[Dispatch=Lee Myung-joo Reporter] Broadcaster Lee Hye-sung clarified her remarks, which were interpreted as defending actor Ha-young.

On the 21st, Lee Hye-sung explained on SNS that the sentence "'Should descendants atone for the sins of their ancestors' is not an expression of my opinion, but a quotation from a sentence."

She clarified that the remarks made on YouTube while introducing Harvard University professor Michael Sandel's book "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?" were part of the content from the book.

At the time, Lee Hye-sung indirectly mentioned Ha-young's great-grandfather's pro-Japanese collaboration controversy. She began introducing the book by saying, "There was controversy when a public figure's great-grandfather's pro-Japanese activities were revealed."

She then posed related questions in succession: "Should we atone for the sins of our ancestors in their place?" and "Should the nation apologize for its historical wrongs of the past?"

Lee Hye-sung corrected the misunderstanding. "I have never made personal statements," she wrote, adding "I clearly explained the content that humans are 'narrative beings' within the flow of history."

She continued, "I also introduced a scholar who criticized the attitude of certain Americans who regarded slavery history as 'something unrelated to me' as 'moral shallowness.'"

In fact, personal views regarding the question appeared toward the end of the video. Citing a quote from an American philosopher, she emphasized the necessity for descendants to take responsibility for their ancestors' debts.

Meanwhile, Ha-young faced controversy over the pro-Japanese history of his great-grandfather, Ahn Sang-ho. After an official apology, he was excluded from filming the sequel to Netflix's "Critical Care Center."

<Photo source=Lee Hye-sung YouTube capture>