Bae Yeon-jeong confesses to pancreatic cancer, “I cut out 13cm of my organ”

Comedian and restaurant businesswoman Bae Yeon-jeong revealed her past business failures and battle with pancreatic cancer.

Bae Yeon-jeong appeared on KBS2's 'Park Won-sook's Let's Live Together', which aired on the 11th.

On this day, Bae Yeon-jeong showed off Osam bulgogi that she had prepared in advance and boasted, "I made several billion through this. If it aired for 40 to 50 minutes, I sold 1.3 and 1.5 billion won each. At that time, there were 6 home shopping channels. I achieved the legend of the 6th home shopping." Regarding the secret, “There is a show host and a signal. “Instead of speaking, I held the show host’s hand.”

There were difficult times in the past for sales worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He said, "One day, my back hurt, so I received various treatments. I thought I had phlegm. At that time, I was making more than 20 million won a day at a soup restaurant. I looked in the mirror and my face was yellow. I even went to a university hospital," and was diagnosed with a tumor in his pancreas. It was reported that this was discovered. In the end, after 16 hours of major surgery, part of the liver, stomach, and spleen were removed, and 13cm of the pancreas was also cut out.

He said, “When I swallowed water, it came out through my nose, making it difficult to even eat a sip. “It hurt like my organs were going to tear just by swallowing,” he said, adding that he stayed in the intensive care unit for a month. He then confessed, "I have been fighting diabetes for 24 years. If I don't exercise, I can't do it."

He also confessed to his past business failure experiences. Bae Yeon-jeong said, “We planned to build a building in LA, but it was a fraud. Workers were supposed to come out before construction started, but no one came. I asked my daughter, who lived in New York, for help. “From design to finishing, everything was done by me and I was finally able to open the store,” he explained.

He continued, "After recovering my health, I gained strength to take on new challenges. Business was going well for 8 months, but then the subprime mortgage crisis broke out. IMF in the U.S." He continued, "Mad cow disease broke out in Korea. Sales at Korean stores also dropped to 800,000 won per day. “I fell,” he said. He said, "I went to the United States with 6 billion won when I heard they would give me a green card, but I lost it all."

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