Actor Ji Chang Wook expressed his deep affection for his mother.

On July 24th, 'You Quiz on the Block' released a preview video titled 'The Reason Ji Chang Wook Still Lives with His Mother' ahead of the main broadcast.

In the video, Ji Chang Wook shared, "In fact, my father passed away early, and my mother went through a lot of hardships." He revealed his heartfelt feelings towards his mother, saying, "As a son, as family, and as a man, I thought I should protect my mother."

Ji Chang Wook then explained the struggles his mother faced during his childhood. "My mother ran a meat restaurant and a spicy fish stew restaurant in the neighborhood. Since she operated them alone, I helped by serving when she was extremely busy. The hardest part at the meat restaurant was cleaning the grill plates, and at the spicy fish stew restaurant, it was cleaning the fish tanks," he said. "We generally lacked money for me to attend school."

Ji Chang Wook also shared an episode about his agency's CEO, who has been his friend for 20 years. "I did part-time jobs together with my current CEO. He's my closest friend, and he started as my manager and is now the CEO of my agency. I suggested the manager role to him," he said.

Ji Chang Wook added, "Back then, we often filmed through the night, and he would drive while dozing off. We frequently had to travel to remote locations, so if he got sleepy, I told him to sleep at a rest area. But every time I woke up, we were still at the rest area," he said, bringing laughter as he explained that a 2.5 to 3-hour journey once took them 9 hours.

Meanwhile, Ji Chang Wook's appearance on tvN's 'You Quiz on the Block' will air today, July 24th, at 8:45 PM.

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BLACKPINK’s Jisoo shared a surprising story from her trainee days!

On January 29, the latest episode of Dex’s Fridge Interview was released on YouTube. During the chat, Dex asked Jisoo if she ever rebelled or broke the rules as a trainee. She confidently replied, “Not at all. The only rebellion I had as a trainee was eating.”

Dex then jokingly imitated her younger self, saying, “I’m perfect, so why are they telling me not to eat? I’m going to eat tteokbokki!”

Jisoo laughed and admitted, “Actually, I was really chubby back then. They kept telling me to lose weight, but I always said, ‘No, I need to eat. I like myself chubby.’”

She even recalled a moment with YG Entertainment’s founder, Yang Hyun Suk:
“The boss told me to lose weight, and I responded like that. He just walked away, thinking, ‘She’s a weird one.’ I literally said, ‘No! I like myself chubby!’”

Jisoo then revealed that after she debuted, she naturally lost weight. She added, “Later, after I debuted and naturally lost weight, he was like, ‘You didn’t lose weight when I told you to, but now that you debuted, you did.’”

Fans are loving Jisoo’s confidence and honesty! Meanwhile, her full interview on Dex’s Fridge Interview is now available on YouTube.

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