Comedian Shin Ki-ru stepped forward to explain after criticism arose over her visiting an omakase restaurant shortly before her mother’s death.
In a video posted on her YouTube channel 'Moeun Hagiru' on Wednesday, Shin Ki-ru stated that she had gone to the restaurant without knowing at all that her mother was near the end of her life.
The controversy began last month on the 28th when Shin Ki-ru expressed her regret over her mother on the same channel.
Having lost her mother on March 17, Shin Ki-ru said she recently discovered a photo taken at an omakase restaurant costing 500,000 won and revealed that it was three days before her mother passed away. She also confessed feeling guilty about having gone out drinking after work while her mother was in the intensive care unit.
When this remark was reported on October 29, the day after it was made, under the headline "500,000 won omakase three days before mother’s death," criticism emerged questioning whether she had visited the restaurant knowing her mother was critically ill.
Shin corrected the timing of her visit to the restaurant. She said, "I misspoke," adding, "It was not three days before she passed away that I went to omakase, but six days prior."
Shin said that her mother had passed away suddenly, leaving even family members without time to prepare for the farewell. She then asked rhetorically, "No matter how obsessed I am with food, would I go to an omakase restaurant knowing my mom was going to pass away in two or three days?"
Regarding the drinking controversy, she explained that she had drunk wine placed on a guest table at the wedding of comedians Kim Jun-ho and Kim Ji-min. Shin Ki-ru said, "I really hate being misunderstood over an issue involving my parents," and revealed that she had been stressed for two days due to related reports.
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