Comedian Park Na-rae spoke for the first time about the 'Jusa auntie' allegations, saying, "I first met him at the recommendation of the program staff," sparking controversy.
According to a report by Ilgan Sports on the 14th, Park Na-rae said regarding the controversy surrounding 'Jusa auntie' that "I thought he was a doctor." Park Na-rae directly apologized in an interview with the outlet for the recent allegations of former manager power abuse and the controversy over proxy prescriptions.
In this interview, Park Na-rae said of her meeting with 'Jusa auntie,' "About three to four years ago, a staff member of a program recommended that person for a procedure, and I first met him at a plastic surgery clinic." She said he introduced himself as a doctor at a plastic surgery clinic near Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, at the time of their meeting.
Park Na-rae said, "I couldn't outright ask, 'Do you have a medical license?' Of course, when he said he was a doctor, I thought he was a doctor," and explained the situation at the time: "I've visited many plastic surgery clinics, and I know that often the physician performing procedures and the clinic director are different people. So I thought that person was the director."
She added that 'Jusa auntie' was referred to as the representative at the clinic. She said nurses and doctors also called 'Jusa auntie' the "representative." From that time, Park Na-rae had continued her connection with 'Jusa auntie.'
According to Park Na-rae, the first connection with 'Jusa auntie' came through an introduction from the program staff. The 'Jusa auntie' gate began with Park Na-rae and extended to YouTuber Short Mouth Sun and SHINee member Key, and with "broadcast staff" appearing as a link among them, aftershocks are expected.
Earlier, Park Na-rae was accused of receiving illegal medical procedures from a person known as 'Jusa auntie,' referred to as A, in nonmedical places such as a filming site and officetel. When the allegations arose, the person claimed to have been a professor at Inner Mongolia Medical University in China, and medical organizations such as the Korean Medical Association Organization filed complaints saying that even if A graduated from a medical school in China, A had no medical license in Korea and thus had performed illegal medical acts.
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