The next day, the program started, and the crew announced that Spencer Atkins exited due to health reasons, having been picked up by his manager the night before.
The audience in the live chat had already anticipated this, but they were exasperated with the crew’s never-changing excuse.
"Every time it’s health reasons, Director Clark, be honest, are you too lazy to make up a reason?"
"The last episode was also for health reasons; Director Clark, this will make everyone think coming to the show will make you sick."
"Let’s not be too harsh on Director Clark, he’s just a baby who has had a rough time on all three broadcasts since the show started."
The audience joked in the chat room; today, without Spencer Atkins’ fans causing a ruckus, the whole chat atmosphere was much more cheerful.
While the live interaction hadn’t started yet, the guests were still eating, and everyone began chatting in the chat box.
Naturally, the topic revolved around Spencer Atkins.
After a whole night of public opinion fermenting, the news of Spencer Atkins harassing underage boys intensified, almost reaching an undeniable point.
Netizens even stayed up all night digging up past clips of shows he acted in, discovering that he did exhibit intimate behavior toward younger male actors.
Especially after reading Dylan Lester’s long post and revisiting clips and behind-the-scenes footage of the two, people couldn’t believe they once thought that was normal elder brother and younger brother interaction, and they started feeling sorry for Dylan Lester.
As for Spencer Atkins, he remained silent since yesterday, seemingly intending to keep quiet to the end.
The live audience joked amongst themselves, unaware that Scarlett Jennings had left the frame at some point and went to Director Clark to say something quietly.
Soon, Director Clark gathered a few guests and said something privately, after which the staff began packing up as if preparing to leave.
The live chat audience was puzzled, wondering aloud.
"What about the promised live interaction? Are we not doing it?"
"Director Clark, you can’t just stop the live broadcast because we criticized you!"
"I’ve been here all morning just to see my idol face-to-face..."
Seeing the audience questioning frantically, Director Clark finally spoke up to explain.
"So, Scarlett said she received a private message asking for help this morning, and the case is quite special, so she wants to pause her personal interaction segment to find this person seeking help. I thought since it’s also a request from a viewer, why not everyone go together, we can have this live interaction on the road, and the help segment can continue when we get there."
Most viewers were understanding, though a small portion felt it was unfair.
"Aren’t normal help requests decided by lottery? How does a private message get prioritized?"
"I want to send a private message too, look at me, Goddess!"
"I’ve sent a private message, why didn’t Scarlett respond to me?"
Scarlett Jennings was also watching the reactions in the chat room, and seeing this, she calmly stated, "The person in the private message is a military orphan."
These few words silenced the chat room, and Scarlett continued, "The child is currently missing, it’s quite urgent, so I plan to go over personally to check, this way it won’t take up the help lottery slot..."
As soon as Scarlett finished speaking, the live chat changed their tune instantly.
"It doesn’t count! Goddess, help whoever you want! We just want to watch you!"
"I’m standing here today, let’s see who dares to say a word against my Goddess!"
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