A former racing model turned TV personality, Ji Yeonsoo, voiced the hardships of making a living.
On the 13th, a video titled "The reason Ji Yeonsoo can't hold her son Minsu..." was uploaded to the Ji Yeonsoo's Yeonsurobda channel.
That day, when asked what kinds of work she did to earn living expenses after her divorce, "I worked as a model for a long time, so when I came out into reality from modeling I really didn't realize I was a noticeable person," she said.
She said, "You can't know. Because in the modeling world everyone looks like me, and among them I was short and a precious presence. Because the kids are all over 170cm. And you know, everyone is totally glamorous. I'm from a very old-school era, and when I came out into reality I found I was tall and noticeable. I didn't know," she confessed.
She continued, "So the only way I could survive here was to kill myself. So I really lived like a beggar. On purpose even more. At first I bought clothes on Karrot and then buying on Karrot also became meaningless. Because why buy clothes to go to part-time work. So I just bought black or gray sweatpants on a 1+1 deal for 10,900 won, you know. I bought the men's ones. The fit is baggy. The body line doesn't show. Even now when I work at a beef soup restaurant I wear men's swim trunks. They sell them 1+1," she said, describing how she wears men's clothing while doing part-time work.
Ji Yeonsoo also described the part-time jobs she had done: "I was washing dishes at a restaurant and then suddenly COVID worsened, so I did cleaning then. It was contactless at that time. When I arrived at that house no one was there. People had gone to work and when the house was empty I could clean and leave — that was the system. I also briefly worked at a side-dish shop, and recently I worked at a wedding shop. That was good. I thought I was finally making use of my major after 25 years," she said, adding that she also worked at a rice cake factory, which surprised listeners.
[Photo] Ji Yeonsoo's Yeonsurobda
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