[Full Text] CLC's Kwon Eun-bin Rumors of Retirement Were True... "A Waste of Time, I Decided to Live as an Ordinary Person"

[Sportschosun Baek Ji-eun] CLC member Kwon Eun-bin has suddenly announced her retirement from the entertainment industry.

On the 16th, Kwon posted a lengthy message on her account, saying, "I am sorry to have caused concern to many people because of an unintended article a while ago. I thought it was only right to personally share my recent situation and decision with everyone who has supported me, so I wrote this post."

Kwon said, "After a long period of reflection, I have decided to live as an ordinary person." She added, "Looking back, most of my time was spent struggling with emptiness and anxiety about the present and the future, rather than with affection and love for my work. For years, I was wasting precious time on meaningless periods that were not beneficial at all and on relationships that were nothing more than hollow shells with no real substance."

She went on to say, "I decided to spend my time pursuing a future that will make me happier." She added that she plans to end all entertainment activities after a previously scheduled overseas group activity with CLC.

Kwon's exclusive contract with Cube Entertainment ended last month. However, as soon as news of the split broke, her profile was removed from portal sites, and Kwon also posted a lengthy message saying, "Instead of a life under the bright lights, I want to return to my ordinary alter ego, my real name Choi Eun-bin, and begin a new second act in life," which fueled retirement rumors.

The following is Kwon Eun-bin's full statement.

Hello, this is Kwon Eun-bin.

I am sorry to have caused concern to many people because of an unintended article a while ago. I thought it was only right to personally share my recent situation and decision with everyone who has supported me, so I wrote this post.

During my nearly 10 years of entertainment activities, I was happy every moment and truly grateful for the overwhelming love and support from my fans. Over the long period since I started in my teens, I naturally found myself thinking more and more about my past, present, and future as time passed, and after that long reflection, I decided to live as an ordinary person.

Looking back, I feel that most of my time was spent struggling with emptiness and anxiety about the present and the future, rather than with affection and love for my work. And without making any effort to overcome and grow from those negative emotions and experiences, I spent regrettable time simply avoiding them and trying to let them go.

For years, I wasted my precious time on meaningless periods that were not beneficial to me at all,

and on relationships that were nothing more than hollow shells with no real substance.

I was wasting my precious time.

I deeply regretted my foolish past and the time I had spent,

and now I have decided to leave all those negative times and feelings behind

and spend my time pursuing a better and happier future.

These days, I am spending my time filled with new and happier feelings than ever before. I am sorry that I could not respond individually to everyone who contacted me with sincere support and concern, but I will not be accepting any personal messages or questions going forward,

and I will simply keep the grateful feelings you have sent me in my heart.

Going forward, I plan to end all entertainment activities after the previously scheduled overseas group activity with CLC. I sincerely thank you for all the support you have given me, and I hope everyone will be happy.

Thank you.

Baek Ji-eun, silk781220@sportschosun.com