At the end of February, a post on a Korean Internet forum about "a four-year relationship with actor L was broken up by diving" sparked heated discussions, and when netizens speculated about L's identity, they mentioned actor Li Ruizhen by name. After nearly eight days of silence, his company finally issued an official statement.
Earlier, a post about "actor L and his girlfriend were broken up by diving" attracted attention on Korean Internet forums, and the poster who claimed to be L's ex-girlfriend accused L of disappearing after breaking up with a text message, and asked to shoot a private ** during the relationship, causing him to suffer from depression and other diseases, and also exposed L's slanderous remarks against his peers. The poster, A, pointed out, "He looks back on the past on YouTube and his attitude towards his ex has not changed, and he is an escape-type bad man." Some netizens speculated that L may be the 53-year-old actor Li Ruizhen who had the "diving breakup" controversy, which made his name and reputation climb to the top of the list. However, Li Ruizhen remained silent about this, and it was not until March 1 that his company, Antenna, broke the silence and issued an official statement.
Antenna publicly stated on March 1, "In response to the recent false rumors circulating on the Internet, because they are not true, we will avoid responding as much as possible." It was also confirmed that the names of the company's actors have been mentioned, and malicious slander and indiscriminate false facts have been uploaded and disseminated.
Hotspot Engine Project Lee Seo-jin signed an exclusive contract with Antenna, founded by Yoo Hee-yeol, in November 2023 to become the same door as top artists Yoo Jae-seok and Lee Hyo-ri. Antenna also said in this incident that it will respond strongly: "We believe that we can no longer turn a blind eye to the seriousness of the situation, and we will respond strongly without any tolerance or compromise to acts involving the creation and dissemination of bad rumors and damage to the personality and reputation of actors." As of Feb. 27, the original post had allegedly been deleted from the forum.