SM Entertainment has responded to reports concerning EXO's Tao being filmed hugging and kissing an unknown woman.
 

The agency stated on October 14, "We'll be aggressively looking into taking legal actionagainst the media outlets that distorted reports as well as those who distributed the rumors of Tao and his friends saying their goodbyes to one another. Moreover, we will take aggressive action against rumors about the false or distorted information."

Chinese media previously reported on captured footage of what appeared to be Tao hanging out with a group of peers, including a woman he was apparently very close to. There was speculation that the two were dating, while others suggested that it might not be Tao at all.