Actress Hwang Jung Eum has braved the Korean version of Saturday Night Live amid her scandalous divorce news.
Actress Hwang Jung Eum | @jungeum84/Instagram
Coupang Play‘s Saturday Night Live, known to “roast” the appearing guests, did not miss this opportunity to come up with multiple skits that reference the actress’s ongoing divorce…
제발ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 이수지 이렇게 당황한거 처음봄 pic.twitter.com/dzRzoHFHa7
— 칠럽 (@luvuninenine) March 30, 2024
Shin Dong Yeop: I’m a bride-to-be. Since this is once-in-a-lifetime kind of an event, I should make a big deal out of it, right? Hold a grand wedding and all?
Hwang Jung Eum: No, no. Just hold an average-sized wedding. If you make a big deal out of getting married, you’ll have to make a big deal out of getting divorced, too.
Lee Soo Ji: Oh, I see. You sound like you’ll have a great marriage. I think you’ll get married to someone with a lot of money.
Hwang Jung Eum: Please. I already make a lot of money for myself. Next!
…her husband’s infidelity…
— 칠럽 (@luvuninenine) March 30, 2024
Shin Dong Yeop: It’s time to bid farewell with our listeners. As for the last song, we’ll be playing Kim Bum Ryong‘s “Wind Wind Wind*.”
(*Wind, or baram, in Korean sounds the same as infidelity)
Hwang Jung Eum: What the f*ck—
…and even her singer ex-boyfriend from 2015.
도랏나ㅜㅜ 이 언니 진짜 이 갈았다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/o1xWlr8dmb
— 칠럽 (@luvuninenine) March 30, 2024
Hwang Jung Eum: Panic? Who, me? No way. I love SG Wannabe*. [Sings “As I Live” by SG Wannabe]
(*Hwang Jung Eum dated SG Wannabe member Kim Yong Joon from 2006 to 2015.)
Throughout the episode, Hwang Jung Eum kept cool—playing along with the hosts’ cheekiest dig at her current and past scandals.
| @jungeum84/Instagram
At the end of the episode, though, host Shin Dong Yeop praised Hwang Jung Eum for gathering the courage to stand in front of the public again…
황정음 사랑해….. https://t.co/3bJuIy9aJU
— 고푸드 (@gofood9h2) March 31, 2024
Shin Dong Yeop: It was not the easiest decision for Hwang Jung Eum to appear on tonight’s episode. She thought long and hard about this… She asked what she might be able to do on the show.
[Audience aww-s]
Shin Dong Yeop: She wasn’t sure if she’d be able to receive love and support from the audience. She was quite worried, to be frank.
Audience Member: Don’t cry!
Shin Dong Yeop: We’d love to hear from you. Do you have anything to say to everyone here, rooting for you?
…and the wholehearted support broke the actress.
I’ve never been on this kind of a show, so I was quite nervous… But thanks to the audience cheering me on, as well as the love I received from the SNL crew, Dong Yeop oppa, and all other staff members, I feel brave again. Thank you so much.
— Hwang Jung Eum
After the episode aired, Koreans flocked to online communities to leave words of support for Hwang Jung Eum and commented that all are looking forward to her glorious return to the screens.
| theqoo “This is EXACTLY what comedy is for. Hwaiting!“ “Go Hwang Jung Eum!” “I know there are rivers of tears behind the smile she put on tonight. I hope she gets a lot of work. Let her be happy!” “This is making me tear up, too. Unnie, I watch all of your shows because I trust them to be good. Please, be happy.” “This is heartbreaking. Hwaiting!“ “Unnie, hang in there!” “Wishing her and her beautiful children all the best.” “She’s amazing! What a statement! Haha.” “She’s going to get better and better. We’re all rooting for you, hwaiting!” “She went through so much, it must not have been the easiest time. Hwaiting, please hang in there!”
Will this Saturday Night Live episode be the beginning of a new era for Hwang Jung Eum? Fans hope so!
Thank you, SNL. I laughed a lot, thanks to you.
— Hwang Jung Eum
