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“It was hard to trust anyone”: The real victim that inspired The Glory opens up about her painful bullying experiences

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Emily Cortez

Published Feb 08, 2026

On February 12, 2023, a YouTube Channel, K-digest, transferred a meeting with the genuine casualty that roused the tormenting occurrence on the main episode of the Netflix hit series The Brilliance. While sharing her experience, the casualty communicated how hard it was for her to trust anybody after the episode. She referenced in the meeting:

Park Sung-min showed up on a Korean television syndicated program to share about unbearable harassing encounters that happened to her when she was in center school in 2006. She should be visible having an open discussion with the three hosts in the video on how The Brilliance depends on her story.

Following the arrival of the Netflix series The Magnificence, numerous South Korean news sources revealed that the scenes where the fundamental lead was ignited with a hair iron were roused by a 2006 tormenting occurrence in a center school in the Cheongju region of South Korea.

In 2006, Park Sung-min additionally went to the previously mentioned center school, where she was dealt with in basically the same manner. She was ignited with a hair iron, like what the female lead, Moon Dong-eun, experienced in the show. She even let the questioners know that she was the motivation for school harassing in The Magnificence.

Trigger Admonition: The accompanying piece makes reference to harassing and torment. Peruser watchfulness is encouraged.

“I was harassed truly”: Park Sung-min uncovers how menaces consumed her arm with a hair iron, like the occurrence in The Greatness
In the primary episode of the Netflix series The Greatness, a gathering of understudies harassed the fundamental lead, Moon Dong-eun, and consumed her hands with a hot hair straightener not once yet on numerous occasions.

Like the occurrence, Park Sung-min uncovered that when she was in center school, she was tormented genuinely, and they consumed her arm with a hair iron for more than five minutes. She likewise expressed that she hasn’t seen The Brilliance since she is excessively apprehensive.

Park Sung-min additionally uncovered that since she was more modest than her cohorts growing up, her harassers began tormenting her by requesting cash. Gradually, they would request more cash, and in the event that she was unable to give them the figures, they would take steps to hurt her more youthful brother.

At the point when found out if she understands what her domineering jerks are presently doing, she answered that she actually look at their online entertainment, and some are doing great in their lives. She expressed that one of them is a medical caretaker, and the other is a social specialist. Watching them carry on with an existence without feeling any culpability for what they have done, Park Sung-min expressed:

The host likewise asked Park Sung-min assuming she was open to showing her consume marks and scars. She concurred and guaranteed the questioner that it didn’t make her agreeable. The scars on her arms have been there for quite some time, and the clear essences of the hosts demonstrated how difficult it probably been for the person in question.

Park Sung-min proceeded to depict how they used to menace her and expressed:

She uncovered that the domineering jerks were careful in lying that she really wanted assistance. They would lie that she was self-destructive and required their assistance. The casualty was stressed they would hurt her brother, so she needed to remain at their home, getting truly manhandled for quite a long time.

She likewise uncovered how this became known through a graduation photograph. She expressed:

“Individuals could see my popped rankles on my arm through the shirt. My educator saw the blood and liquid, however it was challenging to treat since it stalled out to the fabric. From that point forward, I struggled with falling asleep for quite some time.”

She further expressed that she was unable to fail to remember those unbearable minutes and that it was difficult to believe anybody and continue to dream about them. In any case, her companions helped her fantasy about another life and didn’t walk out on her during troublesome times.

When inquired as to whether the harassers were at any point rebuffed, she uncovered that only one was rebuffed. He needed to serve 40 hours of volunteer assistance and just a single seven day stretch of suspension.

She additionally shared that the most terrible piece of this harassing episode was that the grown-ups accused her, expressing she probably accomplished something off-base, like Dong-eun being accused by the grown-ups in The Greatness. One of her harassers sneered at her while saying ‘sorry’ to her.

She expressed that she needed to get back at her domineering jerks by showing up on the show to grandstand how much harm they had caused. The hosts asserted that now that individuals know reality, they will live in anxiety toward being figured out by their nearby ones about what they did.
Park Sung-min wishes to live joyfully by disregarding those domineering jerks, saying that would be the best retribution. Many fans wished her a cheerful life subsequent to watching the meeting.

The Brilliance portrayed the existence of a young lady named Moon Dong-eun who used to get harassed by her colleagues for not a great explanation. Indeed, even her instructors won’t help and would beat her assuming she raises her voice. All of this drove her to get back at them, which will be exhibited in the second time of The Brilliance.

The show highlights entertainers Melody Hye-kyo, Lee Do-hyun, and others. The principal season comprises of eight episodes, fabricating the strain and plot for the following season. The Magnificence got overall commendation from the audience and is one of those dramatizations that vows to precisely feature the straightforward side of harassing. Season two is scheduled to debut on Walk 10, 2023.