls played by Michelle Vito, Katrina Legaspi and Miles Ocampo if seeing Super Junior was part of their Seoul trip plans.
The girls reacted by laughing and pointing out that BTS, another K-pop boy group, is more popular nowadays.
Many fans expressed dismay and one of them was Happee Sy of Pulp Live World, the concert promoter that brought Super Junior in Manila earlier this year.
😭 I cant believe I just watched something so ignorant & insensitive 😢 It saddens me 😭 I didn’t see the need for the “eew” & “so baduy” comments.. do u know how ur words had hurt & insulted so many? was it intended to be funny? @HomeSweetieHome @ABSCBNChannel2 @ABSCBN_Showbiz
— ☺️ HAPPEE (@happeehour) December 22, 2018
I understand what the show wanted to say in their scene-that SJ are for the older generation.. that may be true if you’re coming from the idea of them being the 1st K-Idol group to ever have their Full Concert Tour in Manila last 2010. But why add the “eww” & “so baduy” remarks?
— ☺️ HAPPEE (@happeehour) December 22, 2018
Meanwhile, Vito, Legaspi and Ocampo also apologized to Super Junior fans on their own Twitter accounts on Sunday.
Bago ko po simulan ang araw na po ito. Humihingi po ako ng sorry sa lahat po na nasaktan namin lalo na po sa Super Junior at kanilang fans (and even non fans) Sorry po talaga. I'm praying this coming Christmas na matanggap po namin ang forgiveness niyo po. Sorry po ulit..
— Michelle Vito (@MichelleVito) December 23, 2018
Good morning po! I would like po to apologize to the members and fans of Super Junior. Super sorry po sa mga na-offend at nasaktan. :( Thank you po for understanding.
— Katrina Legaspi (@TrinaLegaspi) December 23, 2018
#SorrySuperJunior pic.twitter.com/MAu5qSIJnX
— Miles Ocampo (@milesocampo_14) December 23, 2018
Super Junior, one of the groups who helped spread K-pop worldwide, debuted in 2005 under SM Entertainment.
The group last performed in Manila on June 30 for their “Super Show 7 World Tour” at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena. /je
