"0.1% had no intention either." Broadcaster Hong Jin Kyung revealed the full story behind the 'red knit' photo that sparked controversy over political color during the presidential election on 'Pinkeugo'.
On the morning of the 15th, the YouTube channel 'TteunTteun' featured Ji Seok-jin, Hong Jin Kyung, and Cho Sae-ho as guests. They met with Yoo Jae-seok and shared recent news under the theme of 'a fake life'.
Among them, Hong Jin Kyung said, "I'll answer anything," showing an enthusiastic attitude. In fact, during this year's presidential election period, Hong Jin Kyung was embroiled in controversy over political color because of a 'red knit' photo, and she also caused sadness when she personally revealed her divorce. In response, Ji Seok-jin asked, "How did you divide the assets?", and Cho Sae-ho asked, "Which party exactly do you support?", making Hong Jin Kyung embarrassed.
Related to this, Hong Jin Kyung first revealed that, as an extension of the U.S. Korean snack-shop new business project she had said she would energetically pursue when she appeared on 'a fake life', she expanded her Korean food business to northern Europe and was cooperating with Samuel, the head of a Finnish advertising company, as a business partner.
He said, "Samuel works fast. He told me to fly to northern Europe, and I met so many people starting from Helsinki. I even met local politicians. I was so focused on work that I did everything and arrived in Stockholm at the end. As soon as I got there, everything relaxed," and added, "There was my favorite brand 150 meters from my lodging. There was a very pretty red sweater there," she confessed.
Seeing the likely situation, Yoo Jae-seok, Ji Seok-jin, and Cho Sae-ho sighed as they imagined Hong Jin Kyung's future at the time. Hong Jin Kyung said, "The red was so radiant that I wore it and took a photo. The election? I didn't think about it at all. Funny thing is, during the YouTube recording I asked a friend who came with me, 'What day is it today?' and that friend said, 'Why is that so important?' and that was captured," and she burst out laughing.
She continued, "I was so excited that I posted the photo. It turned out the date was important. Also, I had interviewed all three presidential candidates before I left, so it became a bigger issue," she explained, adding, "Even so, I posted it on social media and just slept. When I woke up in the morning, birds were chirping, but when I opened my eyes I oddly felt dirty. My heart was pounding," making those around her roar with laughter.
Yoo Jae-seok said, "That's how it is. It was really strange. The bird was telling you, 'This is not the time to sleep like this; unless you're crazy, how could you sleep like this?'" which added to the laughter. Hong Jin Kyung said, "When I turned on my phone there were over 80 missed calls. There were 300 text messages and KakaoTalk messages, and 100 of them were from him (Cho Sae-ho)," she joked.
The situation in Korea at the time was also serious. Cho Sae-ho, who appears with Hong Jin Kyung on the Netflix variety show Screwballs, said, "In the morning the PD asked in the group chat, 'Is anyone able to reach Jin Kyung nuna by phone?' I wondered what was going on and checked social media, and the comments were already piling up. Later we even talked among ourselves about finding out the nuna's hotel name. We had to quickly manage the situation," he recounted.
In response, Hong Jin Kyung said, "At first people were like, 'Maybe?' but as articles poured out and I didn't delete it and left it there, they took it to mean, 'She has a lot of will,'" adding, "I wrote and posted a letter of reflection on the spot," she said, describing how she belatedly understood the situation and responded.
However, she calmly said, "If I had even 0.1% intention, that would have been really scary, but since it wasn't, I thought it would be cleared up eventually." She once again drew a line under the political color controversy. Even Yoo Jae-seok defended her, saying, "Time has passed, so Jin Kyung is saying this now." Attention turned once more to Hong Jin Kyung's efforts to overcome the personal controversy.
[Photo] OSEN DB, YouTube source.
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