'WGM' criticized for forcing Chloe Moretz to eat 'bizarre' traditional Korean dishes

Article: 'WGM' shocking Korea? Forcing Chloe Moretz to eat Korean dishes causes viewers 'discomfort'

Source: Star News via Nate

WGM presented Chloe Moretz with a bunch of Korean dishes that even Koreans consider bizarre or have a love/hate opinion of like fried silkworms, sliced raw octopus, korean sausages/sundae. Viewers thought it was wrong how the show was focused on force feeding her these weird foods instead of properly introducing Korean cuisine.

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1. [+985, -12] I really wish our shows will stop forcing these things on foreigners. Do they think the viewers will find it fun watching that? What if you were visiting China and they forced you to eat monkey brain stew and chicken heads? Would you like that? Koreans think they can just toss out a few questions like "do you know kimchi/Gangnam Style" and laugh but they're the only ones laughing.

2. [+726, -7] I think she just put up with it because she has a good attitude. Still pretty and charming.

3. [+569, -8] Don't know why Chloe Moretz and Eric Nam had to suffer this;; the two matched really well though ㅋㅋㅋ Chloe looked so loving when she hid behind him

4. [+30, -1] There are so many Koreans who can't eat those dishes... why would you force a foreigner to?

5. [+27, -1] We have bulgogi and samgyupsal but nooo, they feed her fried silkworms...

6. [+20, -3] Shows what a good person Chloe Moretz is for putting up with it... the producers are trash, ugh.

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Article: 'WGM' PD, "We did not force Chloe Moretz to eat this, she actually asked to first" (official response)

Source: TV Report via Nate

1. [+272, -12] This is still the producer's fault, or was it all for noise marketing? Chloe was a nice enough person to just smile and deal with it and Eric Nam obviously comforted her too. I'm glad it seems like she had a fun time but I felt bad for the two. Stop feeding foreigners weird things.

2. [+238, -6] We have so many other good traditional palace dishes like rice cake galbi or palace ddukbokgi you damn Sun Hye Yoon PD.

3. [+213, -3] I just realized how amazing of an attitude she has. Eric Nam took care fo her well too. When she got scared over the raw octopus, she hid behind Eric Nam. The epitome of lovely ㅋㅋㅋ

4. [+14, -2] So sad for Chloe that she had to eat these weird things in Korea ㅠㅠ

5. [+10, -1] This PD seriously turns everything she touches into shit! If Chloe Moretz was just your average foreign model, we could just let it pass.. but she's a Hollywood actress with considerable fame and level both in America and everywhere else.. how dare you do this to her? Imagine if Lee Young Ae or Kim Tae Hee was traveling abroad and fed things like cow penis under the guise of it being traditional cuisine? Would you like that?

6. [+7, -1] I'm sure Chloe asked to experience normal Korean cuisine, not disgusting dishes.

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