Yoo Yong-jin, "Mr. Moon Jae-in" Title Controversy... "Rude" VS "No Problem"

Photo by tvN Digital Entertainment 'Guerrilla Date' capture

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] Comedian Lee Yong-jin has sparked a heated debate among netizens over his past reference to President Moon Jae-in as "Moon Jae-in ssi."

Recently, an online community board posted a thread titled "Comedian Lee Yong-jin calling the president 'Moon Jae-in ssi'."

According to the post, on the tvN variety show "Guerilla Date," Lee Yong-jin introduced MC Dingdong with the phrase "The president of the pre-MC world!" and added, "President? Are you talking about Moon Jae-in ssi?"

This has led to controversy among netizens. Some commented that "He should have used the proper title during the broadcast," and "It was obvious it would be problematic, so why wasn't it edited out?" expressing that it was disrespectful.

On the other hand, some responded with, "There is absolutely no problem," "He didn't speak informally, and adding 'ssi' was sufficient," and "Why is this even a controversy?"

Meanwhile, as the controversy over the president's title continued, Lee Yong-jin set his SNS account to private.

The video in question has also been deleted from the YouTube channel.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.