'Mr. Home' offered pleasant excitement to living room audiences by revealing Park Seo-jin's sweat-inducing childcare challenge and the full-fledged pink daily life of the couple Ji Sang-ryeol·Shin Bo-ram.
On the afternoon of the 17th, KBS 2TV's 'Mr. Home' aired with special guest actor Jin Se Yun appearing, portraying everything from Park Seo-jin's bumbling childcare challenge to Ji Sang-ryeol's story of meeting Choi Yangrak and introducing his girlfriend Shin Bo-ram. The broadcast recorded a nationwide Nielsen Korea viewership rating of 4.2%, and Park Seo-jin's careful check of Lee Min Woo's eldest daughter's mood before going to the dentist posted the program's highest rating of 5.4%.
Jin Se Yun, who sat in the studio that day, shared news that she reunited with actor Park Gi-woong 14 years after the drama 'Bridal Mask' in the KBS 2TV weekend drama 'Recipe For Love'. She confessed, "In 'Bridal Mask' we were in a relationship where our lives were threatened, but this time we met anew in a melodrama, so it was actually a little awkward." In response, Park Seo-jin joked, "Please prescribe some (love) for me too," prompting laughter.
Especially from the opening, Park Seo-jin actively expressed his affection to Jin Se Yun, saying, "Is your voice always that pretty? It sounds like many jade beads are rolling," and with bold flirting unlike his usual self — even calling Jin Se Yun's mother "mother-in-law" — he colored the studio pink. Eun Ji-won then quipped, "Being single from birth is scarier," delivering a stinging line that drew laughter.
In the following VCR, Park Seo-jin visited Lee Min Woo's busy household caring for the one-month-old second daughter "Yang-yang." Facing the second daughter, who looks just like Lee Min Woo, Park Seo-jin showed preparedness by even getting a pertussis vaccine for the newborn before visiting, and while holding the baby he empathized with the parenting struggles of Lee Min Woo and his wife. Experienced parent Lee Yo-won, watching this, also empathized, "The hardest part is right before they sleep through the night. Getting up every two to three hours to give milk was the toughest."
Afterward, Park Seo-jin volunteered, with his younger sister Hyo-jeong, to be the one-day babysitter for Lee Min Woo's eldest daughter to help the exhausted couple and headed to a ballet academy. While Lee Min Woo's daughter showed astonishing talent in ballet, prompting admiration from everyone, the Park siblings induced uproarious laughter by performing all sorts of physical gags with their stiff bodies.
Continuing, Park Seo-jin faced parenting difficulties as he went to the dentist with Lee Min Woo's daughter. Given the "dental visit" mission by Lee Min Woo's wife, Park Seo-jin broke into a sweat at the daughter's strong resistance and nervousness as soon as they entered the clinic. The daughter, who attempted to "escape" once in front of the consultation room, sat back in the chair with Park Seo-jin's encouragement after Hyo-jeong first stepped up and eased the mood by demonstrating.
But another crisis came when the wobbly tooth had to be pulled. At that time, Lee Min Woo quietly visited the dental clinic to secretly watch Park Seo-jin and his daughter's appearance, observing the situation from outside the consultation room and sharing the tense moment. After a video call delivered the mother's encouragement, the daughter summoned her courage and succeeded in pulling out the tooth. After all the schedules ended, Park Seo-jin said, "After experiencing today I understand a father's hardships," clicking his tongue, and Lee Min Woo expressed gratitude, saying, "Thanks to this I was able to nap," adding warmth.
Ji Sang-ryeol devoted himself to health management for his 16-years-younger girlfriend Shin Bo-ram as the new year began. He emphasized that he was focusing on his body, saying, "Because of someone I thought I should exercise. (That person is Shin) Bo-ram. If I get sick I can't love. In 2026 I must exercise." Eun Ji-won, who married a spouse nine years his junior, sympathized, saying, "I hadn't been paying attention to (my health), but now I do. I can't be sick."
Ji Sang-ryeol shared his feelings about winning the excellence award at the '2025 KBS Entertainment Awards' 30 years after debuting, alongside his sister-in-law. Watching this, Eun Ji-won said, "I got choked up. It seemed like a lot of effort had gone into it, but I couldn't believe it was the first award," and the sister-in-law said, "If my mother were here, how happy and moved she would have been." Ji Sang-ryeol added, "I also received a congratulatory text from Bo-ram. She said our parents in heaven would be really happy."
Afterward, Ji Sang-ryeol invited Choi Yangrak, the "emperor of comedy" and an "authority on looking young," for advice on maintenance secrets and dating counseling. Choi Yangrak shared his care tips, saying, "Among comedians there probably aren't many who've had so much work done on their faces like me. Paeng Hyun-sook did that for me. I had a facelift, did my eyes, and implanted hair," and then unreservedly inspected Ji Sang-ryeol's visual appearance.
Ji Sang-ryeol confessed practical worries about the newlywed home issue and the 16-year age gap, and Choi Yangrak drew laughter with his characteristic Chungcheong-style irony. While giving dating advice, Ji Sang-ryeol said, "Shin Bo-ram has a boiler in her heart. Without being asked she said, 'I'll protect you, oppa,'" and expressed his affection for Shin Bo-ram, saying, "I fell for that. I didn't tell her to quit drinking, but I said, 'Just drink three bottles,'" showing his fondness.
Meanwhile, Shin Bo-ram appeared on 'Mr. Home' for the first time since making their relationship official. Ji Sang-ryeol introduced Shin Bo-ram to Choi Yangrak, saying, "When I had a girlfriend I wanted to introduce her to you seniors first, and today is the first day."
When Choi Yangrak asked about the couple's pet names, Shin Bo-ram revealed, "jagiya," and Ji Sang-ryeol, shy and at a loss, showed the fresh charm typical of a couple who haven't been dating long.
Asked whether Ji Sang-ryeol had given her any gifts, Shin Bo-ram said that before they dated, he suddenly gave luxury necklaces to her and her mother. Ji Sang-ryeol joked, "a love collar," and then calmly explained the reason, saying, "Didn't I buy only Bo-ram's? There's her mother, so of course I took care of her." Regarding why he gifted the necklace, he revealed, "There was an attraction then that I can't explain, like a magnet."
In response to Choi Yangrak's question, "Does your mother like Sang-ryeol too?" Shin Bo-ram said that Ji Sang-ryeol insisted on greeting her first and that they actually met. She relayed her mother's reaction, saying, "When my mom saw him in person she said he was handsome and reliable. She kept praising that he's slender and very tall."
Elsewhere, Shin Bo-ram showed how smitten she is, saying Ji Sang-ryeol has no faults, which made viewers smile. She couldn't stop laughing at Ji Sang-ryeol's aegyo and showed boundless affection, saying, "He's cute. I like oppa and he's cool," filling 'Mr. Home' with pink excitement. Ji Sang-ryeol and Shin Bo-ram announced their marriage plans three months after revealing their relationship in November last year, drawing interest.
[Photo] KBS 2TV 'Mr. Home' broadcast capture.
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