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I know. I KNOW! Not even a week ago has gone by and here I am restarting Boramonth posts, hahaha.
In my defense, not even three days had gone by after I said I was gonna pause Boramonth posts when I got the notification abt V's guest appearance in Suchwita NEXT MONDAY!!! O___O! Since that's deffo going to hapen (in addition to all of the content around V's upcoming solo album "LayoVer"), I decided to do a catch-up post of the latest three non-BTS members' episodes of the show.
NGL, this is an extremely random group of ppl. They run the gamut from total strangers to actual friends of Yoongi's.
Episode 13 was one that some folks weren't too keen abt. The guest was Jo Seho. Who is quite popular in Korean entertainment...but was also involved in what's know in ARMY circles as "the Hamburger Scandal" (not spoiler: it wasn't, like, A SCANDAL, but it was still pretty messy all the same?)
It's summer 2016. BTS has become a popular group. They're in the middle of the HYYH/Youth trilogy era.
Jungkook joins actor Kim Minsuk, Jo Seho, and a couple of other guys in a travel variety show called Flower Crew for the 2-part pilot episode (which aired on Vlive and SBS network.) The premise of the show is to have one group do luxury travel while the other group will be on the struggle bus (so to speak).
Before he shows up, Jungkook decides to go buy burgers for the cast. Between one thing and another, he ends up arriving late. Now, for some gorram reason, Jo Seho starts to go off on Jungkook for his lateness. Jungkook apologizes, then tries to talk abt how he'd brought up food for everyone. But Jo Seho isn't having it and not only dismisses the gesture but turns hella rude. At one point, he snarks that the hamburgers were probably leftovers.
The next scene is Jungkook talking to the crew, looking v. sad, and saying something along the lines of not understanding why the cast wouldn't want the burgers. Another scene is shown of Kim Minsuk and another cast member eating the burgers and Jo Seho scolding the two of them for stuffing their faces with those things (kinda implying the burgers are not good? IDK.)
Ppl (especially ARMY) were rightfully pissed off. Although things seemed OK, both Jungkook and Kim Minsuk ended up leaving the show for work reasons. Things got so intense that I guess TPTB forced Jo Seho to make an on-the-air apology... that wasn't that good. Basically, Jo Seho said that, in his effort to appear cool/get along with Jungkook and Kim Minsuk, he behaved in a way that might've made some viewers uncomfortable (🙄), but it wasn't his intention to come across that way. Also that there's a lot that gets edited out of the show. WHATEVER, BRO, THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN SUCH A JACKASS TO JUNGKOOK AND KIM MINSUK.
Fast-forward to 2021. By now, BTS is, well, BTS. They get invited to appear in Yoo Quiz on the Block, a talk show co-hosted by Yoo Jaesuk and Jo Seho. The long and the short of it is that there was no animosity between Jungkook and Jo Seho. With the latter being a lot more respectful, almost subdued. Jungkook and Jo Seho even hugged at some point, so there's no bad blood between them.
Now, I'm not sure if it'd been mentioned before (I'm almost sure it wasn't known), but it turns out that Jo Seho is friends with both Jimin and Yoongi. They've had dinner and drinks at each other's homes, frex. I'm not sure if they're besties, but it's more than just a casual acquaintance. So, from that point, it makes sense that Yoongi would invite Jo Seho to the show.
FTR, I've only been able to sit thru this episode once, LOL. Jo Seho is a TALKER. He has the most long-winded stories I've ever seen in a talk show--which is tiresome on its own. Even worse is the fact that most of his stories are so mundane you're left wondering why he took so long to tell them, XD.
On top of that, one of the main topics being brought up throughout the episode is weight loss/dieting. FTR, this isn't triggering to me, but it might be triggering to others so, okay, let me
SO, Jo Seho has always been a fat guy. A lot of his comedy (specifically that of the physical kind) included 'jokes' abt him breaking small, foldable chairs. Jo Seho tell Yoongi that, by 2007, he used to spend all of his free time binge eating and binge drinking. He also got to his heaviest weight. Although he didn't say the word, it's fucking obvious he was in the middle of a heavy depressive episode.
After a rather intense moment with his mother that made him realize he was fucking himself up, he decided to stop drinking, start working out, etc.
For his part, Yoongi mentions the time after MOTS tour got cancelled as a moment that he got so low he cried in front of his parents for the first time, like ever.
In the end, I don't know what I expected from this episode, but it's not one that has anything I'd find remotely interesting. Also, Jo Seho practically monopolizing the convo. It's a world of No, Thank You for me.
LET'S MOVE ON
Episode 17 has Lee Kangin as the guest. He's a 22-y.o. South Korean professional footballer who is being heralded as one of the future best players. Yoongi invited him kinda of on a whim? He IS a jock (whether or not ppl want to accept that, IDK, but he sure loves basketball, frex.)
There was just a TON of convos abt soccer. OTOH, it was interesting to see the parallels between being a professional athlete and being a Kpop idol (the discipline involved, the mundanity of routine--even while traveling internationally, the ups and downs of a career, etc). BUT Lee Kangin is abt 95% focused on soccer; he's been playing since he was v. young (I think 11 y.o?) I was v. bored at some parts cuz his side of the conversation was rote "I'm an athlete, soccer is the best, etc."
I've only watched this episode once. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Episode 16's guest was Hwang Minhyun. He's a Korean actor and current soloist. Had previously been in NU'EST and Wanna One.
This episode was (at least to me) interesting enough to watch twice? For one thing, Hwang debuted a year earlier than BTS, but he's also 2 yrs younger than Yoongi. So, despite all of his experiences, he was still a bit nervous talking to Yoongi at first.
This was also the episode in which Yoongi was like "this guy is handsome, tall, and fit". Also commenting on how, during a gym sesh at the HYBE gym, he noticed that Hwang has a "great bod". There were a few moments of Yoongi suggesting hanging out, etc. XD
Hwang was v. calm and potentially interested on getting to hang out with Yoongi in the future. Who knows.
One of the things I liked abt this specific episode was seeing how great Yoongi's at networking both inside AND outside the music business. Just something to keep in mind. :P
In my defense, not even three days had gone by after I said I was gonna pause Boramonth posts when I got the notification abt V's guest appearance in Suchwita NEXT MONDAY!!! O___O! Since that's deffo going to hapen (in addition to all of the content around V's upcoming solo album "LayoVer"), I decided to do a catch-up post of the latest three non-BTS members' episodes of the show.
NGL, this is an extremely random group of ppl. They run the gamut from total strangers to actual friends of Yoongi's.
Episode 13 was one that some folks weren't too keen abt. The guest was Jo Seho. Who is quite popular in Korean entertainment...but was also involved in what's know in ARMY circles as "the Hamburger Scandal" (not spoiler: it wasn't, like, A SCANDAL, but it was still pretty messy all the same?)
Cut text for longish explanation
It's summer 2016. BTS has become a popular group. They're in the middle of the HYYH/Youth trilogy era.
Jungkook joins actor Kim Minsuk, Jo Seho, and a couple of other guys in a travel variety show called Flower Crew for the 2-part pilot episode (which aired on Vlive and SBS network.) The premise of the show is to have one group do luxury travel while the other group will be on the struggle bus (so to speak).
Before he shows up, Jungkook decides to go buy burgers for the cast. Between one thing and another, he ends up arriving late. Now, for some gorram reason, Jo Seho starts to go off on Jungkook for his lateness. Jungkook apologizes, then tries to talk abt how he'd brought up food for everyone. But Jo Seho isn't having it and not only dismisses the gesture but turns hella rude. At one point, he snarks that the hamburgers were probably leftovers.
The next scene is Jungkook talking to the crew, looking v. sad, and saying something along the lines of not understanding why the cast wouldn't want the burgers. Another scene is shown of Kim Minsuk and another cast member eating the burgers and Jo Seho scolding the two of them for stuffing their faces with those things (kinda implying the burgers are not good? IDK.)
Ppl (especially ARMY) were rightfully pissed off. Although things seemed OK, both Jungkook and Kim Minsuk ended up leaving the show for work reasons. Things got so intense that I guess TPTB forced Jo Seho to make an on-the-air apology... that wasn't that good. Basically, Jo Seho said that, in his effort to appear cool/get along with Jungkook and Kim Minsuk, he behaved in a way that might've made some viewers uncomfortable (🙄), but it wasn't his intention to come across that way. Also that there's a lot that gets edited out of the show. WHATEVER, BRO, THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN SUCH A JACKASS TO JUNGKOOK AND KIM MINSUK.
Fast-forward to 2021. By now, BTS is, well, BTS. They get invited to appear in Yoo Quiz on the Block, a talk show co-hosted by Yoo Jaesuk and Jo Seho. The long and the short of it is that there was no animosity between Jungkook and Jo Seho. With the latter being a lot more respectful, almost subdued. Jungkook and Jo Seho even hugged at some point, so there's no bad blood between them.
Now, I'm not sure if it'd been mentioned before (I'm almost sure it wasn't known), but it turns out that Jo Seho is friends with both Jimin and Yoongi. They've had dinner and drinks at each other's homes, frex. I'm not sure if they're besties, but it's more than just a casual acquaintance. So, from that point, it makes sense that Yoongi would invite Jo Seho to the show.
FTR, I've only been able to sit thru this episode once, LOL. Jo Seho is a TALKER. He has the most long-winded stories I've ever seen in a talk show--which is tiresome on its own. Even worse is the fact that most of his stories are so mundane you're left wondering why he took so long to tell them, XD.
On top of that, one of the main topics being brought up throughout the episode is weight loss/dieting. FTR, this isn't triggering to me, but it might be triggering to others so, okay, let me
cut-text again cuz ooof!
SO, Jo Seho has always been a fat guy. A lot of his comedy (specifically that of the physical kind) included 'jokes' abt him breaking small, foldable chairs. Jo Seho tell Yoongi that, by 2007, he used to spend all of his free time binge eating and binge drinking. He also got to his heaviest weight. Although he didn't say the word, it's fucking obvious he was in the middle of a heavy depressive episode.
After a rather intense moment with his mother that made him realize he was fucking himself up, he decided to stop drinking, start working out, etc.
For his part, Yoongi mentions the time after MOTS tour got cancelled as a moment that he got so low he cried in front of his parents for the first time, like ever.
In the end, I don't know what I expected from this episode, but it's not one that has anything I'd find remotely interesting. Also, Jo Seho practically monopolizing the convo. It's a world of No, Thank You for me.
LET'S MOVE ON
Episode 17 has Lee Kangin as the guest. He's a 22-y.o. South Korean professional footballer who is being heralded as one of the future best players. Yoongi invited him kinda of on a whim? He IS a jock (whether or not ppl want to accept that, IDK, but he sure loves basketball, frex.)
There was just a TON of convos abt soccer. OTOH, it was interesting to see the parallels between being a professional athlete and being a Kpop idol (the discipline involved, the mundanity of routine--even while traveling internationally, the ups and downs of a career, etc). BUT Lee Kangin is abt 95% focused on soccer; he's been playing since he was v. young (I think 11 y.o?) I was v. bored at some parts cuz his side of the conversation was rote "I'm an athlete, soccer is the best, etc."
I've only watched this episode once. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Episode 16's guest was Hwang Minhyun. He's a Korean actor and current soloist. Had previously been in NU'EST and Wanna One.
This episode was (at least to me) interesting enough to watch twice? For one thing, Hwang debuted a year earlier than BTS, but he's also 2 yrs younger than Yoongi. So, despite all of his experiences, he was still a bit nervous talking to Yoongi at first.
This was also the episode in which Yoongi was like "this guy is handsome, tall, and fit". Also commenting on how, during a gym sesh at the HYBE gym, he noticed that Hwang has a "great bod". There were a few moments of Yoongi suggesting hanging out, etc. XD
Hwang was v. calm and potentially interested on getting to hang out with Yoongi in the future. Who knows.
One of the things I liked abt this specific episode was seeing how great Yoongi's at networking both inside AND outside the music business. Just something to keep in mind. :P
