Park Hyun-ho, Reveals 20kg Weight Gain and Hiatus... Promotes New Song for Family on 'Mr. House Husband' with 5.1% Ratings

KBS 2TV’s ″Salimnam″ covered Park Hyun-ho’s confession about his unknown days and Ji Sang-ryeol’s challenge to recruit featuring artists in the broadcast on the 22nd. The episode recorded a nationwide viewership rating of 4.3% according to Nielsen Korea, with the highest rating of 5.1% shown during the scene where Park Hyun-ho was teaching at a singing class. The broadcast first featured N.Flying drummer Kim Jae-hyun as a special guest, showcasing sibling chemistry with his older sister, Rainbow’s Kim Jae-kyung. Kim Jae-hyun described his sister Kim Jae-kyung as ″practically a general. If she had been born in the past, she would have been like Lü Bu or Guan Yu.″ Regarding Kim Jae-kyung’s husband, he said, ″My brother-in-law absorbs all of my sister’s personality. He’s like a sponge.″ Kim Jae-hyun also revealed behind-the-scenes stories about hosting the MC role at Kim Jae-kyung’s wedding. The daily life of Park Hyun-ho and Eun Ga-eun as a couple was also depicted. Park Hyun-ho revealed that he gained 20kg after marriage, and while practicing choreography for a new song, Eun Ga-eun advised, ″You look too heavy. You need to move lightly,″ to which he replied, ″I’m losing weight.″ After finishing housework, Park Hyun-ho looked at his empty schedule and confessed, ″I think I’d die if I had no work. My dream is to be a celebrity. I want people to recognize me when I walk down the street.″ Next, Park Hyun-ho confessed for the first time about the pain of his unknown days after three years as an idol trainee and three years of activity. He said, ″I thought I wasn’t a singer the public liked, so I gave up everything and enlisted,″ and revealed that he challenged himself as a trot singer after discharge. About the extreme thoughts he had at the time, he said, ″I felt like everything was my fault and I was resentful. I thought the whole world didn’t like me. I once tried to jump out of a window, but my mother held me back.″ He added, ″I felt like I had been unfilial. Now, I’m living harder than anyone else.″ A few days later, Park Hyun-ho personally promoted his new song CD. He displayed CDs at a rest area convenience store, performed an impromptu live show on a tour bus, and continued promotion at a singing class. Eun Ga-eun and their daughter Seo-won made a surprise appearance at this event. Park Hyun-ho said, ″I didn’t know what emotion it was, but I felt a little embarrassed. As a husband, I felt ashamed and wanted to hide.″ He also said, ″I hated it when people asked Ga-eun, ’What is Hyun-ho doing these days?’ It hurt my pride as a husband, a man, and a colleague,″ and ″There were times I even thought Ga-eun might think she married the wrong person.″ Eun Ga-eun personally promoted him, saying, ″Please take good care of my husband,″ and added, ″He’s handsome, but his heart is even more handsome. He’s kind, pure, and good to our daughter and family.″ In an interview with the production team, she said, ″Hyun-ho is a friend who has worked hard for his dream since he was young, and it breaks my heart every time I see him humble himself by saying, ’Thanks to Eun Ga-eun, I’ve come this far.’″ Park Hyun-ho made a direct call to event organizers to self-book, and Eun Ga-eun also helped with event arrangements. Park Hyun-ho expressed his determination, saying, ″I will start anew with the mindset of building everything from scratch.″ Meanwhile, the story of rapper Ji Sang-ryeol recruiting featuring artists continued. Ji Sang-ryeol made a surprise appearance at the recording studio and lifted the mood by performing his hit song ″Club Arirang.″ He proposed a collaboration with Hwanhee, but Lee Yo-won declined, saying their vocal tones overlapped, and Eun Ji-won recommended Lee Yo-won. Ji Sang-ryeol suggested the team name ″Seondeokryeol″ to persuade her, but Lee Yo-won refused. Even when offered a cash contract, Lee Yo-won said, ″I’m not a woman who falls for money like this.″ Park Seo-jin mentioned Shin Bo-ram’s reaction, and Ji Sang-ryeol replied, ″Who would do this for anyone else? If a man is going to do it, wouldn’t it be better to have coins anyway?″ Later, when Hwanhee recommended Mighty Mouth, Ji Sang-ryeol contacted Shorry and visited Mighty Mouth’s recording studio. Chuplex was surprised by the sudden visit and shared an anecdote about Ji Sang-ryeol from the past. Mighty Mouth declined the offer due to preparing a new song, but Ji Sang-ryeol countered by offering his own featuring. Amid continued persuasion, he even said, ″Who are you guys to have so many secrets?″ Ji Sang-ryeol referred to Kim Do-hoon, Lee Sang-ho, Mushvenom, Eun Ji-won, Park Seo-jin, and Lee Yo-won as his ″G.C Hammer squad,″ and Mighty Mouth gradually showed interest. When Park Seo-jin proposed a stage with janggu and Lee Yo-won, Shorry responded, ″The concept isn’t bad, huh?″ Eventually, Mighty Mouth proposed a rap test to Ji Sang-ryeol. ″Salimnam″ portrayed the stories of Park Hyun-ho, who is challenging himself again for his family, and Ji Sang-ryeol, who is recruiting featuring artists. KBS 2TV’s ″Salimnam″ airs every Saturday night at 9:20 PM.