Lee ended his letter by emphasising that he would repay his remaining debt and cooperate with the police in the investigations.
According to South Korean media outlets, Lee had borrowed 1 billion won (US$733,000) from celebrities and 1.3 billion won from a loan shark. Some of the celebrities he had borrowed from include BTS member Jimin, comedian Lee Soo-geun and singer Young Tak.
Following Lee’s confession, the production team of the variety show Knowing Bros (of which he was a cast member) announced that they would be dropping him from the show.
Lee is also slated to appear in the upcoming Netflix variety series Comedy Revenge. However, Netflix has since announced they would not be able to edit Lee’s sections out of the show due to its format.
“Since the programme is structured as a team battle, there are structural limitations to completely editing a specific team, which makes the story structure unstable. We ask for your understanding.”
