The creator and stars of 'Beef' release statement regarding David Choe's rape story

[mayjailer]

The creator and stars of Netflix’s #Beef have responded to resurfaced criticism against cast member David Choe, who has recently come under fire for a 2014 podcast interview where he had joked about being a “successful rapist” during a massage. https://t.co/HzYd8NIu7m pic.twitter.com/kc76GWwk0Z
- Variety (@Variety) April 21, 2023
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[mizzyoung]

[shangri__la]

I'm beyond disappointed in him in particular.

[anydoppelganger]

sorry bb :'( I feel the same way. Appreciate all your comments in the past few posts

[mizzyoung]

*hugs*

thank you luv 💜

[patentpending]

I'm genuinely confused as to why he'd throw away so much momentum and good will for this guy? Not just him but the entire production team. They really just tanked a show that was a hit right out of the gate, and what makes this even more disappointing, sorely needed as far as representation goes...for david cho????

[mizzyoung]

It truly makes ZERO sense, I do not understand their thought process over this. Like there's nothing special about this dude who has a history of gross ass shit and to give up over a decade of goodwill, a out the gate successful show...for this dude?

Hope this was worth it for them. They'll still get work, but it won't be the same caliber after this. People are (hopefully) not gonna look at them the same.

[butterflyblot]

I'm genuinely confused as to why he'd throw away so much momentum and good will for this guy

I'm willing to bet it's purely the Korean-American diaspora connection. The Korean community in North America is extremely interconnected and tight-knit.

[glitterslugs]

I can. People get fucking weird in situations like this- it’s like they feel like the confrontation of booting a friend is so awkward that they would rather put their head in the sand

[cassismagic]

[x_spinfaster]

I'm so sad I learned about this info before I watched lol. I was so excited for its release but hadn't had time to watch it, heard the rave reviews, was really excited to start. Now idt I wanna watch :(