Celebrities face invasive incidents due to their fame and public exposure.
Kang Min-kyung met her high school friend and the friend’s acquaintance in the video.
Shared background of how she became friends with her high school friend.
Kang Min-kyung was famous on the internet before her debut and transferred schools in her first year of high school.
Described arriving at the school and being announced as a celebrity trainee by the homeroom teacher.
Kang Min-kyung found it uncomfortable to attract attention in school.
She had to change her stockings from coffee-colored to black as per teacher’s instructions.
Kang Min-kyung felt uncomfortable due to someone watching her change in the bathroom.
“No matter how much I want to attract attention, it was too uncomfortable. I’m used to standing in front of many people now, but it was tough back then. I wore coffee-colored stockings, but the teacher said I had to wear black ones, so I went to the bathroom to change. But someone was hanging over the bathroom door watching me, which was shocking.”
Kids took strange photos of her during break time.
“Every break time, kids would take strange photos of me. It was the same in my second year.“
Her classmates eventually became friends with her and protected her privacy by covering windows and doors.
Kang Min-kyung felt grateful for their actions and found relief in that environment.
“During break time, they would cover the windows with newspapers and block the front and back doors. I was so grateful. Although their reason was ‘we’re uncomfortable’, it was a huge relief for me. I melted in that environment.”
P.O shared his experience of excessive attention as a celebrity on the YouTube channel “Zzanbro Shin Dong-yup.”
He talked about his time in the military and how he was treated by others.
P.O mentioned that he faced comments about his body while in the training center.
He highlighted the challenges of being a celebrity in such environments.
“At the training center, there were hundreds of people. We trained and took a shower and rushed to the shower room. ‘Hey, let’s see P.O’s joystick’, ‘Let’s see P.O’s banana’… They were like this. I could hear their voices.”
The individual shared a story about a chaotic shower experience with fellow male soldiers.
They joked around and ended up getting hurt during the shower.
The situation escalated when they fell down the stairs.
“When I took off my clothes in the shower, I was like, ‘What should I do?’ Since they’re all boys, I went wild, taking my clothes and went in. I was like, ‘Hurry and take a look.’ We were joking around while taking a shower together. It was so chaotic and they all got hurt. They fell down the stairs.”
P.O expressed gratitude towards a friend who saved his spot in the shower, highlighting camaraderie and support in the military.
“I’m a celebrity and kind of famous. Out of the young guys who were in the same platoon as me, there was one person who took care of me. When it was time to shower, he went first to save my spot.”
