The show 'Tto-Gan-Jip', beloved for the appearance of YouTuber Pungja, deleted and re-uploaded an episode that had boasted over 900,000 views due to a controversy surrounding a manipulated participation of a regular person.
On the 27th, the YouTube channel 'Studio Suje' deleted and re-uploaded the recently released 'Tto-Gan-Jip' episode featuring Anyang.
Initially, the Anyang episode of 'Tto-Gan-Jip' was released on the 25th, boasting over 900,000 views within two days. However, it was revealed that the informant related to the restaurant selected as number one at the end of the video was a family member of the restaurant owner.
This has drawn criticism for violating the selection criteria of 'Tto-Gan-Jip'. In fact, Pungja is checking whether the restaurant side is not related to family or acquaintances during the interview process with ordinary citizens for fairness in 'Tto-Gan-Jip'.
Regarding this, the production team noted, "It has been confirmed that the selected restaurant violated the existing selection criteria of 'Tto-Gan-Jip'." They revealed that they had verified the facts with the parties involved and emphasized, "The 'Anyang episode' will be prepared and released again as soon as possible," and, "We would like to clarify once again to the viewers that 'Tto-Gan-Jip' has not received a single restaurant advertisement in the past three years."
The following is the full statement from the 'Tto-Gan-Jip' production team.
Hello, this is Studio Suje.
We would like to thank everyone for their continued support and viewership of 'Tto-Gan-Jip'.
In the recently released 'Tto-Gan-Jip Anyang episode', it has been confirmed that the restaurant selected as number one violated 'Tto-Gan-Jip' selection criteria.
We have directly verified that the statement made by the regular participant claiming 'there is no family relationship' is not true.
We have confirmed the facts directly with the parties involved, and they have repeatedly conveyed their apologies to the studio and the viewers.
Accordingly, the distributed poster has been collected, and it has been decided that the relevant video will be permanently deleted.
'Anyang episode' will be prepared and released again as soon as possible.
We wanted to respond cautiously to concerns about excessive criticism towards the regular participant.
We do not want personal information about the regular participant or excessive malicious comments, which may be deleted.
We would like to clarify once again to the viewers that 'Tto-Gan-Jip' has not received a single restaurant advertisement in the past three years.
We will do our best to ensure that such incidents do not happen again in the future.
Thank you.
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