Actor-turned-shaman Jeong Ho-geun confessed on 'Teukjong Sesang' that his older sister and younger sister also received spirit initiation.
On the broadcast of MBN 'Teukjong Sesang' on the 5th, Jeong Ho-geun appeared. Twelve years after receiving spirit initiation and switching careers to become a shaman, he revealed his current status.
Jeong, who had been thriving as an actor specializing in villain roles, recalled suffering from symptoms of "New Recruit" even while filming. He said "My body hurt a lot. Parts of me ached. Especially my stomach. But when I went to the hospital they said there was nothing wrong. I heard sounds in my ears. Sometimes I heard a buzzing like bees all day. When I went to the otorhinolaryngology clinic they said they didn't know either. Since there were things I could see and things I could hear, I thought it might be a mental illness and I took it very seriously," he said.
He continued, "When I went to a so-called skilled fortune-telling house, I heard an unbelievable thing: 'You are also a mudang!' I was so excited I flipped over the table. There's a time and place for things to be said — I shouted, are you calling me a mudang? I had devoted myself to acting; who would want to be told to be a mudang? How miserable must that have been," he said bitterly.
In particular, Jeong said, "When the scene for 'King Gwanggaeto' was about to be filmed it was the hardest. I often went to the set early and sat there. Things were visible to me. A woman wearing ornaments came up and said, 'Hello.' I was thinking, you came early, and I had the feeling she wasn't an extra. When I looked again she had disappeared. Because of that, the lines I had memorized flew out of my head in shock," he said, causing astonishment.
It has been 13 years since he became a shaman after receiving the naerimgut, but recently Jeong Ho-geun has become noticeably gaunt. His college classmate No Yoo-jeong was worried about him. Jeong confessed, "My younger sister passed away last year," adding to the sadness. He told a stunned No Yoo-jeong, "I deliberately didn't contact her. I didn't want to publicize this person or that person. The people I loved so much all left before me," he said.
He went on, "My younger sister was a vessel of the gods. Eventually the spirit illness came and she became semi-catatonic; after performing the naerimgut, the spirit illness was completely cured. I had a shrine installed in the house where I lived and brought my sister there to do divinations twice a week. She said she couldn't even do that. She said she would quit working. Then she became very sick. She lay down for 10 years and then passed away. She was sick. From last summer the illness rushed in and she got worse and then in midsummer she passed away," he said, wiping away tears.
Jeong visited his sister's columbarium and showed a bouquet, expressing regret. He choked up and said, "I could have gripped you more tightly and helped you walk, strengthened your will so your attachment to life would be stronger, and I regret that — I think it's all my fault."
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