Lee Jae-won's father "Celebrities become shabby as they get older"

Lee Jae-won and Yoon Ji-seong are ‘transit parents’ and show filial piety to each other’s parents, raising the filial piety gauge from the unfilial piety gauge.

In the 4th episode of ENA's 'Hyojachon 2', which aired on the 15th, the entire family of Hyojachon gathered together and had a pork belly party, and the 'stick snack game', which became a hot topic in the first episode with a kiss with an 80-year-old father, was held. Tay opened this episode's episode 'Transit Parents' by defining his relationship with his parents, saying, "I'm the type of person that adults like, but even though I love my mother very much, she talks rudely to me," defining the relationship with parents as becoming more distant the closer you are to them.

At Hyojachon, a pork belly party was held with pork belly purchased by Yoon Ji-seong and his mother, who enjoyed a filial outing. With the entire family gathered at Jae-hwan's in groups, Lee Jae-won and his wife, who arrived first, had a conversation with Yoo Jae-hwan's mother. When Yoo Jae-hwan's mother asked Lee Jae-won's father, "How did you raise Jae-won so well without your mother?" Lee Jae-won's father responded, "I was scared of what would happen if Jae-won remarried and something went wrong," which was a heartbreaking denial. said.

After eating, we started the 'Hyoja Recreation Center' with a 'dinner date'. While 1st and 2nd places were given a dinner date, the penalty for 3rd and 4th place was 'changing parents to serve dinner', so-called 'transfer parents'. The final 3rd and 4th place winners were confirmed to be Lee Jae-won and Yoon Ji-sung, and that evening continued as a 'transit parent' session in which Lee Jae-won served dinner to Yoon Ji-sung's mother, and Yoon Ji-seong served dinner to Lee Jae-won's father.

First, Yoon Ji-seong's mother greeted Jae-won Lee with excitement. Lee Jae-won, who prepared a table with bulgogi and various side dishes, was delighted with his mother, saying, “This is a very happy meal.” The meal that started like this seemed like a truly enjoyable meeting between a star and a fan. Lee Jae-won shared his inner thoughts, saying, “I earned money and bought a car, but I don’t think I was able to travel or do small things like this,” and Hong Hyeon-hee expressed his regret, saying, “I need to have that conversation with my dad.” Lee Jae-won then asked his mother, “If I treat you well financially, that’s not filial piety, right?” and she honestly said, “But it’s half filial piety,” making her laugh.

Yoon Ji-seong headed to Jaewon's with the meal kit(?) that his mother gave him. Lee Jae-won's father happily welcomed Yoon Ji-seong, saying, "My favorite Ji-seong has arrived." Ji-seong Yoon started making the shepherd's purse miso soup, saying, "I'll make it tastier than eating outside," and his father continued the warm atmosphere by saying, "If I do this, I'll be blown away." While the two were having a delicious meal and continuing an honest conversation, Yoon Ji-sung said, “Actually, in a way, you raised your child on your own, right?” When asked about his father’s story, he answered, “Jaewon always cooked new meals for me. And the spoon never went beyond the table by even 1 mm, because I really treasured my son so much,” he said, surprising Yoon Ji-seong by expressing his utmost love for his son.

Jaewon Lee returned home and had a deep conversation with his father. Lee Jae-won’s father was worried, saying, “Celebrities are flashy when they’re young, but they become shabby as they get older,” and Lee Jae-won said, “Are you worried that I might become like that? “I’m afraid I’ll become shabby,” he said, and I knew what he meant right away. “It is my great wish for my son to live comfortably in his old age. “Since we came to Hyoja Village, we can talk like this. When will we talk like this?” he continued. Lee Jae-won also said, “Even if he passes away, it will be a great memory.” He said that his father should live without thinking about him when he is not in the world, and added, “When my father passes away, I can just think, ‘This is the end of his life.’” He said.

At the basis of this was my father's regret, as he always felt sorry for the void left by his mother, whom he could not fill. “If a normal family had been successful, I would have learned filial piety and taught it to my son, but I couldn’t do that,” he said, remembering that he could not teach filial piety to Lee Jae-won. Lee Jae-won said, "Didn't you have a grandfather in South Korea for a while?" and revealed the story of how he separated from his father when he was young and brought his grandfather from North Korea to meet him after 52 years. However, my father also expressed his true feelings, saying, “I felt a sense of separation from my father, who lived away from me for over 50 years,” and “I wanted to convey that I lived with this feeling.” In the end, he hoped that Lee Jae-won would not feel sorry for not being filial to him, saying, “I couldn’t show him that I was filial, so my son couldn’t see that.”

Ten Asia Reporter Kim Seo-yoon seogugu@tenasia.co.kr