Comedian Kwak Beom recently confessed that his thoughts about being prolific have changed.
Recently, Kwak Beom met with OSEN at the MetaComedy building in Mapo-gu, Seoul, for an interview reflecting on his active work this year.
Earlier, Kwak Beom said on Radio Star that he has 11 to 12 YouTube channels on which he is a regular grants. Looking back on this year, few broadcasters have been as busy as Kwak Beom, who has been filming broadcasts nonstop, and he again had a busy schedule scheduled that day.
He said, "I finished filming yesterday and left work at 3:40 a.m.," and after finishing the interview held at 10 a.m., he immediately went to host Cultwo Show. Kwak Beom hinted, "I will film a travel variety show tomorrow, go abroad and come back on Sunday."
When asked if he was keeping too busy a schedule, Kwak Beom said, "I recently saw a comment saying people are tired of me," and said, "Doing too many broadcasts isn't necessarily a good thing, so from now on I'm trying to choose and focus a bit more."
Asked if there was a reason for being prolific, Kwak Beom explained, "I was unknown for a long time, and back then I couldn't go out even if I wanted to. When someone calls, you should gratefully go out; I disliked the arrogant attitude of going to some things and refusing others. I lived for two years with the principle of doing my best when gratefully called."
But Kwak Beom said his thinking has changed recently. He said, "There were no days off on the calendar. The problem was running into exhaustion. my image was being worn out and the things I needed to say were being worn out. I felt the depletion of my necessity. I realized I don't need to appear this much; it wouldn't be wrong to decline proposals. I used to think that was wrong."
Kwak Beom said, "Lately it seems good to focus on what I can deliver 100 percent. let's do only what I can do at full output," and expressed his conviction: "I do exactly one thing in one field. talk is Young-eopjung, eating is Popular restaurants, travel is How to go without annual leave. Many travel show proposals have come in, but I declined them. I said I wouldn't go abroad. There is a production team that trusted me and entrusted me with How to go without annual leave, but it felt awkward to go."
With such a busy daily life, it must be hard for his family to see him often. Kwak Beom said, "It's dizzying; if I had had children while they were young I don't think I could have done it. It's better that I had them when I was unknown, and when I was doing things alone I was busy, so it's a relief."
When asked if his two daughters watch their father's broadcasts, Kwak Beom said, "They don't seem to give comments after watching. But because the kids use TikTok, when they see someone's edited clip they talk about it. They say things like, 'Who did dad do that with?' or their friends talk about it. When it's different you can't tell, but there are times when parents aren't required to attend and they ask me to come. Then I think they want to show it and sometimes go."
Asked if that makes him feel good even amid a busy schedule, Kwak Beom said, "I feel proud. On Parents' Day they wrote something and stuck it on the fridge. They wrote half the good things about dad and half about mom, and at the top was 'fame,'" he laughed.
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