Drama Eve Press Conference Canceled, Impact Of Seo Ye Ji Controversy?

JAKARTA - tvN announced that the broadcast of Seo Ye Ji's latest drama, Eve will be postponed. The drama press conference was also confirmed to be cancelled, so the public thought this was related to the actress's controversy.

"Even though Eve is a pre-produced drama, factors such as COVID-19 have delayed the filming schedule a lot," said the production team, launching Soompi today, Friday, May 20.

“We are still filming, and due to a busy schedule such as post-production. We postponed the premiere of the first episode for the first week," they continued.

The drama Eve which was scheduled to air on May 25 will be changed to June 1. In addition, the production side also explained the cancellation of the press conference allegedly related to the Seo Ye Ji controversy.

“Due to the filming schedule, it is impossible for us to hold a press conference. Not a few speculate (this decision) because of the pressure with the return of Seo Ye Ji," he said.

"That is not true. This cancellation simply happened because of the shooting schedule," they concluded.

Eve is a romance drama that tells of Lee La El (Seo Ye Ji) watching her father die because of several people in power. As an adult, La El decides to take revenge. His first target is Kang Yoon Gyeom (Park Byung Eun) who destroys his father's company.

Drama Eve is Seo Ye Ji's latest project after being involved in a controversy with her ex-lover, Kim Jung Hyun. It was previously revealed that Seo Ye Ji was the one who controlled Kim Jung Hyun in his actions during the filming of the drama Time.

Eve will air from June 1 on tvN and VIU.