Tzuyang Addresses Backdoor Advertising Controversy and Retirement Reversal: "I've Become a Fraud" (Radio Star)

Controversy Over Eating and Spitting Out: "I Go to the Bathroom Often"
"I Was Struggling with Numerous Malicious Comments"

Photo by MBC, captured from the broadcast screen of 'Radio Star'.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] YouTuber Jjuyang explained various controversies about herself on 'Radio Star.'

On the 20th, MBC's 'Radio Star' featured Lee Bong-won, Esther Yeo, Tei, and Jjuyang as guests, showcasing their cheerful wit. The episode was a special titled 'All Alone at Home.' The MCs showed great interest in the big eater Jjuyang.

The cast asked, "How do you manage bathroom breaks during mukbang since you eat so much?" Jjuyang confessed, "It's difficult because I have a sensitive stomach and often need to go to the bathroom. So many misunderstand that I vomit after eating. There was a misunderstanding about 'eating and spitting out' (meokbbaet)."

She continued, "I deliberately bring my phone to the bathroom. I keep chatting. If I don't chat, people say I went to vomit."

Jjuyang, who had announced her retirement amid controversies over undisclosed advertisements, made headlines by returning to broadcasting after three months.

Regarding this, Jjuyang explained, "The controversy was about pretending that I bought products with my own money while promoting them. When I first started broadcasting, I didn't know much about advertisements, so I mentioned that it was an ad throughout the broadcast. But I didn't know about marking it as an advertisement. I openly talked about not hiding this (failure to disclose ads), but it was distorted, and I ended up being seen as a fraud," expressing her frustration.

Jjuyang said, "I even appeared on the 8 o'clock news," adding, "There were a lot of malicious comments. They told me to quit, so I did. When I quit, I explained, and they told me to come back. When I returned, they told me to leave again. It was the first time I received so much hate, and it was the hardest. It was tough to see everything I had built collapse."

She added, "I should have taken some time before returning, but I felt sorry to keep people waiting and didn't want to be forgotten, so I came back. I didn't think about money, but since working is all about making money, when I said '(the reason for returning to broadcasting) money is also part of it,' an article was published," she appealed.