“On the day of my radio comeback, listeners who took a break from work… I cried after seeing that comment.”
Broadcaster Jeong Sun-hee shed tears over the warm support and memories directed at her. A brief fan gift and an old comment completely opened her heart.
On the 9th, a video titled ‘Homebody Jeong Sun-hee, becoming a woman with a story after sobbing at a rest area’ was uploaded to the YouTube channel 'Lost Jeong Sun-hee'.
That day, Jeong Sun-hee stopped at a rest area while heading to Danyang. There, she received a fruit gift secretly left by a fan and was moved to tears, saying, “This is the most touching thing. People are so kind,” as she reddened her eyes. She continued, “It feels strange that people recognize me. No one pretended to know me when I was in front of my house. I didn't know because I hadn't done anything. I thought the world would always be, ‘Let’s see what she does again,’ but I was surprised to feel the heart of ‘I was waiting for you.’”
When the production team asked, "Isn’t it all good to see comments?" Jeong Sun-hee jokingly replied, "Aren't you guys deleting them?" and smiled. She then shared, "I had closed comments for a while. At some point, comments became a ‘space for hurt.’ But when I opened them carefully again, they were so warm.
I wondered why people are this warm and cried that day.”
What broke Jeong Sun-hee was none other than a single comment. The message stated, “On the day I returned as a radio DJ, I took a break from work to listen to the broadcast.” She expressed, “What kind of mental state do you think I returned in that day? To know that there was someone who took a break from work to listen to my voice… The moment I saw that, I cried,” as she poured out her repressed emotions.
Jeong Sun-hee noted, “Writing a comment takes courage and effort. I came in lightly that day, but I was so grateful that I wanted to respond to each and every one,” and added, “It must have been difficult to protect Jeong Sun-hee in Korea… You all worked hard.”
Meanwhile, Jeong Sun-hee married the late Ahn Jae-hwan in 2007 but faced a sudden bereavement the following year. She had to endure malicious rumors and criticism surrounding her husband's death, which led her to suspend broadcasting activities for a long time. Even in what seemed like forgotten times, Jeong Sun-hee expressed gratitude for the warm hearts of the public who remembered her, moving those who observed.
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