Former baseball player Hwang Jae-gyun candidly recounts the process that led him to decide to retire from the field on Radio Star. Last December, he surprised everyone with a sudden retirement announcement; he calmly retraces the time and complicated feelings that led to his decision, expresses his intention to try variety shows, and announces the start of the second act of his life.
Today (25th) the MBC Radio Star (planned by Chey Yoon-chung / directed by Yoon Hye-jin, Hwang Yoon-sang, Byeon Da-hee) is staged as a "Show! Self-centered" special featuring Park Young-gyu, Hwang Jae-gyun, Yoo Hee-kwan and Noh Min-woo.
Hwang Jae-gyun is a player who for a long time served as a central hitter and one of the infielders representing the KBO League. He hung gold medals around his neck at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games and the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, and as a member of the 2015 WBSC Premier12 championship team he showed his presence on the international stage. Building a substantial career that included a challenge in Major League Baseball and a Korean Series championship, he suddenly announced his retirement, drawing even greater attention.
That day Hwang Jae-gyun frankly shares the decisive moment that made him decide to retire and the reactions around him. Having long served as the team's central hitter, he says it was "not an easy choice" as he explains the reason he chose a new path.
He then declares his entry into the "variety athlete village," showing full enthusiasm. Introducing himself as a "variety rookie," he makes an active self-pitch in front of the MCs and continually delivers reactions that raise the atmosphere.
In particular, he draws attention by taking on Kim Kook Jin's candle show, a symbol of Radio Star. Standing nervously before the candle, Hwang Jae-gyun showed eagerness and aroused curiosity. Starting with this, he took on a string of classic variety challenges and demonstrated a unique determination as a rising star in variety shows, making everyone burst into laughter. Interest is focused on whether the concentration he showed on the field will work on the variety stage as well.
He also opens his Korean Series championship ring and looks back on his playing days. He vividly recounts a special(?) record set during his time in Major League Baseball, the atmosphere at the time, and the emotions he felt on site, prompting a series of questions from the MCs. He also causes laughter with an episode that led to him being called the "machine."
To see how Hwang Jae-gyun's challenge, transformed from a baseball player into a rising variety star, went and to witness the second act of his "self-centered" life, tune in to Radio Star, airing Wednesday tonight at 10:30 p.m. today (25th).
Meanwhile, Radio Star is loved as a unique talk show that disarms guests and draws out real stories with the MCs' unpredictable, razor-sharp wit.
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