
After comedian Lim Joon Hyuk criticized MBLAQ for their lack of cooperation, variety show PDs have spoken up for the group.
The PD of KBS 2TV's 'Immortal Song' said, "I can't believe the rumors that they don't work hard. If you ask other variety show PDs, they'll say the same thing. No one works as hard as MBLAQ. Also, it's the comedian that's at the center of a comedy program. Even if the guests are a little lacking, it's their job to fill in that space. I can't understand why he had to say it over SNS, instead of just saying it on-site."
tvN's 'SNL Korea' said the same thing. 'SNL Korea' said, "It's the first time we heard that someone say that MBLAQ doesn't work hard on variety shows. They worked harder than even the hosts when they were the featured guests on SNL. Lee Joon especially, he came right after recording 'M! Countdown' early in the morning on the 15th, waited 2 hours for Miranda Kerr, and went to act on the solid ground."

As the issue became more and more entangled and confusing, comedian Im Joon Hyuk finally made an apology on his post on MBLAQ.
On June 20, Im Joon Hyuk wrote on his Facebook page, first and foremost apologizing for creating misunderstandings with what he wrote about MBLAQ.

“As all five members of MBLAQ were participating in our skit, it is true that there were some difficulties in organizing the lines and matching up with each other. But the practice ended brilliantly, and during the recording of ‘Rising Star,’ the MBLAQ members and I both gave the greatest laughter and received much applause from the audience, ending with no NG.”
“Even though comedians spend an entire week practicing more than a hundred times for this one recording, there are times when NGs occur, so for the MBLAQ members who were able to pull through without NGs, I want to express my gratitude,” said Im Joon Hyuk.
“I’ve filmed so many times, but after each filming, there’s always something missing, and that’s what a comedian is. As I finished recording and returned home, I wrote out what I felt on Facebook, and in a comedian’s subjective opinion, I wrote out the incompleteness I felt at the time in a humorous way. But the next night, I realized that it could cause a lot of misunderstandings from people, so I deleted the post on my own.”
Im Joon Hyuk apologized once more for creating an issue and hoped that no more misunderstandings arise from it.
He promised to be more careful with his words in the future.

Credit: Akp enewsworld
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Date: 2013-06-20 04:20 am (UTC)w/e at least the public learned from this that MBLAQ truly are hard-working idols and backed up by a lot of people from the industry, if anything they gained an even more positive view after this I would say.
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Date: 2013-06-20 07:01 am (UTC)Well whatever, we all knew this was how it was going to end i.e. comedian apologising and MBLAQ remaining flaw free / kanye shrug
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