Recently, an idol shared an episode from his trainee days, garnering attention online.
During a live broadcast, CLOSE YOUR EYES member Minwook revealed how he was punished by his agency for not exercising enough.
I had to write an apology letter during my trainee days, when I was 21. They put me in a room and told me I couldn’t come out until I had finished writing the letter. Back then, I thought, ‘I’m 21 years old. I’m not a middle-schooler. What did I do that was so wrong?’ What happened was, I was supposed to exercise for one hour, but when they checked the time, they thought I had done too little. They said a 21-year-old man should be exercising more than this.
— Minwook
I thought to myself, ‘I’m 21 years old. Just because I exercised too little, is it something to be scolded for?’ I mean, they can scold me and say I need to exercise more to build my physical strength. But they told me to write an apology letter and that I couldn’t come out until I had finished it. I didn’t even know what to write about, so I wrote it as long as I could and ended it with an ‘I’m sorry.’
— Minwook
Fans were frustrated that they were scolding grown men for such ridiculous things.
man was like: these people are fk crazy LMAO
imagine scolding a man for training for an hour, ridiculous https://t.co/CE05Wf8Wxg
— kyunie🖇️光 lube (@kyunfusion) March 5, 2026
MI MINWOOK NO 😞😞😞 https://t.co/uD7LqJgMBt
— ❥ (@mysfaiz) March 6, 2026
https://t.co/l6axuvAs9G pic.twitter.com/geZyh4FHTh
— babey🌸🌱 will see 82MAJOR🩷 (@imbabeyy) March 5, 2026
He also made sure to reiterate that this was unrelated to his current company.
🐈⬛ : its unrelated to my current company, that time. its a company you guys dont know. pls dont misunderstand. i hope there’ll be no misunderstanding
🦊 : minwook hyung has two companies rightㅡ ㅎㅎㅋㅋㅋ
🐈⬛ : its unrelated to my entertainment activities. it was a story from a… pic.twitter.com/4ACoGMYUIr
— wyn (@jjemnyangie) March 5, 2026
I just want to emphasize that this has nothing to do with my current company. It’s a company that you guys don’t know about. I hope there will be no misunderstanding. It is unrelated to my entertainment activities. It was a story from a company way before.
— Minwook