Actress Seo Ye-ji boldly addressed the controversy surrounding her with a self-deprecating joke.
On the 12th, Seo Ye-ji appeared as a host on Coupang Play's 'SNL Korea 7', showcasing various skits with the crew.
During the opening, Seo Ye-ji said, "It's my first time performing comedy in front of so many people. I will let go of everything and do my best. I will 'gaslight' the SNL crew to make it fun," which elicited laughter.
In response, MC Shin Dong-yeop remarked, "That's right. Seo Ye-ji's hobby and specialty is gaslighting. Who wants to be gaslit?" and the crew members eagerly raised their hands.
Seo Ye-ji then played the role of a charming hair salon owner in the 'Eve Hair Salon' segment.
While shampooing Kim Won-hoon, she commented, "Your neck is solid." When Kim Won-hoon responded, "It's hard, right?" referencing the 'Kim Hard' meme, she retorted seriously, "I said it's solid."
Seo Ye-ji was previously embroiled in allegations of gaslighting her ex-boyfriend, actor Kim Jung-hyun, in 2021.
The suspicion arose when Kim Jung-hyun refused to engage in skinship with his co-star during the filming of the 2018 MBC drama 'Time', allegedly due to Seo Ye-ji's gaslighting while they were dating.
At that time, it was reported that Seo Ye-ji sent messages to Kim Jung-hyun saying, "Kim Hard, no skinship," and "No skinship," which became a topic of online memes.
Additionally, Seo Ye-ji transformed into AI ChatGPT in the 'Seo Ye-GPT' segment.
In this segment, with the help of AI Seo Ye-ji, Kim Won-hoon successfully completed a company presentation, but his colleagues gossiped that he had read the AI summary.
Seo Ye-ji poignantly told Kim Won-hoon, who couldn't respond to the gossip, "The real embarrassment is sitting quietly and being talked about without saying anything. How unfair is that? I've been through a lot myself."
This seems to parody the recent rumors that Seo Ye-ji was involved with both Kim Soo-hyun and his cousin.
At that time, when a foreign fan asked if she was dating Kim Soo-hyun, she wrote, "I wish it would stop. I have no relationship with him or his brother," but later deleted the comment.
Afterward, Seo Ye-ji mentioned this comment in her fan cafe, expressing her feelings, "As a person, I find it really overwhelming, exhausting, boring, sad, and suffocating. I kept holding back... I unknowingly replied to this comment and then deleted it."
At the end of the broadcast, Seo Ye-ji shared, "I laughed deeply with the SNL crew. I think I will never forget today."
[Lee Da-kyum, Star Today Reporter]
