Yang Hong-won and Won Hyeon-ju [Personal SNS]
Yang Hong-won and Won Hyeon-ju [Personal SNS]

The production team behind rapper Yang Hong-won's YouTube channel "Yang Hong-won's Parenting Diary" has unfollowed Yang on social media, fueling speculation that the move is fallout from affair allegations against him.

As of Wednesday, the social media account of a producer known only as Ahn, who works on the channel, was confirmed to have unfollowed Yang while still following his wife, Won Hyeon-ju.

Ahn has not explained the reason for the unfollow. However, since unfollowing on social media is widely understood to signal a severing of ties, observers are speculating that something has shifted in the relationship between Yang and the production team.

"Yang Hong-won's Parenting Diary" documents the daily life of Yang, Won and their daughter Rua. Since its launch in May, the channel amassed more than 500,000 subscribers in roughly six months, drawing wide public attention. Ahn has been responsible for directing and filming the channel.

The channel took a hit when affair allegations against Yang surfaced Oct. 23 — just five days after the couple's wedding ceremony. An acquaintance of Yang identified only as A claimed that Yang had gone to a motel with another woman. Yang's side denied any romantic involvement, saying Yang had been drinking at A's home, was asked to leave and checked into a motel with the woman only because there was nowhere else to go. The woman offered a similar denial. A later reversed course, saying the disclosure was made to extort money from Yang and that A had no knowledge of whether an affair had actually taken place, effectively defusing the allegations.

However, Yang and Won have unfollowed each other on social media, and Yang has deleted wedding photos he had posted on his account, prompting speculation that tensions between the couple have not fully subsided.

"Yang Hong-won's Parenting Diary" has also stalled since the allegations emerged. A wedding video scheduled for release Oct. 29 was never posted, and no new content has been uploaded since. The channel's comment section remains disabled.


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