Source: Sports Chosun
Sam O'Kyere is under controversy for alleged sexual harassment.
In March last year, Sam posted a photo with actress Park Eun-hye on his Instagram account along with a message that read, "Orange is the new black. Unni, we're Orange Caramel ㅋㅋㅋ."
A foreigner replied back on the post and wrote, "Cute. Once you go black you never go back LOL."
Sam replied back writing, "preach."
Sam's comments caused controversy as netizens felt that his comment "preach" was basically agreeing with netizen's reply that meant "once you have sex with a black man you never go back." This raised criticism that if put in context, his remarks could be seen as sexual harassment.
Netizens wrote, "How can he agree with a foreigner that writes a message like that about someone he barely knows just because they were together on a program. Park Eun-hye isn't a single woman but a mother of twins. He's basically looking down at her. Isn't this sexual harassment?..."
Netizens also revisited Sam Okyere's sexual harassment controversy in 2014 when he made an appearance on MBC's 'Radio Star.' Sam told Choi Yeo-jin that "she was really pretty" and when MC Kyuhyun advised him not to "look her up and down too much" Sam confidently replied, "In Ghana we notice the body line first."
After controversy grew, Sam made his Instagram private which he has since then deleted.
In the meantime, Sam is also currently under controversy over "black face" comments regarding Uijeongbu High School students.
What are your thoughts on the controversy? Do you think netizens are going too far?
Sam replied back writing, "preach."
Sam's comments caused controversy as netizens felt that his comment "preach" was basically agreeing with netizen's reply that meant "once you have sex with a black man you never go back." This raised criticism that if put in context, his remarks could be seen as sexual harassment.
Netizens wrote, "How can he agree with a foreigner that writes a message like that about someone he barely knows just because they were together on a program. Park Eun-hye isn't a single woman but a mother of twins. He's basically looking down at her. Isn't this sexual harassment?..."
Netizens also revisited Sam Okyere's sexual harassment controversy in 2014 when he made an appearance on MBC's 'Radio Star.' Sam told Choi Yeo-jin that "she was really pretty" and when MC Kyuhyun advised him not to "look her up and down too much" Sam confidently replied, "In Ghana we notice the body line first."
After controversy grew, Sam made his Instagram private which he has since then deleted.
In the meantime, Sam is also currently under controversy over "black face" comments regarding Uijeongbu High School students.
What are your thoughts on the controversy? Do you think netizens are going too far?
[Note: Article updated for changes made on original article on 8.26.2020 10:10am KST. Foreign netizen wrote comment "Once you go black you never go back" and Sam replied with "preach." The netizen's name is still blurred on original article.]
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