Comedian Kim Sook mentioning Park Narae in her acceptance remarks at the 2025 MBC Entertainment Awards has sparked heated debate among netizens.
Kim Sook won the top female excellence award at the 2025 MBC Entertainment Awards broadcast on the 29th. He expressed gratitude to the cast and production staff of MBC's Save Me! Homes, on which he appears.
Kim Sook said, "I actually came today really to clap, and I am so, so grateful to receive such a big award. To be honest, last night I was really debating whether to attend or not, and I almost didn't come. To receive such a wonderful award. Actually this year marks my 30th anniversary. I joined a broadcasting station when I was 20, and I turned fifty, so I was just going to quietly celebrate by myself. But so many people congratulated me, and I am so, so thankful."
She continued, "Save Me! Homes has been on for seven years. I feel like I haven't officially said thank you for the past seven years. It seems like I was given this award to give me some time to do that. Our Director General Park Chang-hoon and now almost a real estate agent PD Jeong Da-hee, and writer Jeong Da-un who kept looking for a house until she came to the house next to mine," she said, mentioning the production staff.
She also said, "And writer Min-a and writer Seon-a, who have been with us since the pilot, and many other writers and production staff, thank you so, so much. Especially our Save Me! Homes family — you told me to say their names — they are the show's very special basic options. Coordinator Jang Dong-min and Se-hyung, Se-chan, and Woo-jae, Dae-ho, and team leader Narae, thank you so, so much. I think I received this award because of them," and she also named the cast members.
She went on, "On Save Me! Homes, we are most afraid of looking at island listings. As a meaning of receiving this award, I will go on an island site visit this time. With Joo Woo-jae! Joo Woo-jae really likes islands. I will definitely go on an island site visit with Joo Woo-jae. Thank you so much for giving me this big award, and after 30 years of saying I would quit again and again, thank you to our senior Yu Jae-seok who held on to me until the end, and to Song Eun I, the company president, and to Lee Young-ja, who is somewhere right now probably eating something, I give my thanks. Thank you!" she added.
Kim Sook was the only person to mention Park Narae that day, who has halted activities amid various controversies. Earlier on the 3rd, Park Narae's former managers filed a request for a real estate provisional seizure worth 100 million won with the Seoul Western District Court, alleging abuse of power, special injury, proxy prescriptions, illegal medical procedures, and unpaid hosting fees. They also announced plans to file a damages suit claiming harms suffered during their employment. In response, Park Narae denied the former managers' claims and countersued them for attempted extortion.
The former managers then accused Park Narae of embezzlement, alleging she falsely registered an ex-boyfriend as an employee and transferred money under the pretense of salary, and they filed complaints including charges of special injury and defamation. Meanwhile, allegations surfaced that Park Narae received prescriptions for controlled psychotropic drugs and illegal medical treatment from a so-called "injection auntie" who did not have a medical license, and a complaint was filed through the national petitions portal. Park Narae is currently accused of violating the Medical Service Act, special injury, violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, defamation by false statements, embezzlement, and other charges. Later, Park Narae additionally sued her former managers for embezzlement, and a police investigation is underway.
In this situation, netizens have been divided over Kim Sook mentioning Park Narae's name. Some netizens reacted that mentioning someone who left due to abuse of power was disappointing, that they did not understand why someone who left amid controversy would be mentioned, and that she could have contacted her separately, expressing discomfort at the mention of Park Narae.
On the other hand, some netizens responded that having worked together for seven years, it was reasonable to at least mention the name, that they did not see what was controversial, and that this could be overlooked.
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