Broadcaster Cho Sae-ho, who halted his broadcasting activities amid allegations of ties to organized crime, appeared in a special episode centered on himself.
Netflix's Screwballs season 3: Screwballs disbandment show, released on the 21st, was staged as a special disbanding member Cho Sae-ho.
Since "black" was the dress code, Hong Jin Kyung and Ju Woo-jae dressed respectively as the grim reaper and lion boys. Then Cho Sae-ho appeared as the Hollywood actor "Jack Black," who appeared on Infinite Challenge, matching the "black" dress code, and Kim Sook and Jang Woo-young matched the dress code by dressing as No-Face and a shadow.
As the fourth subject of the disbandment show, Cho Sae-ho launched a solo corner, a solo talk show just for himself. When Cho Sae-ho SHOW launched, Cho Sae-ho said, "Those four words carried a lot of weight. If conventional talk shows were smooth, my charm will be awkward hosting, collapsing diction, clumsiness, and a lack of coherent structure," and started Cho Sae-ho SHOW with unscripted improvisation.
Cho Sae-ho held "real or fake" as the first corner of the talk show. It was a corner where guests listened to Cho Sae-ho's episodes and distinguished real episodes from fake ones; the first episode, in which he and a writer named Kim Kyung-wook got drunk and fell asleep in a phone booth, turned out to be the writer's episode, not Cho Sae-ho's. Then an episode about middle school when his mother was showering and hand-washing uniforms and, when Cho Sae-ho and his friends came in, she cleverly came out wearing a wet uniform was revealed to be fake, and an episode in which he lied about having an older brother during a recording with his family and was scolded by his mother was determined to be true.
In the second and final corner, "impression speed quiz," they had time to guess the person Cho Sae-ho was impersonating and the profession he described, and Cho Sae-ho's one-man show unfolded. Cho Sae-ho presented a licensed real estate agent Kim Gu-ra, fisherman Kim Ho-young, magician Kang Ho-dong, pharmacist Lee Jung-jae, simultaneous interpreter Choo Sung Hoon, parking attendant Hwang Jung-min, flight attendant No Hong-chul, K-pop Demon Hunters G-Dragon, A Cruel Story of Maljukgeori Oh Eun-young, and constipation medicine Jang Hyuk, then died gloriously on stage, eliciting laughter.
Kim Sook took first place in Cho Sae-ho's solo talk show and received generous gifts including nipple patches and a new knit from Cho Sae-ho's fashion brand. In a trailer released afterward, Cho Sae-ho's funeral was shown. Cho Sae-ho said, "Of course I am leaving first now, but if it's all right, please take care of my wife who remains alone," a message that brought the members to tears.
Meanwhile, Cho Sae-ho was embroiled in allegations that he promoted a franchise operated by a member of an organized crime group after receiving expensive gifts, and drank with a major figure of the largest violent organization in Geochang County, South Gyeongsang Province. The allegations were raised through an SNS account that receives various tips about illegal criminals, and the claims spread as photos of Cho Sae-ho taken with the individuals were also released.
Cho Sae-ho's side said, "Cho Sae-ho and the person in question are merely acquaintances, and claims that he received gifts are also groundless," but Cho Sae-ho said, "I would like to say that the allegations raised are not true at all. I will take this as an opportunity to deeply reflect and try to return with a more mature appearance," and announced he would step down from all broadcasts he was appearing on and suspend his activities.
Screwballs said, "(Including Cho Sae-ho) the filmed footage will air as scheduled, and his future appearances are under internal discussion."
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