Heo Jae appears as the main character in Channel A's entertainment show 'Best Friend Tocumentary - Table for 4' (hereinafter referred to as 'Table for 4'), which airs today (18th).
Heo Jae, who is famous for his drinking, decides to quit drinking for the first time in his life and holds a 'Monday Friday Drinking Party'. Heo Jae, who has been abstaining from drinking for two weeks, said, “Recently, I almost collapsed (due to long-term drinking) and was hospitalized. “It was the scariest day of my life. I think my body was giving me one last warning,” he said, revealing the inside story of his decision to quit drinking.
The best friends include Heo Jae, his junior basketball player Woo Ji-won, the 'Prince of the Court', golf empress Kim Mi-hyun, who was called 'Super Peanut', and Lee Cheon-soo, the bad boy on the field. Heo Jae serves his best friends the homemade burgers that his mother used to make every morning when he was young, and the Japanese style bulgogi hotpot that his father loved. Heo Jae, who said it was his first time cooking, does his best to prepare food despite his poor skills, and attention is being paid to how his friends will react to the food prepared by Heo Jae, who does not know anything.
On this day, while Heo Jae and Woo Ji-won were reminiscing about their days as basketball players, they got into an argument about who started the original oppa unit. Heo Jae is said to have caused a stir at the scene by continuing to make explosive remarks, saying, “I was the original oppa unit. At the time, the popularity was like that of BTS!”
Heo Jae also reveals his father's scrapbook containing all of his basketball life. The scrapbook, which is said to be over 100 volumes that his father made by hand right before he passed away, is a treasure that contains Heo Jae's basketball life from the time he started playing basketball in elementary school. All of his close friends are touched by the father's love, which is captured not only in photos and newspaper articles of training and competition scenes, but also in handwritten notes of encouragement and advice for his son. Woo Ji-won also gets teary-eyed as he reminisces about his days as a player, when his older brother, who was also a test taker, supported him by packing three lunch boxes for him.
Following Cha Bum-geun and Cha Doo-ri in soccer, Lee Jong-beom and Lee Jeong-hoo in baseball, and the father and son Heo Jae, Heo Woong, and Heo Hoon, who are known as the three fathers and sons of basketball, the story continues. Heo Jae said to his friends who asked him about his method of educating his son, “As a father, I can only give 70 points. “My wife did everything,” he confesses. His wife, who supported him and their two sons, also expressed his apologies and gratitude to his wife, saying that frequent long-distance driving had caused her back to bend. In particular, Jae Heo also reveals the story of how he met his wife through a broadcast, including chasing after her while trying to see her in Busan, and successfully getting married after six months of long-distance dating.
‘Best Friends Tocumentary Table for 4’ airs every Monday at 8:10 PM.
Meanwhile, Heo Jae faced an unprecedented ban from the league by the Korea Basketball League (KBL) last June. Dayone, who took over the Orion club in August of last year, founded the club with Heo Jae at the head, but suffered from financial difficulties such as non-payment of the KBL membership fee, non-payment of the Goyang Orion acquisition fee, and lack of funds to operate the club.
Even though Heo Jae was the face of Day One, whenever money-related problems arose, he dismissed them by saying, ‘Please wait’ or ‘There is no problem.’ Accordingly, the KBL and the 10 clubs agreed to disallow Heo Jae from all future activities, including as representative, general manager, and leader of the KBL club.
Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr