With Mr. House Husband criticized for sensational staging, controversy is rising after the preview revealed a setup that could be mistaken for an affair involving Park Seojin's mother.
On the 12th broadcast of KBS 2TV Mr. House Husband season 2, the next week's preview revealed a new story about Park Seojin's family.
That day, Park Seojin's mother was shown putting on lipstick and getting ready to go out, and Park Hyojeong said, "Lately mom has been acting strange." Park Seojin also said, "Surely it wouldn't be our mother, would it," expressing suspicion.
In the end, siblings Park Seojin and Park Hyojeong trailed their mother with their father, and later Park Seojin's mother was seen practicing swings affectionately at a golf driving range.
Seeing this, Park Hyojeong said, "From the husband's perspective, I was speechless — this is what you use at times like this," and later their father exploded while Park Hyojeong tried to restrain him.
However, voices of concern continue over the preview. Mr. House Husband is a show that covers celebrities' real domestic lives, but it has recently been criticized several times for frequently using sensational staging that makes viewers frown by focusing on family conflict.
This preview also portrays the family suspecting the mother's infidelity and seemingly raiding the scene, raising worries about the production approach.
As the full episode has not been aired, the relationship between the man seen with Park Seojin's mother is unknown, but reactions continue that it is inappropriate for a weekend entertainment show to show family members trailing the mother on suspicion of an affair.
Meanwhile, Mr. House Husband broadcast in 2022 an episode showing Hong Seong-heun's son undergoing circumcision with friends as a group. At the time there was debate over whether it was appropriate material for entertainment, and the Korea Communications Standards Commission applied provisions related to protecting the rights of underage participants and adopted a recommendation.
However, the following year, controversy arose after former baseball player Choi Kyunghwan's underage children were shown showering for about one minute, and producers explained they had filmed with the consent of the guardians and the parties involved, but the episode's on-demand viewing was later suspended.
Amid repeated concerns over Mr. House Husband's production methods, viewers' fatigue is rising again over the reappearance of sensational staging.
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