'"I want to show that 'these days divorce can be like that, and there are those kinds of ways of life.'"' X's privacy producer directly addressed the appearance of YouTubers Choi Gogi and Yu Gaet-ip, whose preview has been receiving hot reactions.
At the end of the TV CHOSUN variety program 'X's privacy,' which aired on the 7th, a preview announcing the grants of Choi Gogi and Yu Gaet-ip appeared and drew attention. In this regard, I spoke with Kim Seok-hyun, the PD who directed 'X's privacy.'
'X's privacy' is a real observation program that watches X's current life after divorce and meetings with new partners from the perspective of the former spouse. It airs every Tuesday at 10 p.m. and is boasting intense buzz.
Among them, the newly announced guests Choi Gogi and Yu Gaet-ip married in 2016 and had a daughter, Sol-ip, but they divorced in 2020 after four years due to personality differences. In particular, they previously appeared together on another TV CHOSUN variety show, We Got Divorced, and at the time, despite the divorce, their appearance maintaining communication as parents like friends for the sake of their daughter drew praise.
Thus, Choi Gogi and Yu Gaet-ip are appearing together on a broadcast again about four years after We Got Divorced. In this regard, Kim Seok-hyun, the PD, first emphasized the purpose of the program. He said, "Our program basically tries not to show both sides as too extreme even if they divorce. For example, divorces due to an affair are seen as not fitting the program's purpose. Therefore, we tend to look for people who can maintain some relationship after divorce and show their stories to viewers, and in that respect Choi Gogi and Yu Gaet-ip were suitable," he said.
He added, "I also watched We Got Divorced impressively. I was curious how these people were living afterward, so I tried to contact them. Of course, both were hesitant about appearing on the show again. But our writers cautiously persuaded them. Above all, as you will see when you watch the show, they are people who naturally make you think, 'these days divorce can be like that' and 'there are those kinds of ways of life.'"
Above all, Kim Seok-hyun, the PD, said, "Now 'divorce' is not someone else's matter in our society. Even though it has become commonplace, it is being consumed too sensationally. Generally, people try to find the reason for that divorce in the other party and portray it that way, but I wanted to make a program where the reason for divorce can be found in oneself rather than the other. Individually, Choi Gogi and Yu Gaet-ip are very sincere when you meet them, they have a lot of affection for people and are basically good 'people.' When you look at the reasons and processes that led such people to choose divorce, it was not that they were bad to each other but that they recognized parts that 'did not fit,'" he emphasized.
Through Choi Gogi and Yu Gaet-ip, what 'X's privacy' wants to show is not the sensational divorce process or the subsequent daily life but the ways they seek their own happiness. Kim Seok-hyun, the PD, said, "If in the past traditional society and families it was considered correct to force parts that did not fit, now in modern society people might ask, 'is that the right answer?' And the ways people find and acknowledge their own happiness after parting can even look beautiful. Some may not agree from a traditional viewpoint, but now I wanted to show that depending on one's way of life, such a form can be one answer rather than a specific correct answer, and Choi Gogi and Yu Gaet-ip's story will be the most suitable example among episodes," he added.
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