As comedian Lee Su-ji's video satirizing public officials became embroiled in political controversy, the production team officially apologized. The production team of 'Hot Issue', a YouTube channel run by Lee Su-ji, said through the community on the 15th, "We sincerely apologize to everyone who felt uncomfortable and disappointed by the video in question," and explained, "The scene pointed out by many people was not used with the intention of conveying a specific issue or political position." “It was a poor judgment by the production team,” he explained. “This incident has nothing to do with the political tendencies or intentions of the individual cast members, and was a problem that arose from a failure to carefully review the video during the production process.” He also apologized again, saying, “I am very sorry for causing unnecessary misunderstanding and burden to the cast as a result of this.” He said, “I take this incident seriously and will produce content with a more responsible attitude in the future.” The controversial video was released on the 14th, ‘Keeping Public Official Kim Ji-young’s Iron Rice Bowl’.