"Beef" creator, stars address actor David Choe's "disturbing" resurfaced comments about rape
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"The story David Choe fabricated nine years ago is undeniably hurtful and extremely disturbing," the Netflix show's creator and stars Ali Wong and Steven Yuen said in a statement.
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"Beef" star David Choe faces renewed criticism over interview with sexual assault claims
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"Beef" creator, stars address actor David Choe's "disturbing" resurfaced comments about rape
On a 2014 podcast episode, Choe brazenly discussed touching a “black” masseuse without her consent, allegedly boasting that he was a “successful rapist.
The tweets included clips from a 2014 episode of his now-defunct podcast, “DVDASA,” and were labeled with a “report from the copyright holder” notice on Twitter.
Following the popularity of Netflix's Beef, actor David Choe came under fire for a story he told on a 2014 episode of his podcast, and Ali Wong and Steven Yeun are now calling those comments 'hurtful and extremely disturbing'
The team behind hit Netflix drama Beef have gone on record to respond to the controversy surrounding comments made by the show’s co-star David Choe. Steven Yeun and Ali Wong and creator Lee Sung Ji…
"The story David Choe fabricated nine years ago is undeniably hurtful and extremely disturbing," the Netflix show's creator and stars Ali Wong and Steven Yuen said in a statement.
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.”
