Cho Hyeryeon's Mother, Verbally Abuses Daughter-in-Law Saying "You Let Your Husband Work but You Can't Even Earn Money"

A scene showing Jo Hye-ryeon's mother verbally abusing her daughter-in-law was revealed. Photo by MBC Entertainment Program 'Oh Eun-young Report: Marriage Hell' capture.

[Asia Economy Online Issue Team] Jo Hyeryeon's younger brother and his wife visited Oh Eun-young due to mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts.

On the 13th, the MBC entertainment program 'Oh Eun-young Report: Marriage Hell' featured actor Jo Jihwan, Jo Hyeryeon's younger brother, and his wife Park Hyemin together.

The mother-in-law called her daughter-in-law Park Hyemin and said, "Your husband is like that, oh how frustrating," adding, "What are you planning to do? You let your husband work at the store, but you can't even earn a few bucks and just nag all day. Are you still not tired? I see you’re not even thinking about going to the hospital," expressing dissatisfaction with her daughter-in-law who quit nursing to pursue a dream of becoming a show host.

She continued, "(Show hosts) are done by everyone with eyes and noses in the world, but you’re trying to sneak in there," and said, "If the man doesn’t succeed, the woman should be smart and live within her means, but you keep going. I’m tired now," then hung up the phone.

Park Hyemin, who quit her 11-year nursing career and has been working as a show host for six months, explained that since she is on a small broadcast rather than a major one, her sales are not large. Jo Jihwan said, "I started working part-time at a tteokbokki shop to pay living expenses and loan repayments."

Meanwhile, Dr. Oh Eun-young pointed out that Jo Jihwan is the youngest son in a large family with one son and seven daughters, and that he has received his mother’s love since childhood, saying, "Back then, for a mother from Gyeongsang-do, Jo Jihwan would be more than just a son. She had seven daughters and finally saw her youngest son. How precious he must be."

She added, "Young women might find the mother-in-law’s attitude shocking. But we need to understand the mother," and said, "She lived as a woman and daughter-in-law in Gyeongsang-do at that time. She must have gone through so much raising seven daughters and then a son."