Did Park Sung-hoon Manage to Overcome Porn Controversy? Instagram Followers Continue Rising
As of January 9th, 2025, Park Sung-hoon’s personal Instagram account recorded 2.4 million followers, a significant rise compared to 1.95 million on the afternoon of December 31st, 2024.
This is a remarkable increase, especially when taken into account that the actor recently came under fire for posting explicit Japanese porn with a “Squid Game” theme on his Instagram story.
Specifically, previously on December 30, a topic titled “Actor Park Sung-hoon deletes Instagram post immediately” was published on the Korean forum “theqoo”.
According to the post, Park Sung-hoon had uploaded a “Squid Game” themed AV (adult video) cover on his social media account, only to delete it shortly after. The exposed cover image featured Japanese AV actresses parodying Netflix’s “Squid Game” while fully nude.
Even more controversial, the AV in question featured gruelsome content where the female characters are brutally r*pe when they lose the games.
The post’s author commented, “The content was too explicit,” adding, “Park Sung-hoon uploaded the uncensored image without any censoring.”
The post has since gained rapid attention, with most comments criticizing the actor’s actions, such as, “Reactions to him have been good lately, but now he’s ruining his own image”, “The male actors are really going down on their own terms”, and “This is f*cking dirty”.
Later on in the same day, Park Sung-hoon’s agency issued an official response to the controversy, stating, “While checking multiple direct messages (DMs), Park Sung-hoon mistakenly pressed something wrong, causing the image to be uploaded to his story. The actor was startled and deleted it immediately. He is currently reflecting on his actions.”
Park Sung-hoon himself has mentioned the issue in tears, apologizing and explaining that it was a mistake he deeply regretted making.
Meanwhile, Park Sung-hoon recently appeared as the righteous “Player 120” Hyun-joo, who is a transgender woman looking to earn money for her surgery, in the Netflix series “Squid Game Season 2”. Hyun-joo’s interesting storyline, coupled with Park Sung-hoon’s excellent acting, earned a lot of praise.
It seems that Park Sung-hoon’s sincere apology and attitude, alongside his storyline in “Squid Game”, helps the actor maintain his rise despite the controversy.
At the same time, “Squid Game” continued to be mocked for being a “criminal haven” with various male actors embroiled in controversies.
