On TV CHOSUN's 'Dad and I Season 3,' world-renowned popera maestro Im Hyung-joo expresses his hurt over a mother who seems indifferent to him. Jun Hyun-moo said, "I'm actually envious," and shared his own story of growing up under his mother's intense attention.
On the 21st episode of TV CHOSUN's 'Dad and I Season 3,' popera maestro Im Hyung-joo, who has a conflict with his mother, is featured. Making his reality TV debut with his mother, Im Hyung-joo teased that he would reveal his daily life without holding back, raising expectations. Meanwhile, Im Hyung-joo expressed disappointment toward his mother.
Im Hyung-joo's mother is the head of his agency and is the 'most charismatic' mother who personally leads Im Hyung-joo's performances. However, Im Hyung-joo's mother did not show up for various national events or even for Im Hyung-joo's admission audition performances when he was a child. Im Hyung-joo said, "Because the CEO is my mother, I thought she would naturally accompany me to all my schedules, but my mother only comes if I ask her to," expressing his disappointment.
He went on to say, "For a solo recital, I have to fit into the picture my mother has created, so she comes to watch whether I'm dressed properly or not," recounting his conflict with his mother. Remembering a childhood without his mother, Im Hyung-joo said, "Other people had mothers who arranged lesson schedules for them, but my mother didn't show up at all. So there were even rumors that I was an orphan. Not being recognized by my mother made me become obsessive about getting recognition from others," which surprised MC Jun Hyun-moo and Han Hye-jin.
Watching the story of Im Hyung-joo and his mother, Jun Hyun-moo said, "I'm jealous of someone like Hyung-joo's mother. I'm an only son, so my mother was overbearing," and shared his own mother-and-son relationship. Jun Hyun-moo confessed that in high school, when there was no school lunch and most friends ordered boxed lunches from outside, only his mother made homemade boxed lunches for him for three years straight and even delivered them. He said that such attention was actually a burden: "As a child, I wanted to eat the outside boxed lunches too. I was worried I would look different or like a mama's boy... I wanted my mother not to be so attentive," conveying how a son feels when his mother is overbearing. Im Hyung-joo empathized, saying, "Everyone has their struggles." Attention is focused on whether Jun Hyun-moo's experience will help Im Hyung-joo and his mother understand each other.
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