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SHINee’s Key Suspends Activities After Admitting to At-Home Treatment From Unlicensed Practitioner

He says he believed the caregiver was a doctor after being introduced at a Gangnam clinic.

Overview

  • SM Entertainment said Key met the woman through an acquaintance at a Gangnam clinic and later received several treatments at home.
  • The agency said he only recently learned she was unlicensed and described him as remorseful and confused.
  • Key posted a personal apology on Instagram, and his agency apologized for the delayed response, citing coordination around his U.S. tour.
  • He will leave tvN’s Amazing Saturday and MBC’s I Live Alone, and he has relinquished an MBC Entertainment Awards hosting role set for Dec. 29.
  • Public attention intensified after the woman’s social media featured photos of Key’s dog and home, following earlier allegations tied to comedian Park Na-rae.