(continuing from interview 1) Bloody Game X's Lee Tae-gyun expressed regret over Lee Sang-min's mid-competition withdrawal due to forfeiture.
On the afternoon of the 19th at Post Tower in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, a joint interview was held with Wavve survival variety show Bloody Game X contestants Lee Jin-hyung and Lee Tae-gyun.
Lee Tae-gyun, the winner of Bloody Game season 1, played as part of team P1 on Bloody Game X with broadcaster Lee Sang-min, announcer Park Ji-min and former baseball player Jung Geun-woo.
But Lee Sang-min, before the start of the first individual round in episode 7, suddenly said, "I can't take the call myself, but the production team took the call through my manager. I suddenly have to go to the hospital with my wife," and announced his intention to forfeit. Lee Tae-gyun, a teammate, said, "Sang-min and Geun-woo and I stayed in the same room from the first day and lived like family; he played a very large role as a mental pillar and held a large share, so it's really regrettable that Sang-min is leaving so suddenly. Concerns about the remaining schedule and many thoughts crossed my mind," expressing his complicated feelings.
When asked about the situation at the time, Lee Tae-gyun honestly said, "Actually, there must have been personal reasons. The players all understand. No one couldn't understand his leaving because it must have been an unavoidable story, but when you ask if I'm personally disappointed, of course I'm disappointed."
He said, "Sang-min has been on our team since the first day. Also, I tried to protect him, blocking him from going to the death match and volunteering to go myself. He was a team member I fought to protect, and when he disappeared all at once, I actually felt a large emptiness," adding, "We used to sit at the table every night, talk and fall asleep, and the empty seat felt so big. I felt a lot of emptiness and hollowness," again expressing regret.
Especially after Lee Sang-min's departure, Lee Tae-gyun was unfortunately eliminated in the individual 'killer game.' When asked whether Lee Sang-min's withdrawal affected that outcome, he said, "If you ask whether we lost because of that, of course not, but there was a psychological impact. Regardless, we could have done well even without Sang-min," while adding, "What is regrettable is that the game that came up was the one Sang-min would have been best at. If I led the earlier games, the 'killer game' was one Sang-min could have led, so there's regret — it's not that his disappearance directly caused failure," he explained. (continues in interview 3)
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