The “Beef” team called Choe’s story “undeniably hurtful and extremely disturbing,” but said he has “put in the work to get the mental health support he needed.”
surrounding show star David Choe, who joked in 2014 about being a “successful rapist.”
“The story David Choe fabricated nine years ago is undeniably hurtful and extremely disturbing. We do not condone this story in any way, and we understand why this has been so upsetting and triggering,” they said in the“We’re aware David has apologized in the past for making up this horrific story, and we’ve seen him put in the work to get the mental health support he needed over the last decade to better himself and learn from his mistakes.
“Beef” executive producers, including Yeun and Wong, issued a statement about the controversy Friday.“I just want to make it clear that I admit that that’s rapey behavior. But I am not a rapist,” he said on the episode.“If I am guilty of anything, it’s bad storytelling in the style of douche,” the street artist wrote on his now-defunct website. “Just like many of my paintings are often misinterpreted, the same goes with my show.
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