(Following interview ①) The producer of 'X's private life' expressed regret over the 'breakfast' controversy raised after episodes 1 and 2.
TV CHOSUN's new entertainment show 'X's private life' producer Kim Seok-hyun met with OSEN at the TME Group office in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on the 27th for an interview.
'X's private life' is a real observation program that watches from the perspective of the ex-spouse the changed present life of X after divorce and X's meetings with new romantic partners. In episodes 1 and 2, which aired on the 17th and 24th, the story of actor Park Jae-hyun and his ex-wife Han Hye-ju was told. In particular, the broadcast drew attention by mentioning the 'breakfast' incident as the decisive turning point that led the two to decide on divorce.
At the time, Han Hye-ju said, "My in-laws wanted to see Seowon before the surgery, so we stayed together for 10 days. I apologized for not being able to prepare breakfast because I stayed up late taking care of the child and asked for understanding that I would prepare lunch and dinner," and explained the situation, "The day before my in-laws left, Seowon's father (Park Jae-hyun) was drinking outside, then called and said, 'Why, with your parents here, do you just sleep and not take care of them? Do you expect them to come all the way to our son's house to have their meals cooked for them?'"
In response, Park Jae-hyun said, "My elderly mother living in the countryside would see that our son earns money and does the household chores and would feel bad. I asked, 'Please just do this,' but there must have been a misunderstanding," conveying his position. At the time they were planning to live together with his in-laws, but Han Hye-ju took this as an opportunity to say, 'let's reconsider living together,' and ultimately, unable to reconcile their differences, she even left the house.
However, through the broadcast the two acknowledged each other's differences, and viewers sincerely cheered as they met new partners through blind dates who could understand each of them. Nevertheless, after episodes 1 and 2 were released, some quarters poured excessive criticism on Park Jae-hyun over the 'breakfast' controversy.
Regarding this, producer Kim Seok-hyun said, "We wanted to show that both are good people, but it seems the generational gap is large. Park Jae-hyun, from the perspective of younger generations, is someone who hasn't escaped traditional society, but even in my generation you can understand how hard it must have been. It wasn't that he mentioned breakfast because he wanted to eat it, but because his mother was having a hard time and he wanted to show his mother, 'I am loved by my wife,' and that meaning seems to be distorted," expressing regret.
He said, "To the generation that took the theme of breakfast literally as 'breakfast,' he becomes a bad person, and those who took it as an ambiguous expression understand it," adding, "Among the production staff there are young female writers and producers, and relatively older people like me, and their thinking is very different. Opinions clashed between 'both are good people who fought because they didn't match' and the unilateral 'that person did wrong. Korean in-law culture is strange.' But our program's intention was not to present a 'right' or 'wrong' solution; rather, by bundling episodes 1 and 2 together we wanted to tell stories about people's lives."
He continued, "These days don't programs lack story? Travel, consume, enjoy. They say it's healing, but in fact they consume time and money, make you want to buy things, and make you want to eat delicious food. Most programs show modern society's consumption in the form of healing, but we wanted after a long time to present a 'story,'" urging viewers to look at the essence of the story rather than criticize. (Continued to interview ③.)<
[Photo] OSEN reporter Min Kyung-hoon
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