{"id":199123,"date":"2025-12-18T22:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/199123\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:50:07","slug":"shinees-key-breaks-silence-over-illegal-medical-treatment-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/199123\/","title":{"rendered":"SHINee\u2019s Key breaks silence over illegal medical treatment controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHINee<\/a>\u2018s Key has addressed the controversy surrounding him receiving alleged illegal medical procedures from a woman known as the \u2018injection aunt\u2019.<\/p>\n

The controversy arose after the woman, referred to only as Ms Lee, had posted a photo of a dog believed to be his and text exchanges with him on her Instagram account.<\/p>\n

It later transpired that Key had met Lee through an acquaintance and hadn\u2019t realised that she wasn\u2019t a licensed medical practitioner. She had been treating him in a hospital in Gangnam and later at his home.<\/p>\n

Key\u2019s agency SM Entertainment released a statement addressing the matter yesterday (December 17), confirming that Key had withdrawn from all scheduled commitments.<\/p>\n

\u201cHello, this is SM Entertainment. We would like to address matters regarding our artist Key,\u201d it began.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, we sincerely apologise for the delay in issuing a statement as we needed to communicate with various parties involved in his world tour schedule and activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn an acquaintance\u2019s recommendation, Key visited a hospital located in Gangnam where Ms. Lee works and was first introduced to her as a doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cKey continued to receive treatment at that hospital, and on several recent occasions when visiting the hospital was difficult, he received medical care at home. Believing Ms. Lee to be a physician\u2014and with Ms. Lee offering no indication to the contrary\u2014Key did not realize that receiving care at home could be problematic.\u201d<\/p>\n

They continued: \u201cAmid the recent controversy over Ms. Lee\u2019s medical license, Key became aware for the first time that Ms. Lee is not a licensed physician. He himself is extremely confused and is deeply reflecting on his own lack of awareness.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecognizing the gravity of this matter, Key has decided to withdraw from his currently scheduled activities and step down from the programs in which he is appearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, we sincerely apologize for causing concern to everyone including the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key addressed the situation with a statement of his own. \u201cI sincerely apologize for causing many people concern with the various issues related to me recently,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI, too, was confused and flustered by the newly revealed facts, and I apologize for not being able to quickly organize my thoughts and clarify what I will do moving forward sooner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had always prided myself on being able to distance myself from such issues, but I feel incredibly sorry and ashamed toward the many people who trusted and supported me as I believe that thought is what prevented me from looking around my surroundings more wisely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will diligently do everything I can regarding this matter. I will once again take time to reflect on myself and my surroundings.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, I am truly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key has just finished a string of dates in the US <\/a>off the back of his recent album \u2018Hunter\u2019. It earned a\u00a0glowing five-star review<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0NME, with Carmen Chin writing: \u201cThe only gripe to be had with \u2018Hunter\u2019 is its brief runtime, with its longest song clocking in a little over the three-minute mark. But that speaks less to this particular album than it does to a broader industry trend that favours TikTok-friendly brevity. Instead, what stands out is an incredibly taut and cohesive artistic vision \u2013 both musically and visually \u2013 as one of the most exciting releases out of Korea this year. Key may have unparalleled experience as an idol, but on \u2018Hunter\u2019 he makes a strong argument for his case as the next pop disruptor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHINee\u2018s Key has addressed the controversy surrounding him receiving alleged illegal medical procedures from a woman known as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,6521],"class_list":["post-199123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-k-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}