Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep in the advert.

Giang Quoc Co said on October 27 that he, on behalf of his brother Giang Quoc Nghiep, wanted to send a sincere apology to their audience after the clip featuring their head-balancing act on a motorbike proved controversial on social media.

"We have been loved by many people and so I think we have the responsibility to say sorry for this incident," Co said. "We’ll try our best to be good citizens as well as artists to contribute to society and continue to be loved by the audience."

The move came after the HCM City Department of Culture and Sports said that they would summon Quoc Co and Quoc Nghiep for their head balancing without wearing helmets on a motorbike advert.

According to the department, although the clip has not been released, it has been posted and spread on social networks. The department is considering punishment for the person who posted the clip online.

The clip was made in September following the two artists' contract with a local firm to advertise a new electric motorbike model. It was then posted on Youtube a week ago.

Following criticisms, the company explained that the performance was conducted in a cordoned-off area and the two artists' safety was ensured with protective equipment.

"We've edited the video clip in which we removed all the protective equipment for the artists," the company said. "The clip also included a warning that said the performance was done by trained professionals in a controlled environment, do not attempt to mimic this stunt."

The company has removed the clip from Youtube.

The police investigation concluded that the company and the Giang brothers did not violate the Laws on Advertisement.

In February this year, Giang Quoc Co, 39 and Giang Quoc Nghiep, 34, set a new world record with their head-balancing act in their final international performance in Italy. They scaled 10 steps and continued to walk along a 40-cm wide and 10-m long surface, and then walked down 10 more steps. The brothers did their performance in 1 minute and 55 seconds while balancing each other with their heads while being blindfolded to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

That would be their last international performance as the two had shared that they would retire after the Milan show.

Earlier in 2021, the Giang Brothers also made a Guinness World Record when they climbed 100 stairs of the Cathedral of Girona in Spain in 53 seconds, breaking their own previous record of 90 steps in 52 seconds made here in December 2016.

Quoc Co and Quoc Nghiep first rose to global fame after finishing in the top 4 of the 2018 series of Britain’s Got Talent.

They also set a Guinness World Record in 2018 for 'climbing and descending ten stairs backwards while being blindfolded and balancing head-to-head' during a performance filmed in Italy.

Source: Dtinews