Korean boy group JYJ member Kim Junsu's fans reacted violently and demanded for 'Gag Concert' to apologize after the variety show allegedly censored the idol's name on its latest episode.

On Sunday, April 26, the Korean variety show entitled 'Gag Concert' aired its latest episode, and according to reports, famous comedian Park Sung Ho mentioned Kim's stage name, 'XIA Junsu' during one of the segments.

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Park stated, "When male celebrities play soccer, Minho (SHINee) is manly, XIA Junsu is cool and Le Deok Hwa..." According to reports, fans noticed that when the comedian mentioned 'XIA', it sounded muted which also resulted to 'Junsu' to sound quite muted as well.

After hearing of this, fans of the JYJ member immediately began attacking the show and its production team on online community boards for show. Users stated that the show's decision to censor the idol's name is offensive to Kim as well as his fans.

Some also questioned the motive behind the show's decision to censor Kim's name. One user wrote, "What did he do so wrong that he must be censored from broadcasting?" On the other hand, others expressed their confusion over the matter.

Media reports say that the number of people protesting against 'Gag Concert' is increasing since the show aired on the 26^th.

In response to the bashing, the producer of the show issued a statement, admitting that they meant to mute 'XIA' in Kim's stage name. The producer said, "We thought the name 'XIA' would hurt fans, so we censored it, but instead, we caused a misunderstanding."

In addition, they stated, "During the editing process, we thought that nowadays, Junsu is known as 'XIA', not Junsu or 'XIA Junsu'... Only 'XIA' was muted." The producer also explained that it was not their intention to create a misunderstanding with the fans.

Despite their response, fans continued to criticize the show, saying that producers should have just decided to call Kim 'Junsu' from the beginning.

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