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Cha Eun-woo (29, real name Lee Dong-min), a member of the group Astro and actor, is being criticized for falsely introducing the controversial eel restaurant run by his parents as a "single restaurant" amid allegations of tax evasion worth 20 billion won.
Earlier in November 2022, JTBC's entertainment show "Let's Eat GO" introduced an eel restaurant as a restaurant in Ganghwa-gun, Incheon. In particular, it attracted the attention of viewers by emphasizing that it is Cha Eun's regular restaurant, a "face genius." It also added that it has annual sales of 1 billion won.
In fact, this was an eel restaurant where Cha Eun-woo left a picture of himself on Instagram two months before "Let's eat GO" was aired. But there was no explanation for the restaurant.
The photo was also posted on the SNS account of the eel restaurant. "Cha Eun-woo, the face genius, visited OOO charcoal eel yesterday. Enjoy the eel and post it yourself. The promotional phrase, "It's not a secret to visit often," was also posted.
Since then, it has gone viral as "Cha Eun-woo's regular house," and netizens have been posting reviews online. There was also a picture of Cha Eun-woo's autographed authentication on one wall of the store, and Cha Eun-woo said, "Be prosperous. I wrote a message saying, 'So delicious eel restaurant!'
In addition, Cha Eun-woo revealed an anecdote that he received "4kg of eel" from his father while going camping with his family members in November 2022. At the time, he said, "My father sent me eel when I went camping. When asked why it was "Eel", he said, "There was a store in my father's hometown where I went with my family for a long time. I've been there with the staff and members a few times and it's a place where everyone ate deliciously," he said. Cha Eun-woo's regular eel restaurant introduced on the show was answered.
As such, Cha Eun-woo publicly mentioned the "Dangol Eel Restaurant" several times and focused on promoting it.
However, controversy is growing as the eel restaurant has been identified as the past address of a corporation established by Cha Eun-woo's mother, Choi, who is suspected of being a "paper company." Choi established a corporation as a management business in October 2022 and registered his address as the same place as this eel restaurant.
Moreover, Cha Eun-woo has always hidden that the eel restaurant in question is run by his parents, so he was even suspected of lying.
This was also confirmed in an introduction to "My Donnae-san Eel Restaurant" written by a netizen. The author said, "Not long ago, I went on a trip to Ganghwa Island and visited Cha Eun-woo's favorite eel restaurant. This is the place recommended by her husband's friend from Ganghwa Island. "Cha Eun-woo is famous as a regular restaurant" is actually for broadcasting. In fact, it is said that it is a store run by Cha Eun-woo's parents. "I asked the employee directly, and Cha Eun-woo's parents said it was the right store," he said.
In response, netizens said, "Why did they promote it like that? Even if my parents did it, I would have gone a lot," "Is there no problem if I don't reveal that it's a family store and expose it to the broadcast as if it's a simple regular restaurant?" and "Why did you lie uselessly because it was a single restaurant?" You can just say it's your parents' shop. People who will consume it will be the same anyway," "My parents' shop is called a regular restaurant," "It's dirty," and "It's strange." If you're careful about the rumor that it's a celebrity family store, you won't do anything because it's a regular store that won't get involved in the first place. If you want to promote it using celebrities, it would be more effective to let them know that it's a family store, and this is neither here nor there. It's strange," he said.
Meanwhile, Cha Eun-woo joined the army in July last year and is serving as an army military band, and the scheduled discharge date is January 27, 2027.
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