Following Gary's announcement regarding his hiatus from participating in variety shows and cancellation of Super 7 concert, Leessang Gil announced that he too will leave Infinity Challenge. With a very guilty heart he wrote a long twitter post announcing that he and Gary decided to leave their variety shows due to their guilt toward the viewers.
Translation credit to Dirty Dangerous Difficult - Infinity Challenge Fan Club :
"Hello, this is Gil. I bow my head in apology in regards to the cancellation of the Super 7 Concert however I have to make some last comments as I believe that is the right thing to do and so I’m posting this message. Early this year we finally decided to hold the Super 7 concert and LeeSsang, even thou we only provided them a small bit of help, also started practic
ing as one with the members and our time spent together was really happy.The members began to learn how to play instruments one by one and it began to gradually becoming more interesting and we gathered 3~4 times a week to do band practice even within our busy schedules. However at this point we were at a cross roads and we began to deliberate about whether this will be a for-pay or free concert. During this period we listened to the advice of senior producers and we also deliberated internally with the members and the LeeSsang Company staff. After much deliberation the opinion was that we wanted to create South Korea’s greatest blockbuster concert, one which could easily hold its own in the international market by providing the greatest sounds, greatest stage, lighting, services etc etc, something we couldn’t do before due to the limitations of broadcast television, and so we decided to make this a pay-for concert.
I believe that everyone is aware of the fact that it is difficult to hold a free concert without broadcasting station or major corporate sponsorship. The revenue we get from this would 1st be used during the concert in a really fun way and get donated to the audience as that is the fun thing to do…this is what we wanted to show to everyone and so we had prepared a variety of things like gifting cars to people in need etc. For our 2nd stage, we were thinking of various ideas about how to repay the people using the revenue from the concert after the tour was over. In this regard we were mentioning stuff like orphanages, retirement houses, provide money to build a building, a scholarship program etc but we were in the midst of talking about this and so none of it was set in stone but there was a lot of fun ideas. But it’s now become something we can’t show to you.
I desperately say this but the members were nothing trying to make huge profits though this concert but instead were thinking of returning it back to the word, IC Style, after the concert was over. LeeSsang Company also started with that intention and we enthusiastically prepared for it with the mindset that we should pour everything we’ve earned by living frugally into the concert. However my decision to believe that everyone would understand once this was finish but this decision brought about various bad situations and it make the IC viewers that have trusted in the show for such a long time to feel ill at ease. For this I sincerely apologise.
Everyone, the members don’t know anything about concerts. The members don’t anything about stage performances. The members aren’t singers that professionally dance and sing. However the members have practiced hard up till now so that we can give a great performance with our own unique colour. We were practicing diligently so that we can repay the world tenfold for the love that the viewers have given us.
All the decisions and planning was personally done by me and the members came all this way because they believed in me as I created this concert. All of issues were my creation. I once again bow my head and apologise for this. I’m writing this post in the hopes that the members, staff and viewers will no longer be hurt by the vast amount of misunderstandings and speculations caused by this incident.
The Infinity Challenge staff and our viewers are people I love more than my family. I cannot write in words about all the love that I have received. The note on the company homepage that said that this had no connections to Infinity Challenge actually meant that this concert was not an episode of the show and it was something we decided upon with the staff however that was my mistake and it was because I didn’t not clearly explain it. Once I again I sincerely apologise to you. After deciding to cancel this yesterday, the members and I talked face to face till the morning. The members are pumping themselves up by saying that we should someday start this again once time flows by a bit so I hope that everyone gives them a lot of support.
We also had a drink and comforted each other and said that we should also try even hard on TV to provide big laughs. Everyone please, I really hope that the members and staff don’t get hurt by this any further. The dance team, the LeeSsang road troupe, the Infinity Challenge scriptwriters, the LeSsang Company staff and the many other staff members that have waited for us and have helped out for several months in preparation of the Super 7 Concert, I’m really sorry that I can’t keep my promise.
Finally I will be leaving due to my guilt. Gary has also decided to leave his programs due to guilt as well. These last 3 years were spent sincerely loving Infinity Challenge and being thankful for the love I got from the viewers. Thank you"
All of this have taken us by surprise and although we're greatly torn by the fact that we can no longer see this duo on variety shows, we sincerely hope they find strength to be a much better Leessang in the future.
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