Lucas posts an apology, will halt activities

[waves-of-light.livejournal.com]

NCT’s Lucas and SM Entertainment have released statements regarding the rumors of his actions towards his past girlfriends.

On August 23, a Korean netizen claiming to be Lucas’s ex-girlfriend uploaded a post on her social media and accused him of gaslighting and being a gold digger.

She explained that she had been a fan of Lucas until he approached her and they began dating. According to her, Lucas gaslighted her with words like, “I don’t like that you’re too much like a fan,” and “Don’t be a fan of an idol anymore,” when he was breaking up with her due to his busy schedule. She also stated that she had bought him luxurious gifts that he was initially thankful for but later rejected because he said he was “making enough money and didn’t need gifts unless it was a house or a car.” She wrote, “He always came to the hotel room, ordered room service, slept, and left. From the moment we checked out, he would go off the radar and keep his distance, saying he felt uncomfortable. He didn’t say a single word of gratitude and took it for granted that I was paying for him.” To back up her claims, she revealed her alleged chat logs with Lucas and photos he had sent her.

The next day, a Chinese netizen revealed that the Korean netizen’s experience had been similar to her own and claimed that Lucas had been dating her and the Korean netizen at the same time.

On August 25, SM Entertainment released a statement to announce that Lucas would be halting his activities to reflect on his actions. Read the statement below.


"Hello. This is SM Entertainment.

We apologize for causing concern due to our artist Lucas’s personal life.

We recognized the seriousness of this matter and have decided to to halt the release of all content for WayV’s Lucas and Hendery’s single “Jalapeño,” including the song and music video that were scheduled to be released on August 25 at 6 p.m. KST.

Lucas is deeply reflecting on having caused great pain and disappointment due to his wrong behavior, and the agency also feels responsible for our poor management of the artist.

We once again deeply apologize for causing concern to many people including fans with Lucas’s personal matters."


The same day, Lucas posted a handwritten letter of apology in Chinese on his Instagram, along with a Korean translation in the captions that he explains was translated with the help of those around him.

Here is a translation of his Korean statement:


"This is Lucas.

I apologize to those who were hurt by my wrong behavior. If you give me a chance, I would like to personally convey my words of apology.

I also genuinely apologize to my fans who have given me lots of love and support.

While watching the situation during the past few days, I have looked back on my past behavior and sincerely reflected on it. Looking back on my behavior of the past, it was clearly wrong, and it was an irresponsible behavior that betrayed the support that my fans have shown me for a long time.

I would like to once again apologize to everyone who was disappointed by my actions.

I will make sure that something like this does not occur again, and I will halt all of my scheduled activities to take time to reflect on myself.

Lastly, I would like to apologize to the members, company staff, the many cooperative firms, and broadcasting personnel for causing an inconvenience.

I sincerely apologize."








Source: soompi via naver, lucasxx444

Comments

[aures.livejournal.com]

I will make sure that something like this does not occur again, and I will halt all of my scheduled activities to take time to reflect on myself.

so i guess that means just like Irene he will work out and start drawing or pick up other hobbies?

[1100003.livejournal.com]

Behave like an ass, get caught (so SM can't deny), then have a nice staycation

[babycheeses1.livejournal.com]

It's been so wild watching fans do the most trying to a) say that these are all rumors and that nothings been confirmed LOL like that apology is a confirmation my dudes, and b) trying to justify his behavior cause he's a 20 something good looking dude.

😂

You guys, please if I ever reach this point with my faves, I'm gonna need to scream at me.

[darklitplanet.livejournal.com]

same, we gotta keep ourselves in check here!!

[radowan.livejournal.com]

Ohhh can't wait what the stans on IG will say, especially with how confident they were in saying it's "all been proven fake!"

[fritterish.livejournal.com]

His stans are now saying that his apology does not make all the allegations true because SM always makes their artists say sorry anyway…these fans istg

[darklitplanet.livejournal.com]

lmaoooo @ him admitting it when his fans were doing mental back handsprings to show why all these girls were lying

if this impacts the full wayv album that was supposed to come out this year i’m going to spam him with hate messages like a deranged stan tbh!

[marsdiamonds.livejournal.com]

His fans are still saying it’s all a lie and SM forced him to apologize, but he is not admitting anything

[darklitplanet.livejournal.com]

#FreeTen #NCTDisband

[dalpaengi.livejournal.com]

but disband all nct?! well at this point… 😅

[snowphone.livejournal.com]

wow sounds like it'll only be a hiatus, i thought he'd get kicked out and my wish every time i hear an nct song for him to get less lines would be complete!

seems like the impact on his chinese activities will be huge. i heard that 6 of his chinese bars closed?

[darklitplanet.livejournal.com]

i’m holding out hope they’ll quietly announce his exit after everything has blown over lmao. like maybe if he was some breathtaking once-in-a-lifetime talent i could grit my teeth and accept this but it’s fucking lucas, lmao, there is no world in which he’s worth all this

[rose-potion.livejournal.com]

[dlstmxkakwldrl.livejournal.com]

This is fun to watch. He sure had a lot to say for someone whose only contribution to the group is fatshaming remarks.

[nacomi.livejournal.com]

Tell me more about the latter.

[nacomi.livejournal.com]

I don‘t know if he will really reflect on his past actions, especially he probably will still sleep around with anyone he wants to and not practice any safety measurements.

[greasetastic-x.livejournal.com]

Gosh i love this so much. It's hilarious.

Hendery is surely seething right now. Just imagining all of the wayv members being heated about this makes me laugh. I just hope someone told him to have some self awareness when calling someone untalented and getting by with their face.

I'm actually shocked that they pulled him this quickly to "reflect." He adds nothing to any group that he's in except for height so I'm unbothered

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

I know near to zero about NCT, Wayv or Hendery, but I hope they are all giving him hell for this. God knows this may be the only kind of reprisal this douche will get.

[katheli.livejournal.com]

the meltdown of his stans everywhere has been embarrassing as hell

first they were all about proving the evidence was fake, now they're essentially claiming there's nothing wrong with what he did, these girls are the true evil for exosing "private matters"...like do you hear yourselves. How far up someone's ass can you be?

also did he really talk shit about another member for being only there for his looks? cause what exactly does he do, successfully?

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

My favourite fan take thus far has got to be "I can't believe this whore didn't do the RESPECTABLE thing of settling this in PRIVATE in a court of law instead of dragging this out in public smh!!!!"

[1100003.livejournal.com]

The fans.... Girls, why are you going this hard for someone who doesn't know you exist/wouldn't give a shit if he did know you existed after possibly taking your money?

Also never go this hard for someone who wouldn't do the same for you (aka the majority of men) 😤😤😤

[ursulavosyem.livejournal.com]

"Also never go this hard for someone who wouldn't do the same for you (aka the majority of men)"

More people need to understand this, for real

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

Sugar Mama Gate

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

Hahaha SM not paying these kids they had to go find sugar mamas?

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

Well that was quick lol

I wasn't expecting anything else from SM. Lucas is a male idol who got deals with fashion brands for his good looks, and SM can chalked it up as his personal life/immaturity, so of course they won't kick him out. The hiatus/reflection/comeback strategy worked for Irene and many, many idols before her so why not? They admitted guilt and promised better behaviour to save face in front of the brands right now, and can still benefit from hardcore fans saying "my poor idol!!! he was forced to do it!!!" when he eventually comes back.
Unless fans turn totally against him but I don't see it happening at the moment? It seems more like he's loosing support and interest in him (and probably a ton of brand opportunities lmao) rather than fans wanting him gone (that seems reserved for idols who get kids and wifes...).

I hope the women get settlements with SM from all this. And have good support systems to shield them from the fans...
Also I hope that Lucas think seriously about how his behaviour could harm him, even if I doubt he'll do it.

[fritterish.livejournal.com]

It will never be not funny for me that Lucas would chide someone for not having talent…speak for yourself lol

[chiives.livejournal.com]

bless this entire scandal.

some of the comments though... people really need to stop calling him ugly ujst bc they don't care for him. if he was actually ugly he wouldn't be booking endorsements or even get into multiple subunits, everyone knows it sure isn't because he's an amazing dancer.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

I don't know anything about NCT but they should let that Hendery boy just debut solo or replace Lucas with another dude for the subunit. They have enough members.

[rockerista03.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Hendery involved in cultural appropriation before? SM buried that pretty quickly tho and pretended shit didn't happen lol

[rockerista03.livejournal.com]

lmao mess all over but thanks for the entertainment tho

his fans tho yikes

[seiruka.livejournal.com]

this tweet🤣

sm waking up shotaro for an emergency debutpic.twitter.com/JOGdNXcoHP (https://t.co/JOGdNXcoHP) https://t.co/3aIOqow1qU (https://t.co/3aIOqow1qU)

— berf (@babiejongin) August 24, 2021 (https://twitter.com/babiejongin/status/1430158658692857865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

NNNNNBNNNBN this is SICK 😭

[em-cavey.livejournal.com]

Well that escalated quickly
But it's interesting bc he didn’t blow up nearly as bad as Chanyeol, at least not in Korea, so it sounds like execs at SM might be sick of his shit if they’re pulling him off duty entirely. To be clear, he sounds like a major douchebag but I’m surprised SM is going so far as to cancel a big release over “just” an interpersonal issue bc I have zero faith in them actually giving a shit

[ohlookshiny.livejournal.com]

c-ent is crazy this year with major celebs causing huge controversies so i’m not surprised at sm putting him on hiatus for this. they could actually cut their losses and get rid of him entirely idk.

lucas isn’t really relevant in korea so i doubt sm cares much about that, this apology is for china.

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

I'm seeing alot of constipated fans saying the original OP confirmed it as a fake and that all the pics where faked

Can someone link me to any posts related to it??? I'm curious to see the '''''evidence''' but not eager enough to actually take a deep dive into stan twitter tbh

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

The hilarious tweets and meltdowns on Twitter from fans have all been quality entertainment to me so I’m not complaining! Thank u Lucas for being such a messy bitch. ❤️

[radowan.livejournal.com]

omg this reminds me: someone on IG was literally asking sasaengs to testify that this is all fake 😂 the logic being "you follow him around all the time anyway! you'd know!!"

If that's on IG, I wonder how are they holding up on twitter 😂😂😂

[lolknope.livejournal.com]

homeboy really thought all thot bought gifts are final huh? poor dat. in the meantime...good luck finding that talent you speak of

[theweebdream.livejournal.com]

Lmao idk anything about NCT but I’d be PISSED if I was Hendery.

[mortkero.livejournal.com]

I can't at the fans still trying to make out that it's all fake and that SM forced him to apologize even even he didn't do anything.

However should all idols and actors who cheat be forced to give up on their careers? How many people would we see disappear if that happened?

[theweebdream.livejournal.com]

I feel like while this is absolutely shitty thing, it’s not one of those things that warrants being kicked out of the group unless it really affected sales or something. Which I feel yucky about saying cause I promise I’m not defending men LMAO. But it’s not on the same level as Irene using her position of power to bully a staff members or Kris sexually assaulting people including minors.