Actor Hwang Shin-hye's younger sibling and foot painter Hwang Jeong-eon recalls the time of the accident.
On the 5th, KBS1 Hwang Shin-hye's Let's Live Together will reveal a meaningful day spent with Hwang Jeong-eon, who is Hwang Shin-hye's younger sibling and a foot painter.
Hwang Jeong-eon, a member of the 'World Foot Painters Association,' has drawn media attention for his outstanding skills and has moved many people by painting with his mouth for 30 years. Yang Jeong-a empathized with the artist's sincerity and long-accumulated effort reflected in the works and ended up with reddened eyes. Hwang Shin-hye's close friends, actor Choi Myung-gil and singer and painter Kim Wan Sun, among other top stars, also visited the exhibition.
Siblings Hwang Shin-hye and Hwang Jeong-eon shared candid conversations, and Hwang Jeong-eon joked that the more familiar they become, the harsher the scolding will be, exposing his sister Hwang Shin-hye's frank personality and drawing laughter. Hwang Shin-hye consistently provided close care for her paralyzed sibling, attending even to his clothing, and it was also confirmed that Hwang Shin-hye led Hwang Jeong-eon to the path of becoming a foot painter.
Tall and healthy enough to enlist in the Marine Corps, Hwang Jeong-eon was diagnosed with full-body paralysis at 29 after an unexpected accident. The mother's confession that she anguished, asking, "Why is there no medicine that stops tears?" at the unstoppable crying hints at the devastating feelings the Hwang Shin-hye family had to endure at the time.
Hwang Jeong-eon said that after the accident, while hospitalized, Hwang Shin-hye would stay by his side all night on days without filming to care for him, and he conveyed the time they endured relying on each other, which moved many.
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