Comedian Jeong Hyung Don opened up about being treated as a traitor after he moved from KBS to MBC in the past.
On the 25th, a video titled "[ㅈㄸㄸExpedition6] Infinite Challenge vs ㅈㄸㄸExpedition" was uploaded to the 'Haha PD' channel. In the video that day, Haha, Jeong Hyung Don, Yang Sang-guk, Park Young-jin and Kim Won-hyo gathered and talked.
During the conversation, Haha looked puzzled and asked Yang Sang-guk, "Are you (Jeong Hyung Don) hyung difficult?", and Yang Sang-guk revealed, "We actually didn't have much contact." In response, Kim Won-hyo said, "When we joined Gag Concert, hyung wasn't there," and Yang Sang-guk explained, "The senior went to variety shows quickly. He would call us for special episodes or sometimes invite us to eat."
Jeong Hyung Don debuted as a KBS 17th class open-recruit comedian in 2002, but from 2005 he stopped doing public comedy and continued working in variety shows. As a result, Yang Sang-guk, who entered as the 22nd class in 2007, was unable to meet Jeong Hyung Don.
Haha teased, "He must have been acting all high and mighty," and Yang Sang-guk said, "To us he seemed like a god, a senior who was really successful in variety shows." Kim Won-hyo suspected, "But hyung had that too. During 'Gag Concert' recordings he would have no reason to come here but would slip in. Everyone would be like 'Uwa, it's Jeong Hyung Don.'" However, Jeong Hyung Don attracted attention by saying, "No. You should be grateful to me for 'Nolmwo' and stuff like that."
He said, "When I was doing 'Gag Concert' I was the first comedian to switch broadcasters after moving. My contract ended and then I moved," and when Haha asked, "Didn't (Kim) Yong-man hyung and (Kim) Gook-jin hyung come to KBS from MBC?", he explained, "No one had crossed over before while doing public comedy. They didn't let people go either."
Jeong Hyung Don revealed, "I thought, 'Now I should do variety,' so I quit 'Gag Concert' and moved to 'Infinite Challenge,' which meant suspension of my KBS activities. For years I did 'Gag Concert' every Wednesday and then had nothing to do. 'Infinite Challenge' was on Thursday. So I would go to KBS on Wednesdays. But here's the crazy part. Maybe it's not like that now, but back then they wouldn't greet me. So after I went for two weeks in a row, (Kim) Dae-hee hyung called me. He told me, 'Don, don't come. If you come, don't even accept greetings and they'll call you a traitor,'" revealing this and shocking everyone.
Kim Won-hyo waved his hand and said, "It wasn't like that in our time," and Jeong Hyung Don also said, "It wasn't like that in your time." But Haha asked curiously, "But you did 'Sangsang Plus' together, didn't you?", and Jeong Hyung Don said, "After that incident, my agency lobbied a lot to resolve it," and confessed, "At that time when I went to 'Gag Concert,' they wouldn't even greet me. They wouldn't accept me."
[Photo] Haha PD
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