Former baseball player Hwang Jae-gyun's current condition is a hot topic. After his divorce, with long hair and a gaunt face, his unrecognizably changed appearance drew astonishment.
On the 28th, Tving Sports' official social account posted a behind-the-scenes clip of "Tving Super Match" under the title "Chuno appearing on Tving."
In the video, former baseball player Jung Geun-woo, seeing Hwang Jae-gyun, said, "Today you totally look like Jang Hyuk?" referring to Jang Hyuk in the drama "Chuno." As Jung Geun-woo said, Hwang Jae-gyun had grown his hair long enough to cover his neck and had the front hair pulled back and tied.
Hwang Jae-gyun chimed in with Jung Geun-woo's remark, saying "Chuno," and playfully said, "Now someone has to go catch someone and beat them up." Asked how long he planned to keep his hair, Hwang Jae-gyun said, "I'll keep growing it until it can be tied. I'll keep growing it until comments telling me to cut my hair stop appearing. If even one of those comments appears, I'll keep growing it."
The changes for Hwang Jae-gyun were not limited to his hairstyle. Contrary to his robust profile of 183cm · 96kg, his gaunt face raised more concern than the long hair. It may be due to the camera angle, but compared with his active days, his gaunt face is so different that it evokes pity.
Fans reacted with comments such as "Hair... please... I want to see the neat Hwang Jae-gyun," "Are those two antennae Kiturami?", "When you have the retirement ceremony, please cut your hair and come," "You look like Zhang Qian," "You lost a lot of weight," "Why didn't you cut your hair? Why did you lose so much weight?", and "You lost so much weight you actually look older."
Hwang Jae-gyun, who joined the pros in 2006 and was active as a representative player of the KBO League, announced his retirement after the 2025 season, bringing his playing career to a close. He signed two free agent contracts in the KBO League, recording a cumulative salary of 14.8 billion won over eight years at the time, and received a 1 billion won salary for two consecutive seasons starting in 2023.
Before his retirement he went through ups and downs, including divorcing T-ara's Ji-yeon. In 2022, he announced his relationship with T-ara's Ji-yeon and at the same time announced their marriage, and after the season ended they held a lavish wedding. However, two years later, in October 2024, they divorced, causing him pain.
A year after his divorce and after retiring from baseball, Hwang Jae-gyun signed an exclusive contract with SM C&C, which represents Kang Ho-dong and Jun Hyun-moo, and is active as a broadcaster.
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