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Comedian Lee Kuk-joo revealed why she chose to live in Japan, confiding in what she had suffered from burnout during her heyday.
On the 15th, a video titled "Why did Lee Kuk-joo, who was doing well, suddenly move to a Japanese monthly rent house?" was released on the YouTube channel "A-level Jang Young-ran."
On this day, Lee Kuk-joo said, "I was busy when I was active in entertainment, and I didn't fully enjoy the time," adding, "I've always prepared my mind for the moment I go down."
He added, "It was more convenient to shoot a reality show alone, such as 'I live alone' and 'Omniscient Interferee'."
Regarding the peak income, he said, "When I was really busy, there were many people around me who touched me, and there was a lot of money that I lost or didn't receive," adding, "Even until the end of December last year, 'Why is this happening to me?' There was a lot of hard work that I wanted to do," he said.
He said, "I thought I was happy at the time, but I think I pretended to be like that. "I lost my direction in life," he said. "I listened to it while broadcasting with shamans, and they said that my heart should be happy no matter what I do with Daewoon."
But in 2026, I'm happy with everything I do, Lee Kuk-joo said. "Now I know what kind of person I am and what I need to do."
"Now, rather than setting a special goal, I think we should do what we can do well rather than overstretch where we can't," he said. "Even if we reduce the number of Korean homes, we plan to maintain our Japanese homes."
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