ENTERTAINMENT
Actor Park Jun-gyu "My wife has been claiming menopause for 10 years"
In Channel A's 'Oh Eun-young's Gold Counseling Center', which is scheduled to air at 8:10 pm on the 24th, original charismatic actor Park Jun-gyu visits the counseling center while holding his wife Jin Song-ah's hand. Park Jun-gyu, who boasts a loving personality despite being married for 33 years, also reveals the current status of his two sons who are active as actors. In response to the MCs' reaction that he has two handsome sons and that they look like out-of-school children, he joked, "If you look at my childhood, there's no comparison(?) to them~", making the studio burst into laughter.
After a short while of a friendly atmosphere, Park Jun-gyu begins to worry, saying, “I was married to my wife by fraud(?).” After menopause, ‘I get upset over little things! Every day is a war because of Jin Song-ah, who says, ‘I’m going to explode with frustration!’ “I’ve been experiencing menopause for 10 years. Does that make sense?” I vent out the frustration I’ve been building up.
In response, Dr. Oh Eun-young asks Jin Song-ah, “Do you really think you are in menopause?” In response, Jin Song-ah admits that even her husband's words, "I hear the sound of a chair being pulled," instantly make her angry, and that she has a hard time controlling her emotions. Park Jun-gyu, who had been quietly listening, countered by saying, “It’s not because of menopause, but because you’re not good enough,” and shook his head, saying, “They say they went on all the overseas trips they wanted to go, but they didn’t let him do anything.” In response, Jin Song-ah does not lose and continues the tense battle of nerves by complaining, “There is no need to fight to do what you want.”
Dr. Oh Eun-young, who was listening to this, discloses his wife Jin Song-ah's sentence completion test for in-depth counseling. Dr. Oh said that Jin Song-ah wrote, “The person she hates the most is a selfish and dogmatic person,” and “What she dislikes most of all is someone who only puts forward her own opinion,” adding that Jin Song-ah’s tendency to dislike matches that of Park Jun-gyu. It blows up and makes the families at the counseling center nervous. Dr. Oh Eun-young then carefully asks why she has remained married for 33 years, and Jin Song-ah answers, “It was possible because I loved my husband’s essence,” revealing her unwavering love for Park Jun-gyu.
However, the warmth is short-lived as Jin Song-ah exposes Park Jun-gyu's problems that cannot be overcome even with love. Park Jun-gyu shows signs of serious attachment to his wife Jin Song-ah. He makes several phone calls looking for his wife who is out, complains that she is bored even when going to the bathroom, and expresses the joys and sorrows of being tormented by her husband, saying that he takes her to the soccer field every morning. In response, Park Jun-gyu protested, saying, “I didn’t take him by piercing his nose!”, but his wife, Jin Song-ah, refused to back down, saying, “I put unspoken pressure on him!”
Dr. Oh Eun-young, who was listening to the couple's conversation, points out 'loneliness' as the cause of Park Jun-gyu's excessive attachment. Park Jun-gyu agrees and recalls his lonely childhood. Although he grew up surrounded by many people in a glamorous family thanks to his megastar father, he actually had no one with whom he could share deep emotional connections. In addition, the heartbreaking story of how he cried alone while listening to Korean songs in the car during a time when he lived in the United States, which was difficult due to racial discrimination, evokes the sadness of the families at the counseling center.
Next, Dr. Oh Eun-young discovers that Jin Song-ah was the person who filled Park Jun-gyu's loneliness and could depend on him. While he understands Park Jun-gyu's strong attachment to his wife, Jin Song-ah expresses concern that her autonomy could be seen as being taken away because of love. In response, Jin Song-ah confesses to her past life of giving up on her dreams and reveals the emptiness she had been hiding, saying, “My husband never once asked about my dreams or supported me.” In response, Park Jun-gyu said, “I didn’t want my wife to have to work hard,” but amplified his wife’s disappointment by saying, “If I want to film a movie, will you give me all the roles I ask for?” It is said that the studio immediately froze due to the couple's fight that suddenly broke out, and the counseling center's family had to just watch until Dr. Oh Eun-young intervened.
Dr. Oh Eun-young, who was watching this, pointed out that even if they were a couple, they needed to live an independent life. We should help you make your own decisions about anything. Through today's broadcast, you can see what 'Eunyoung Magic' will be for Park Jun-gyu and Jin Song-ah, who are going through a major crisis called menopause.
Ten Asia Reporter Kim Seo-yoon seogugu@tenasia.co.kr
