During the episode of November 5, one of the most watched survival programs in Korea and directed by the CEO of YG Entertainment, a situation occurred that caught the attention of the spectators and caused some controversy, Yang Hyun Suk the CEO of the company has done a tour of several entertainment companies doing auditions for contestants who want to be in their program, when visiting Mole Entertainment, criticized in a harsh and direct way the contestant Sori of CocoSori.
Yang Hyun Suk criticized her for her age since Sori is 28 years old and during the criticism he commented that this is the retirement age of several Idols and after a little talk about why he had debuted at that age and the CEO's strong comments to his effort, Sori and his teammates managed to pass the audicon for their union and support among them; that not exempt that the criticisms of the arrived for Yang Hyun Suk.
The talk between the two was like this:
Yang Hyun Suk said: "You are a little older. Twenty eight. To be an idol, your age ... is not retirement age? "
Sori: "Really? But it's just the beginning for me."
Yang Hyun Suk: "So, what have you been doing all this time?"
Sori: "I've been an apprentice for a while, but there were many cases where our team broke down or other things happened. I went through that kind of situation over and over again, and finally, last year in January, I made my debut through the CocoSori group. "
Yang Hyun Suk: "CocoSori? It was a failure, right? I'm just being direct with you. "
Sori: "We launched a second single, and ..."
Yang Hyun Suk: "So your first single failed. That's what you say. "
Sori: "... Yes. That's why I'm here. So I'm in CocoSori, and also in Real Girls Project through this drama ... ".
Yang Hyun Suk: "You have done many things and you have not really succeeded in any of them".
Sori: "But I'm having fun."
Yang Hyun Suk: "I do not think you're in a position to have fun."
After making the harsh comments to the contestant, Yang Hyun Suk posted a video after making a visit to the studio on November 6, the video had the hashtags: "MIXNINE", "Kim Sori", "CocoSori", " Real Girl Project "," I want to say you did it well "," Surprising you last week in the studio "," Critical comments are only possible with interest "," Judging should be for cold hearts "," I hope you succeed " , "JTBC" and "YG".
In the video, Sori says: "He told me I should say something, but I was confused. I thought he would criticize me and tell me not to sing, but he said: 'you have done well' ". Then he said: "I wish you luck"