Yoo Jae-suk cancels first-ever recording due to health issues... "Concern over contact with citizens on the day of filming"

Yoo Jae-suk personally explained the reason why he canceled his schedule on the day of recording for the first time in 35 years of broadcasting due to health issues. He revealed that he was worried about COVID-19 or flu infection because of sudden throat pain and fever, but test results showed no major problems. On the 10th, Yoo Jae-suk mentioned the situation of canceling the filming of the recent SBS variety show ″Whenever There’s a Chance,″ on the same day in the video ″The Detective Game Is an Excuse″ released on the YouTube channel ″DdeunDdeun-Excuse.″ Song Eun-i, Go Kyung-pyo, and BIBI appeared together in the video and talked. Song Eun-i shared an episode of contacting Yoo Jae-suk directly after hearing about his health issues, saying, ″I sent a message after seeing the news that Jae-suk was sick, and he replied, ’I’m fine.’ He said he heard too many stories.″ Yoo Jae-suk explained that although he usually participates in filming even when he is not feeling well, he was worried about the possibility of infectious diseases due to sudden throat pain and fever at that time. He said, ″I usually endure and go to recordings even if I’m sick. My throat suddenly hurt a lot. I also had a bit of a fever. I was worried it might be COVID or the flu. It wasn’t to the extent that I couldn’t get up.″ He also said that the filming method influenced the decision to cancel this time. Since ″Whenever There’s a Chance,″ involved meeting general viewers directly and moving to various locations, he postponed filming because he thought it might cause harm to others. Yoo Jae-suk explained, ″When it’s just our members, even if I visit the hospital and feel better in the afternoon, we can delay the time and proceed. But this filming involves meeting general viewers and going around here and there, so I wasn’t confident. That’s why I postponed it.″ After receiving treatment at the hospital, his condition improved, and he inquired whether filming could resume, but the cast and production team had already disbanded. Yoo Jae-suk said, ″I got an injection in the morning, and fortunately, I felt better in the afternoon. So I called again and asked, ’Can we do the recording again?’ but they said they had already disbanded.″ Yoo Jae-suk said this was the first time such a thing happened since he started his broadcasting career, and he expressed gratitude and apology for the many people who worried about his health more than expected. He said, ″It’s the first time in over thirty years, so I feel sorry for causing so much worry. I’m sorry for unintentionally causing concern, and thank you for your support.″ Song Eun-i joked, ″I thought the national mother had collapsed.″ At that time, an official from SBS’s ″Whenever There’s a Chance,″ stated, ″Yoo Jae-suk asked for understanding from the staff and canceled the filming due to a decline in condition just before today’s recording,″ adding, ″We plan to reschedule the recording soon.″