Sheesh, just when I was starting to warm up to his character.

Maybe the entertainment industry will smarten up and hire personal assistants with their sole responsibility to drive drunk actors home after a night of drinking. That will employ more people who need it.

Do they have to write him out? Can't we just replace actors and keep the character (if worse comes to worst).

I'm thinking Uhm Tae Woong can play a benevolent daddy-long-legs fairly well...

I wish American entertainment industry will hold standards this high. Lindsey Lohan might actually start to behave.

That aside, I'm more concerned about scramble-rewriting of the story. One can only wonder if Bad Guy was rewritten to adjust to Kim Nam Gil's enlistment schedule.

For every person who commented on this blog
oh I love him he is so handsome
please don't fire him oh he he so good looking.....

What is more important a life or watching a TV program.

I wish each of you commenter would sit down with people who have lost family members to DRUNK DRIVERS.
Yes, THIS time no one got hurt but what about the next time ? it seems his arrogant personalty let him drive when he was very drunk.

If you drink and drive and get away with it you will usually do it again.
Just because your a handsome actor shouldn't mean you can get away with not obeying the law.

cheers, parsnip

What a sad and unfortunate situation. I'm in a dilemma.

If he should end up in jail, can they rework the script and he gets to go to jail because of malpractice during YJ's cancer treatment. YJ gets to live?

If he gets to do community service, film a reality sequence where he volunteers to do something like taking care of elderly folks.

If there is a replacement, can I have Kim Jung Tae as wacky doctor who wet his pants in?

Whoa! that picture... Focus, Linda, focus!

Ok, it's so sad... it only took him a second to make the bad decision of driving after a few drinks, but he has to take responsibility. Drunk driving IS a crime. Thank God nobody got hurt and maybe he'll just get community service or its equivalent in Korea.

If he gets taken out, I just hope they don't write off his character and instead gets a replacement... but I wonder how will that actor feel in an already established character..

It will be sad if he leaves but it depends on court's ruling which I hope is impartial.

I don't really have any sympathy for drunk driver. Getting cut from his drama should be the least of his worries.

i hope he is okay and
they better not cut him

Let me check my Sympathy Meter, here. Let's see. It registers a big, fat ZERO.
I don't care if it was the Pope behind the wheel - you don't drink and then get behind the wheel of a machine that can kill. You just don't.
This was a serious lack of judgement on his part - now he has to man up and face the music, whatever that might entail.
He may have to drop out of a drama? Tough. Welcome to reality - we'll make room for you.
:(

At times like this I can't help but revert to an age old saying: "This sucks balls."

Yeah, age old as in elementary/primary school level. X/

At first I was like 'oh man....' but then when you think about it...Hmm...he rear-ended a taxi that may have been carrying people. Thank God it wasn't serious.

I'm prepared to hear that he's cut because its already said that its a DUI so the blood work may not show anything fifferent.

Please cut him off, and let him have the punishment he deserved!!!

Also, it is a better idea to cut this drama short and my patiently anticipated CJW's can't lose to take over!!! YEAH!!!!

I'm a big fan of his.. I read the title of the article about him before this one, I was only worried about him; is he injured or something.. but then after I knew about his DUI.. I was kinda disappointed.. I know he's only human just like us.. but I don't know.. when you idolize someone, you always tend to expect perfection from him.. I like him so much I tried to make excuses for his behavior, but then I just couldn't find it.. Now I just hope he take the responsibility for his doing (with accepting punishment or even being kicked out from the drama).. and then make a come back..

wow, drinking and driving. what an as$. i hate irresponsible people. just replace the actor who'll play the same character. problem solved.

WHY DID U DO IT EKJ. WHY???!!! I've been such a fan of him since Dream High he was so adorable! T^T

Girlfriday - not to sound insensitive or anything but your last question should be 'why, EKJ, why'?........ :) seriously - i like this drama too and EKJ is awsome but like somebody said before (38 LIFE) if hes guilty he should pay the price

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT MY POOPY-SEOK ;____;

nooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i like his charecter and the way he portrayed it! he will be a great loss if ever.... so noooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Couldn't they punish him after the drama airs? ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

I was just out for three days and this is the news that I got?!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

THAT CAN'T BE!!!!!!! Oh aigoo, NOT AGAIN. O__O

I really like him since I first saw him in that awesome drama "Dream High" & he was doing so great job! Unfortunately, that made me soooo sad when he's not in this current drama "Scent of a Woman" anymore!!!!!

I pray that he will be all right & his health recover soon.

WHY??? WHY?? WHY?????!!! =/ =/

AIGOO!!!! NO, DON'T DO THAT -- Please don't let him out of this beautiful drama & HE WILL BE ALL RIGHT sooon, hopefully so.

*crossing my fingers* Please, please.

WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

........NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! (bend my knees & raising my "five" hand straight) NOOOOO.......

I like him too esp in Hero !!
Such a strong actor

Damn, hopefully this doesn't effect the drama, meaning to make people not watch this drama or something. I like this drama after the first-two episode!

ohh c'mon.. he just drunk the night before, then he sleep, woke up in the morning, and think that he's already recover enough from his drunk, so he decide to driving by himself.. unlucky he got an accident in the morning.. so its not like he really drinking and driving..

pleaassseee i like him, he is my idol.. please keep him in that drama.. SBS please think it twice if you want to cut him off..
couse to be honest i watch Scent of a Woman becouse of Uhm Ki Joon is one of the cast..

His character so far could easily be written out though of course I don't know how much he they have already filmed and how many scenes he has in future eps.

As much as I would be sad to see him go I don't think it would really affect the drama that much storywise.

You mean "Why dramaverse why?"

I hate it more that he was driving under influence. Let this be a lesson for him, b/c luckily this time there was no one injured.

Oh please, let him stay, loving the cast already...no...no...no...no...no...please!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! GOD, NO.

Hope he won't be kicked out of the production. If the court verdicts some sort of punishment, let it be but pls god, let him still continue with SOAW after that. No one got hurt, no one died so pls god! LET THAT MAN CONTINUE AS DR POOPY-SEOK!

Korean celeb accident news gets me all riled up these days, srsly. BAD FOR MY FANGIRL HEALTH.

Noooo!!! Nooooo!!! I'm loving this series, and his character is very important! Should I say, essential!! C'mon, of course he has to be punished for what he did, but i don't understand why does he have to leave his work! It has nothing to do one thing with the other!

Noooo!!! Nooooo!!! I'm loving this series, and his character is very important! Should I say, essential!! C'mon, of course he has to be punished for what he did, but i don't understand why does he have to leave his work! It has nothing to do one thing with the other!!

ughh it'd just be so awkward if he left
and wait seriously...he's your favorite character???

gosh, this man really manly and sexy, although he's not has handsome look like dong wook (dong wook give me gay vibe), but there are something bout him, oh my gosh....smexy cool

really? oh no!!! the drama is perfect! i don't want to lose such character!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! let's cross our fingers...