“Everything was ruined because of Kian84” Leeteuk confesses to depression

Leeteuk, a member of the group Super Junior, revealed that he once felt depressed due to his greed for broadcasting.

MBC's entertainment show 'Radio Star', which aired on the 27th, featured a special feature titled 'Suju, it's a good thing you don't fight' starring Super Junior's Kim Hee-chul, Leeteuk, Yesung, and Eunhyuk.

On this day, when Leeteuk was told that he had given a lot of strength, he said, “I have lost a lot of my greed. “I don’t want to work while stressed,” he said.

When asked if he was a workaholic in the past, Leeteuk made people laugh by saying, "I was a workaholic, but I realized that I couldn't do anything. From then on, I grew my hair out." He then confessed, "It's been 20 years since the show aired, but as I continued to do it, I didn't have a special character. As I kept getting greedier, I got depressed and it became very difficult for me."

In response, Kim Gura commented, “Leeteuk dreamed of becoming a top-class MC, but the results were disappointing compared to the effort,” and Leeteuk said bitterly, “I thought I would move up if I continued, but as the trend changed, I steadily went down.” Heechul Kim explained, “Leeteuk is good at hosting, but he doesn’t host any programs these days.”

When Kim Gura said, "No matter how good Leeteuk is at hosting, what's the point? Kian 84 takes a bath in the Ganges River and that's the end of it," Kim Hee-chul said angrily, "After Kian 84 came out, all travel entertainment shows went bankrupt."

Leeteuk said he would solve someone's gossip and said, “I played 'I Can See Your Voice' with Yoo Se-yoon for a long time. “My brother said he was dreaming of something new these days, so I thought he was cutting back on work, but whenever I turn on the TV, it keeps appearing.” “Not long ago, Kim Jong-guk and I did the ‘Couple Palace’ dating program together (without me). I thought we should do a new season of ‘I Can See You’ quickly, so I contacted the production team. When I asked about it, I heard that ‘Couple Palace’ was made by the ‘You Can See’ team. “Seeing things like that,” he said, expressing his disappointment that they had teamed up without him.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr