Kan believed he was the reason for LeeU's departure

[yejun.livejournal.com]

Last year, F.CUZ‘s former member Lee U announced his departure from the group to launch a solo career.

Fellow member Kan finally spoke up on his feelings about the departure in a recent interview with Star News and shared his thoughts on the changes.

The group debuted back in 2010 as a four member group and headlined often because Lee U was the son of legendary singer Sul Woon Do. Lee U left about a year later, however, due to the differences in musical styles, and the group spent a year as a trio before adding Raehyun and Daegun to the group.

Unfortunately in January of last year, Kan suffered a major car accident during his way home from the filming of SBS‘s ‘Athena‘ where he injured his shoulder, nose, and forehead. F.CUZ had to hastily conclude their follow-up promotions.

Kan revealed, “I believe it’s partially my fault that he left the group. When hyung withdrew, I think it was because of my car accident. I was at the hospital when I heard about the decision and I couldn’t help but think to myself, ‘It’s all my fault that this is happening.’ Because of my car accident, things had escalated and had gotten big, even bringing about financial problems.”

He continued, “I felt like an obstacle to the group. After I heard that the group had to abruptly conclude promotions, I thought that my accident had somehow also influenced his decision to leave. At the time of the accident, I had to go in for surgery because of the wounds on my face. When I came out, the members were all waiting for me. I couldn’t look at them in the face and just apologized while crying.”

After confessing that he contemplated suicide out of misery, he stated, “I couldn’t stop thinking that I was doing more harm than good for the members and our company. I was only hearing things through other people so I wanted to hear everything for myself. The only thing I got out of staying in the hospital was time to think, and I knew that I couldn’t just stay like that so I asked to be discharged a month earlier and met with the members to talk.”

When asked what he believes to be the truth behind the situation is, Kan expressed, “I believe I’m partially at fault, but not entirely. Lee U hyung’s parents also disapproved of his career decision and he himself wanted to pursue a different musical style. There were a lot of different reasons, but I only blamed myself at the time, which made it harder.”

Fortunately, Kan still keeps in frequent contact with Lee U. The other members stated, “There wasn’t any discord. We were hurt and upset with his departure, but praying for everyone’s success is the best thing for now.”

F.CUZ will be releasing their third mini-album, ‘For Century Ultimate Zest‘, on April 27th as a fresh start with their two new members.

Source: Star News via Allkpop

Comments

[spread.livejournal.com]

These Zesty Kweens..

[supercherish.livejournal.com]

;~; Poor Kan... I don't think Lee U's decision to leave had anything to do with Kan or his accident. At least I hope it didn't. But it saddens me to think that Kan had contemplated suicide because he believed that Lee U left because of him.

I'm glad they keep in touch though. F.Cuz were such a happy group. I'm excited to see more about the new members too!

[kasayu.livejournal.com]

Poor boy :(
"I couldn’t stop thinking that I was doing more harm than good for the members and our company." is the worst because, legit or not, once such thoughts invade someone's mind it's so hard to stop them :/

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

I don't know anything about the group but this was so sad to read. I'm glad they still have a good relationship though.

[dilettantka.livejournal.com]

oh wow... poor guy. Even though LeeU didn't have as long a relationship with the other 3, they seemed pretty close :( I'm glad they keep in touch.

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Poor guy. All the bad things just piled up when he had his accident. :(

NGL, I always thought he was the hottest one, 'cause he always reminded of Jaejoong somehow.

[iyarheaa.livejournal.com]

oh lawd when i read this on akp, i thought it goes like this:

"Kan had contemplated suicide THAT'S WHY Lee U left"

turns out to be the opposite

[evivante.livejournal.com]

Ok this was sad.. :(

[albeitalways.livejournal.com]

awww ;(( felt a little guilty reading this, i left the fcuz fandom for good when leeu left, thought they were already done for.

[my-faux-pas.livejournal.com]

I just realized that that LeeU guy was the one who came in at DBSK's guesting at Happy Together, saying he's a fan of DBSK. lol. I realized this just this morning. lol

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

Lol that was a funny episode. Then again, I always laugh whenever DBSK are guests on the show.

[my-faux-pas.livejournal.com]

ikr, that episode made me laugh so much. lol. dbsk's variety shows are always lol-worthy, imagine if they didn't care about their image that sme built for them at all, they would've been funnier than super junior, especially jaejoong lol

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

The ones I find funny in Suju never seem to talk while the unfunny ones run the show, it's tragic really. And I miss seeing DBSK.../JYJ on variety shows. They were so hilarious.

[woohyun.livejournal.com]

aw Kan :C

[cairistiona.livejournal.com]

Aww Kannnn. :(

I love that LeeU still retweets F.Cuz stuff and tweets them all the time, it makes me happy.

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

this is just sad ):
i hope he feels better now, i'm sure it wan't because of him at all.

[michiyo-mori.livejournal.com]

This is so incredibly sad. And it scares me so much to realize that he was so close to being another shocking article about a young celebrity killing him or herself. I've been a fan of F.Cuz since their debut and I was disappointed when I heard that LeeU would be leaving but I'm glad to see that the four original members still talk all the time on twitter and seem 100% friendly with each other. I hope this maintained friendship also helps Kan to overcome his depression :( <3 <3 <3

[quinnsan.livejournal.com]

Oh Kan :( I'm glad he's keeping in touch with LeeU though, it'd be even more heartbreaking if they weren't.

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

I'm torn between giving him a punch in the face or give him a huge hug.

[miki-831.livejournal.com]

If he left because his band-mate got in a serious car accident then he's a freaking jerk.
I've basically already resigned myself to never see LeeU again because honestly, he is not going to have a solo career.

[xxkumorixx.livejournal.com]

D:! Kan! poor guy..

[xkeirafanx.livejournal.com]

Kan, we talk about the boy who kissed you on stage because Japanese fans asked him to.
I was sad about LeeU's departure too, but it is his decision. I hope Kan will one day stop blaming himself.

[kamakazza.livejournal.com]

I just wanna give him a hug