Amid actor Lee Yi-kyung's departure, confusion on Hangout With Yoo drew attention when Jung Joon-ha criticized Yoo Jae-suk for protecting his own.
On the afternoon of the 22nd, the MBC variety show Hangout With Yoo continued its "gathering of unpopular people." Jung Joon-ha, Han Sang-jin, Choi Hong-man, Kim Kwang-kyu, and Heo Kyung-hwan appeared and provided laughs.
Early in the broadcast, Jung Joon-ha expressed discomfort toward Yoo Jae-suk and Joo Woo-jae. While Joo Woo-jae was talking about the "insamomo," he crossed his legs and put weight on one leg, and Yoo Jae-suk criticized, "Putting weight on one leg like that seems a bit off, right?" Joo Woo-jae immediately uncrossed his leg following Yoo Jae-suk's remark.
Then Jung Joon-ha also complained, "Yeah, you're doing a line and what is this. I was going to point that out too," and Han Sang-jin said, "Isn't that too much just because you're a bit popular?"
Jung Joon-ha said of Joo Woo-jae, "That guy isn't popular either," and Yoo Jae-suk explained, "No, he's popular. He has a fandom. It's just that he's not famous." Haha also added, "He has a lot of popularity."
Jung Joon-ha was upset that Yoo Jae-suk defended Joo Woo-jae. Jung Joon-ha said, "Look at him protecting his own people, geez.. When someone appears on another's program, this is the most uncomfortable. They huddle among themselves. Back in the day Yoo Jae-suk covered for me," which made people laugh. Yoo Jae-suk, embarrassed, tried to soothe Jung Joon-ha, saying, "Why call it someone else's program again?"
Hangout With Yoo has recently been troubled by noise surrounding Lee Yi-kyung's departure. Earlier, Lee Yi-kyung left the program citing schedule issues after a personal life rumor-spreading incident, and he directly stated that he had no choice but to voluntarily leave at the production team's suggestion in the process.
On the 15th, Yoo Jae-suk said on Hangout With Yoo, "The 'in.sa.mo' needs to start in earnest, and Mr. Lee Yi-kyung has been working hard with us for about three years, as many of you may know from the articles, but he has a lot of drama and movie schedules, so after coordinating with the production team, he stepped down from Hangout With Yoo due to his schedule. Lee Yi-kyung worked very hard."
Ultimately, Hangout With Yoo said, "We judged that it would be difficult for him to continue given the nature of a weekly comedy program that must provide laughter while the Lee Yi-kyung personal life rumor-spreading incident is being produced through the media. As Lee Yi-kyung mentioned, the production team first advised his agency to request his departure, and the production team stated it would accept the agency's decision even if the agency publicized the request for him to leave. Afterwards, Lee Yi-kyung's agency contacted us saying they would choose a voluntary departure due to scheduling. From the position of having advised him to step down, the production team thought it was the least courtesy to Lee Yi-kyung and asked the cast to mention that he voluntarily left due to scheduling in consultation with the agency, and this was conveyed through the broadcast."
[Photo] MBC broadcast screen capture.
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