Popular Actress Takes On A Challenge After Being Traumatized As A Child

On May 7, actress Go Hyun Jung appeared on Kang Min Kyung’s YouTube channel.

In the video, Go Hyun Jung goes on a challenge to eat pork for the first time in about 50 years.

Kang takes Go Hyun Jung to her favorite frozen pork belly restaurant in hopes that she would enjoy her first experience eating pork after a long time.

There is no unpleasant smell, and the kimchi is really good, so we might succeed. I really hope she enjoys her meal because she has no energy ever since she got sick.

— Kang Min Kyung

Go Hyun Jung confessed, “Look at my eyes. They hurt so much early this morning. Back in the day, if I appeared in a public place like this, people would go crazy.”

As this was her first time eating pork in about 50 years, she couldn’t hide how nervous she was. After taking a deep breath, she ate a wrap with grilled kimchi.

It’s not bad. It’s really good. What is going on? There isn’t any bad pork smell, as I expected there would be. I’ve never tried frozen pork belly before, and I had regular pork belly once, but was horrified. Since then, I haven’t eaten pork. That was all before I was 10. From now on, I won’t eat anything other than frozen pork belly.

— Go Hyun Jung

Hearing this, Kang Min Kyung added, “She is afraid of a lot of things. She’s such a baby. It seems to be difficult for her to get to the point of going through the process.”

Go, Hyun Jung admitted, “There are so many things I don’t know. I should have tried it in my twenties and thirties, but I didn’t. I’m eating pork for the first time in 56 years…”

A few weeks later, it was revealed that the two met up again to eat frozen pork belly.

These days, all I can think about is frozen pork belly.

— Go Hyun Jung

Netizens sympathized with the actress, agreeing that there were foods they couldn’t eat as well.

• “I haven’t been able to eat sugar-powdered donuts for 20 years after getting an upset stomach from them.”
• “I can’t eat ramyun or pork after getting an upset stomach once.”
• “My grandmo doesn’t eat meat either…I understand.”
• “I couldn’t eat sundae soup after eating at a place that had a bad smell…But I eat it these days.”
• “I totally understand.”