'Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant' Kim Jae-joong's mother showed tears over her hard past.
On the afternoon of the 19th, the KBS2 variety show Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant aired as a "mom's hands special" prepared for the upcoming national holiday Chuseok.
Kim Jae-joong's mother said, "Your father was born with a silver spoon and lived well, but after his business failed he developed hwa-byeong, depression and mental confusion. My husband also went through many dramatic ups and downs and faced death many times," adding, "Actually I never talked about this in my life, but when the gas station business failed, a shamanic spirit came upon him. He had a shamanic calling, a shamanic illness. Because he refused to accept the calling, he behaved like a truly crazy person; people around him called it a mental illness. I didn't tell you children, but a monk said to have him regain stability at a temple, so I sent him to the temple," which surprised those around her.
Her son Kim Jae-joong said, "I'm hearing this for the first time, too," in surprise, and the father said, "At that time he went to the temple, had his head shaved and lived like a monk."
The mother was left alone without her husband and was responsible for nine siblings, and she recalled, "When I think back, even if I wanted to die I couldn't, and the children were not one or two but many. When the children cried, 'Mom, give me food! Mom, I'm hungry~' what could I do? I couldn't steal; I had to do anything to feed them," adding, "I sold ginseng house to house and sold snacks, and when someone took tangerines at auction to sell, they told me to get out of the way. The spot fees were unusually fierce. I was selling ginseng spread out when my husband came. He said, 'Let's go have a hot bowl of soup. It's cold and you're suffering.' That moved me the most. That was the one time. I vividly remember that time he said let's have a bowl of soup. Even without money, having a husband made me feel he cared," and she showed tears.
Kim Jae-joong said, "I should bring tissues," and with teary eyes added, "When mom was crying from the morning, my emotions welled up," and the mother recalled, "I suffered too much. Living with my husband, I really suffered a lot," while the father added, "I made my wife suffer a lot. I still feel guilty. I'm a sinner."
[Photo] Screenshot from Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant broadcast
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