Comedian Kim Ju-yeon, who became a shaman, shared an update on her recent life.
On the 21st, a video titled "Two years since retiring from the entertainment industry and becoming a shaman.. the beautiful comedian I met at a restaurant" was uploaded to the "One Mic" channel.
That day Kim Ju-yeon introduced herself, "I used to be comedian Kim Ju-yeon, now I am shaman Byeolsanggung-dae-shin Kim Ju-yeon." She said she helps at her parents' barbecue restaurant, "When my mom and dad's shop needs help and my mom sends an SOS, I come out to help. I get up, am at the shrine, and if I see there are few customers and finish early, I come to help. I don't know if I'm dependable, but" and added, "It's been almost 20 years since I was on TV. Many people still recognize comedian Ju-yeon, and now when I say I'm more of a shaman than an entertainer, they just thank me. I'm grateful they still recognize me."
Regarding the change from a steamed shellfish restaurant to a bulgogi restaurant, Kim Ju-yeon joked, "From the start I told them to run a barbecue restaurant, but they didn't listen, and now they finally see our daughter as a shaman. For now I saved this site, this prime spot. I'm satisfied with that alone. Of course it will do well. If not, we have to make it do well."
Later, Kim Ju-yeon's mother spoke about her daughter becoming a shaman, "Now it's stable and I have completely accepted it. The child is doing well without illness, so I can be at ease now. At first it wasn't so much worry as the feeling that our daughter had gone to another world. Could this really happen to me? Does my child have to become like this? That was very hard. Now I myself have no choice but to believe it. I've seen that side of her," and added, "My daughter is such a dutiful child. She reads a mother's heart like a friend. She's dutiful. My heart says she's really my daughter, but she's kind and pretty. She is completely different from her outward appearance," she said, showing affection.
Kim Ju-yeon, who received a ritual after becoming paralyzed on one side, when asked about the situation at the time said, "When I first went on TV people didn't really believe it, and the most shocking thing was when I said I became paralyzed on one side some comments said, 'Provide proof,' 'Bring a certificate of confirmation.' I was shocked to see those comments. Now that I look fine they might say that, but you can't talk like that to someone who was really sick," and added, "Since receiving the deity I have never once been sick. I haven't had any minor illnesses even once. I used to not be able to live without allergy medicine but my allergies disappeared. So many things are so strange," she said in surprise.
She said, "Even while going through this I was very skeptical and didn't believe it. I didn't believe the saw ritual until I climbed onto it myself. I didn't know they would sharpen the blade so intensely. It's scary. Honestly, every time I go on it I'm scared and want to run away. Saying I'm not hurt at all would be a lie. It feels like being on something like chopsticks. It's that level of pain. Can you understand? Climb onto the threshold of a veranda once. That's the feeling," she explained.
Also, about the first time she received the ritual she said, "It was really scary. You can't forget it because honestly you should be in a trance, but I wasn't. Half of me was my own mind. It was so scary. When a knife was put to my face I kept looking at it. I was afraid I'd be cut by the knife. My eyes were wide. I ran while looking at the sky saying 'oh my god.' Anyway, it's a deity, isn't it. But even if you're a shaman it has nothing to do with religion. I was a Christian. You'd think many people who come for readings would be Buddhist, but Christians are the most numerous. I went to a Christian school with a 100-year tradition and my spiritual mother was baptized Catholic. Religion is just religion," she said.
When asked, "Do people ever come to get readings with ulterior motives?" Kim Ju-yeon said, "Yes. Their eyes change. When I read a person's fortune I first look at their eyes. As I look and we talk, their eyes change. They look at someone as a potential partner. Then you're like, 'What is this?' You know when eyes turn into heart eyes. People do. Directors also can tell if a woman is interested in them by actions or eyes. When someone who came for a reading had different eyes I stopped looking at them," and added, "Sometimes I get separate contact. I tell them I don't want personal contact. They ask pointless questions like, 'Can shamans marry?', 'Can they have a boyfriend?' Everything is possible. In our spiritual family everyone except me is married. I want to get married. But I'm always at the shrine or doing rituals. When I'm outside it's for prayer sites. There's no one to meet," she frankly lamented.
Kim Ju-yeon said, "There are all kinds of people. They say you're very different from on TV, but it's not that I'm very different, it's my true personality. At first people scold and are bewildered, but they really like it. They call a lot saying, 'I should get scolded by that teacher.' People don't always come just for a reading; they come to comfortably talk about themselves because there's nowhere else to go. After talking they feel relieved, thankful, and say they feel comfortable and had fun chatting with the teacher. You don't have to have a reading for a shaman to be a shaman; comforting and consoling people is also my job. When those people's burdens are eased and relieved, that feels like my work and that's when I'm most proud."
[Photo] One Mic
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